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Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited reported a $362 million loss for the third quarter of 2005 compared with a net loss of $43 million in the third quarter of 2004 due to the recent hurricanes.
The Bermuda-based company lost $208.1 million for the nine ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2005
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Small construction companies are seeing a boom in renovation work for residential properties, Coldwell Banker Real Estate sales manager Susan Thompson said.
Ms Thompson said some potential buyers are upgrading and remodelling their properties after e...
DATE: Oct 28, 2005
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Knowledge is power, the late John Eric Patterson (Jep) Stewart said when he introduced the concept of group health insurance to Bermuda in the early 1950s.
Mr. Stewart, the first managing director of the Argus Group, died on October 16 of respiratory...
DATE: Oct 28, 2005
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Shares of XL Capital Ltd., a Bermuda-based property and casualty insurer, fell as much as eight percent after the company said Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will trigger an operating loss for the year.
The storms and other third-quarter catastrophes wi...
DATE: Oct 27, 2005
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(Bloomberg) ? Bermuda-registered Nelson Resources Ltd., an oil producer being acquired by OAO Lukoil for as much as $2 billion, is under investigation by Ontario regulators for trades that occurred before the takeover announcement, Nelson Resources s...
DATE: Oct 27, 2005
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Masters Limited yesterday credited an 11 percent improvement in sales from its retail division for a jump in net income for the first six months of the year.
The company?s net for the period ending July 31 was $1,008,409 compared to $896,969 for the ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2005
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IPC Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda property-catastrophe reinsurer, on Tuesday night said it sustained a net loss of $656.6 million in the third quarter, after more than $850 million in losses from natural catastrophes, particularly Hurricane Katrina.
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DATE: Oct 27, 2005
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) ? Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc., which runs luxury hotels including The Savoy in London, posted a 48 percent drop in quarterly profit and lowered its 2005 earnings forecast because of a decline in tourists to resorts in Bermuda a...
DATE: Oct 27, 2005
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ? A seventh group emerged as a possible bidder for Refco Inc.?s futures brokerage business, extending the list of suitors pursuing the struggling firm that filed for bankruptcy last week amid a debt scandal.
Refco does business in ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2005
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The Royal Gazette/Bermuda Stock Exchange Index remained unchanged at 3,774 yesterday as a quiet day saw no trading on the exchange.
DATE: Oct 27, 2005
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