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Bermuda-based Paris Re is reportedly interested in buying Swiss rival Converium.
Paris Re, which was created in late 2006 after France-based insurer AXA Group sold its reinsurance unit to private equity investors surrounding Stone Point Capital, last...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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The most significant change to Bermuda company law in 50 years: that?s how the international business sector is describing amendments to the Companies Act which took effect two weeks ago.
The Bermuda International Business Association (BIBA) expresse...
DATE: Jan 10, 2007
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Two Bermudians with a combined 40-plus years’ experience in the financial services industry are inviting businesses short on time and staff to outsource some of their management requirements to them.
C. H. (Hal) Masters and Jonathan M. Rego have set ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street overcame early losses to close higher yesterday as a drop in oil prices and a fresh round of acquisition activity helped boost investors’ confidence in the economy.Gap Inc. surged on a report the retailer is considering st...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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SACRAMENTO (Bloomberg) — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed making health insurance mandatory and assessing fees on business to expand the state-run medical system to more children and workers without medical benefits.Schwarzenegger, ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A consumer group blasted US insurance companies yesterday for charging motorists and homeowners more for coverage, while paying out less, at a time of record-setting profits.The Consumer Federation of America’s insurance director, J...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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Bermuda-based ACE Tempest Re has set up a new underwriter in Montreal to write all lines of property and casualty reinsurance for the Canadian market.
At the helm of ACE Tempest Re Canada will be Constantin Petalas, the former chief executive officer...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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A company that provides much of the Bermuda insurance industry with computer models used to estimate damage from future hurricanes strongly denied an accusation in a Florida newspaper that its most up-to-date work was based on "faulty science".
A sto...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended lower yesterday as energy issues were pulled down by a continued dive in oil prices.The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index closed down 85.10 points, or 0.7 percent, at 12,4...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index fell slightly in light trading yesterday.
Two companies, Argus Holdings Ltd. and Butterfield Bank Ltd., saw their share prices rise.
Argus, which last week acquired life insurer Tremont International Lif...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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