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The similarities between Bermuda's captive insurance market and Silicon Valley are just as relevant today as they were at their inception more than 40 years ago, according to US Consul General Gregory Slayton.
Mr. Slayton, who was the keynote speaker...
DATE: Sep 19, 2007
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Specialist reinsurance intermediary and advisory firm Gallagher Re, has appointed Graham Wood as team leader of its Bermuda-based function, which is an independent division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Bermuda) Limited.
With over 20 years' experienc...
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Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, a subsidiary of Butterfield Bank, has received a Fund Administration Licence from the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
Having obtained a Fund Administration Licence means that BFS can now service 'Administered ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Omega Insurance Holdings, a Lloyd's of London insurer, said first-half profit almost tripled on the Specialty unit.
Net income for the six months ended June 30 rose to $16.3 million, from $6.6m a year earlier, Bermuda-based Omega...
DATE: Sep 19, 2007
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Butterfield Bank lost five cents (0.2 percent) off its share price as it closed down on $20.35 on the Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index (BSX) yesterday.
With 31,100 shares traded, they were the only company to experience any change throughou...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Orient-Express Hotels, the owner of New York's 21 Club restaurant, told Indian Hotels Company that it does not want to pursue strategic discussions.
The board made this decision after Indian Hotels sent a letter seeking talks t...
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Bermuda's duopoly of internet service providers is a step closer to being challenged by an opening up of the market from a consortium of three of the Island's largest telecommunications companies.
The trio of KeyTech, North Rock Communications and Tr...
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MONACO (Reuters) - The annual gathering of the global reinsurance industry in Monaco is an arcane, 50-year-old ritual of lavish parties and secret tete-a-tetes where the industry negotiates renewal contracts for the coming year.
But this year's get t...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Forsyth Funds Plc, the fund on whose behalf Forsyth Partners, which was put into administration last week, invested its cash, said yesterday it was close to lifting the temporary suspension of its funds.
Forsyth Funds said in a reg...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Vin & Sprit AB, the Swedish owner of Absolut vodka, may be sold for about $6 billion in a government auction that begins next month, five people with direct knowledge of the planned transaction said.
Potential bidders, including ...
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