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Insurance firm Ace has joined forces with the Bermuda Women’s Council to promote community involvement in business.
The Ace Women’s Forum threw its weight behind the Department of Human Affairs drive to increase community-driven development (CDD) and...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Insurer Argus Group Holdings Ltd’s profit for the first six months of its financial year fell by 77 percent to $1.6 million, chiefly as a result of unrealised losses in the value of its fixed-income investments.
Argus chief executive officer Alison H...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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Jonathan Kent
The Government of Bermuda’s senior notes will yield 4.75 percent, indicating a healthy demand for the bond.
When Finance Minister Bob Richards announced the bond offering at the beginning of August, he said he could not prejudge what the interest rat...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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Bermuda’s Parliament approved a number of changes to the Human Rights Act 1981 (the Act) in August, the most notable being the addition of sexual orientation to the list of defined characteristics protected from unlawful discrimination.
The Act chie...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Receivership of Coral Beach & Tennis Club, and Horizons and Cottages is to end on Friday, with either the mortgage holder, Swedbank AB New York, taking over of the leasehold, or its purchase by a third unnamed party.
KPMG had been appointed receiver...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Rebecca Zuill
Bermuda’s imports have risen significantly in each of the first three quarters of this year, the latest Government statistics reveal.
The Government’s detailed quarterly statistics show that the value of imported goods increased by 9.8 percent in the...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Jonathan Kent
A member of a Bermuda legal dynasty has died aged 79.
Richard Pearman, known as Dick, died at his home in Paget on Sunday night.
Mr Pearman, a partner at law firm Conyers, Dill & Pearman — retired in 2000 after more than 40 years at the firm his fath...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A new lawyer called to the Bar almost had to pull out of her law degree in England due to an eye problem.
Alsha Wilson was told by an optometrist in England to take time out from her LL.B studies at the University of Kent — but decided to press on de...
DATE: Dec 10, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Former Minister of Economy, Trade, Industry & Community Development Patrice Minors, now a regulatory official with the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), is charging Butterfield Trust Bermuda Ltd (BTB) $150 an hour for giving evidence in an $100 milli...
DATE: Dec 10, 2013
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Rebecca Zuill
Island insurance firm BF&M yesterday announced its net income was up 15 percent through the first nine months of this year.
BF&M president and CEO John Wight said: “The company’s core operations relating to insurance and investment advisory and admin...
DATE: Dec 10, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
