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LONDON (AP) ? A judge yesterday dismissed a class-action lawsuit that Lloyd?s of London investors filed against the British government for big financial losses they suffered during the 1980s and 1990s.
More than 1,000 underwriting ?Names? had sought ...
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index rebounded yesterday as two financial stocks gained.
The index closed up 28.03 points to 4,831.18 on thin volume of 3,088 shares worth $112,150.
Butterfield Bank recovered recent loses when it closed up 5...
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PARIS (Bloomberg) — Scor SA, the largest French reinsurer, said nine-month profit almost doubled on property and casualty reinsurance sales and growth in Asia and Europe.Net income increased 87 percent to 155 million euros ($198 million) from 83 mill...
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PARIS (Bloomberg) ? Shares of Scottish Re Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurer, slumped 15 percent after the head of French reinsurer Scor SA said it didn?t bid to buy the company, which is for sale.
Scor chief executive officer Denis Kessler made t...
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PARIS (Bloomberg) ? Axa SA, Europe?s second-biggest insurer, had an eight percent increase in third-quarter revenue as it sold more life and savings products in France and the UK and boosted assets under management.
Revenue rose to 17.9 billion euros...
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Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd., which placed all but its Lloyd?s of London business into runoff last year, reported a net profit of $3 million in the third quarter of 2006 compared to a loss of $59 million in the same period in 2005.
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? UK insurer Standard Life Plc said third-quarter sales rose 41 percent, driven by pensions in its home market. The shares fell after the company said it will review provisions for pension-policy cancellations.
New business rose to...
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PARIS (Bloomberg) — Axa SA, Europe’s second-biggest insurer, had an eight percent increase in third-quarter revenue as it sold more life and savings products in France and the UK and boosted assets under management.Revenue rose to 17.9 billion euros ...
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PXRE Group Ltd. yesterday said its net income before paying convertible preferred share dividends was $4.5 million in the third quarter of 2006 compared to a net loss of $317.3 million in the same period in 2005.
PXRE, which ran into financial diffic...
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