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to emerge -- and there is good news and bad news.
The good news is that the end of the soft market may be in sight, with some industry segments beginning to report firming.
The bad news is that, until the soft market ends, pressure on the bottom line...
DATE: Nov 09, 1999
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Lax capital management is destroying shareholder value in the US property/casualty insurance industry, says a new report.
And the US property/casualty sector is overcapitalised -- by as much as $100 billion.
The study was published last week by Risk ...
DATE: Nov 09, 1999
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elected chairman of the Board of The World Home Care and Hospice Organisation (WHHO).
The decision was made at the organisation's board meeting in San Diego on October 9.
Mrs. Smith Gordon has been a member of the Board of the WHHO since its inceptio...
DATE: Nov 09, 1999
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Payment to provide the technical capability -- called a "commerce switch'' -- to route credit card transactions to credit card processors around the world.
This will enable Internet merchants to accept credit cards online in most currencies.
The plat...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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Worldwide Telecom Bermuda Ltd.'s $565 million secured credit facility. A single `B' plus corporate credit rating also was assigned to the telecom company.
Worldwide Telecom is a new wholly owned subsidiary of telecommunications transport provider Wor...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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slid $5.00 or 15.6 percent to close at $27.00 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange last week.
Bank of Bermuda stock fell $1.25 to close at $30.25. Devonshire Industries shares fell over 13 percent or $1.50 to close at $10.00 and Long Botham Boats fell 30 pe...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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instalment of a generous $250,000 donation promised to the Bermuda Health Alliance.
The cash comes just days after Tyco donated $100,000 to the Family Resource Network group of charities.
Health Alliance chairman Arthur Haycock yesterday said that th...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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(AWS) has been acquired by The Financial Commerce Network, Inc. (TFCN), which is quoted on the over-the-counter market's Bulletin Board.
The cost of the purchase, which was expressed in shares and cash, has not been revealed.
AWS specialises in Block...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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Shorex North America '99, November 8 & 9, Toronto, Canada Spinoffs '99, Nov. 8-10, New York 508-481-4473.
Institute of Risk Management AGM, Nov. 11, UK. 171-709-9808.
IBC's Risk Securitisation Conference, Nov. 15-16, New York. 508-481-6400.
(www.ibc...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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Don't be fooled by, "I'm still young I have lots of time...'' Life does fly by and waits on no one! In addition, the younger we are, we tend to believe we have so much time ahead of us, and we don't need a plan. Plans are for the older, mature type...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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