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Hot on the heels of an estimate that the raging wildfires in California have caused $1 billion of insured losses, another leading provider of services for catastrophe risk management Risk Management Solutions has raised the upper expectation of total...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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Cable users will be able to have their say about High-Definition TV (HDTV) thanks to an new online survey launched by Bermuda CableVision.
HDTV has transformed television by bringing theatre-quality pictures and sound to the consumer's living room an...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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Butterfield Bank proved to be the big players on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday as their share value dropped 35 cents (1.8 percent) to close at $19.
A total of 12,131 shares were traded, as the Index as a whole decline...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Bermuda Electric Light Company has signed a contract with a customer information system provider that will transform how customers interact and communicate with Belco - starting sometime in the latter part of 2008.
Changes will be seen in the way bil...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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On a day when shares in XL Capital plummeted $5 before staging a recovery, Bermuda's second biggest insurer and reinsurer revealed how it has now taken the sting out of its exposure to the US subprime market by reducing its holdings in lower-rated se...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Montpelier Re boosted its profits by almost $18 million in the third quarter despite losses incurred by July’s UK floods.
Net income rose from $83.4 million a year ago to $101.3 million.
The company also reported a fully converted book value per shar...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Nabors reported that net income for the three months fell to $218 million, or 76 cents a share, from $292.8 million, or $1.02 a share, a year ago.
The results include the sale of the Sea Mar offshore unit, a one-time item that added eight cents a sha...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Diversification and flexibility was the secret to ACE's successful set of third quarter results, including a $78 million rise in profits, according to chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg.
Speaking on conference call, Mr. Greenberg said the Bermuda-based ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Bermuda-based billionaire Bruce Gordon has secured a blocking stake in Ten Network Holdings amid rumours that majority owner CanWest had received a new bid for the Canadian broadcasting company.
Just four months after the media group failed to find a...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Cooper Industries will hold a meeting with investment analysts on November 2, to provide more insight into the company's long-term growth strategy, highlighting key growth platforms in utility automation, lighting controls, LED lighting solutions, ma...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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