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The Director of Bermuda College's Education Centre last night called for all sections of the community to go "out into the trenches'' to help tackle the Island's illiteracy problems.
Gina Tucker said the whole Island had to pull together to ensure ch...
DATE: Oct 08, 1999
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"catastrophic losses'' caused by catastrophes including earthquakes in Taiwan, Turkey and Mexico, a cyclone in Hong Kong and Hurricane Floyd. The company said it estimates the effect on net operating income for the quarter ended September 30 will be ...
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first time, with XL Capital head to head with ACE in an attempt to acquire Capital Re.
XL has put in a hostile cash bid believed to be worth $456 million which has blocked, if not scuppered, a stock bid worth $606 million by ACE to buy Capital Re.
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A headline on yesterday's front page stated that "Bermuda faces black-out'' should have stated that Bermuda "may'' face black-outs as a result of the possibility that some suppliers to the Bermuda Electric Light Company not being Year 2000 compliant....
DATE: Oct 08, 1999
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Bank of Butterfield's shareholders yesterday finally swallowed a poisoned pill.
The term relates to a device which will provide shareholders protection in case of an unwelcome acquisition of 15 percent or more of the bank's shares.
One part of the pr...
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US insurer Mutual Insurance Corporation Of America (MICOA).
MICOA believes it is one of the first medical professional liability companies in the US to offer rent-a-captive services, which the company is offering via a newly-formed subsidiary, MICOA ...
DATE: Oct 08, 1999
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Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb has warned BTC to clean up its act, after saying the phone giant has serious problems.
She told The Royal Gazette that she had pressed management for explanations over slow response to customers wanting phones.
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At September 13, 1999, the Cayman Islands had 493 captive companies on its register. Nine further licences had been approved in principle, with three licences under review.
The Cayman captives wrote $3 billion worth of gross premiums in the last year...
DATE: Oct 08, 1999
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The Bermuda College will tomorrow play host to a conference which will focus on the recognition, prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
The event, which will be presented by the Good Shepherd Human Service Center in association with the Nationa...
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A Bermuda-based company has instigated a stock repurchase programme to halt the company's share price free-fall.
Insurers and reinsurers based on the Island have seen prices plummet since last June, but Mutual Risk Management Ltd. said it will halt t...
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