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Latin America and the Caribbean are the latest markets opening up to BF&M Life Insurance Company as it looks beyond the Island’s shores for revenue growth.
It has just made an agreement with International Reinsurance Services (IRM) to underwrite, pro...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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Bermuda lags behind many rival business jurisdictions in the quality of its telecommunications links and Government’s proposed reforms of the industry will help to rectify the situation.
That is the view of Cable & Wireless chief executive officer Ed...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Resurgent Bermuda-based Global Crossing Ltd. may be attractive to private equity firms as it wins more customers for the fibre-optic network that forced the company into bankruptcy five years ago, chief executive officer John L...
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — The court-appointed administrator of a key Bermuda-based subsidiary of Refco Inc. said he’ll have about $450 million left to distribute to the brokerage’s customers and creditors.Marc Kirschner, the administrator of Refco ...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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Bermuda-based Max Re Capital Ltd. announced yesterday that its subsidiary Max USA Holdings Ltd. has completed the acquisition of a US-based excess and surplus lines company, which will operate under the name Max Specialty Insurance Company.
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Toronto (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rallied close to a record, as raw-materials producers including Teck Cominco gained amid higher commodity prices and speculation that global economic expansion will boost demand for resources.“Worldwide economic ...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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A second Bermuda-headquartered insurance company has taken a high profile step into the media liability sector.
Only a week after Axis Capital bought America’s biggest media liability underwriter Media/Professional Insurance, Hiscox subsidiary Hiscox...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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A dip in the value of Devonshire Industries’ shares was not enough to drag down the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange which edged 5.45 points (0.11 percent) higher to 5,113.76.
Devonshire Industries shares fell $1.50 in value (10.3 percent) to $...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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A company that claims it was targeted by an alleged James Bond-style corporate espionage mission in Bermuda has lost its appeal to fight through Russian court rooms for a $1.5 billion disputed stake in Russian telecoms company MegaFon.
In a ruling by...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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LEAVING your computer on all the time when not in use could cost you about $80 extra a year in energy bills.While $80 might not seem a lot over a year, multiply that sum by the number of machines many businesses like to keep running all the time so t...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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