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Bermuda-based Everest Re chairman and chief executive officer Joseph Taranto has been named the 2010 Insurance Leader of the Year by St. John's University's School of Risk Management (SRM).
"Joe Taranto has been Everest Re's helm since 1994. He has b...
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Bermuda-based re/insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. last night reported net income of $139.1 million for the third quarter.
Net premiums written rose nearly 14 percent over the same period last year, boosted in the reinsurance segment by the c...
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Mobile device users could soon be able to watch television on the go if a cable television service licence is given the go ahead for activation.
The Bermuda Broadcasting Company Ltd. (BBC) has applied to Government to have Digital Mobile Television L...
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CellularOne and M3 Wireless have announced the launch of the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone as competition in the mobile phone market starts to hot up.
The new device, which is targeted at socially connected consumers and features tools for the...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Steve Miller, who was promoted to chairman of American International Group Inc. three months ago, will be interim chief executive officer of the bailed-out insurer if Robert Benmosche steps down while fighting cancer.
Miller wi...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's biggest company, posted its largest third-quarter profit increase in six years as rising worldwide energy demand lifted commodity prices.
Third-quarter net income rose 55 percent to $7.35 billion,...
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One of Bermuda's leading shipping companies has seen an increase in business from people leaving the Island as the recession takes hold.
Mailboxes Unlimited general manager Cindy Simmons said that outbound shipping had been on the rise over the past ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Extending UK daylight saving into the winter could cut a power station's worth of electricity from peak evening demand, a National Grid Plc executive said.
About 1,300 megawatts of power demand could be slashed from peak evening ...
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A number of HSBC Bermuda's Bermudacard account holders have been charged a monthly inactivity fee of $8 for the last two months despite using their account, due to a clearing house error.
The customers told The Royal Gazette that they had to contact ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) — Across Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Gobi Desert — it certainly was a long way to go without getting lost.
Four driverless electric vans successfully ended an 8,000-mile test drive from Italy to China — a modern-day versi...
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