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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Kidnap and ransom premiums paid to insure against Somali piracy have slumped since the BBC Trinidad was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden in August 2008 as escalating attacks spurred more companies to offer coverage.
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Net income: $18.6 million compared to $16.3 million in 2009.
Gross premiums written: $334.8 million compared to $238.36 million in 2009.
Combined ratio: 96.3 percent compared to 96.4 percent in 2009.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose yesterday, bolstered by a firmer bullion price and stronger than expected US economic data, which fueled cautious investor optimism about global economic recovery.
Gold miners on the upside included...
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Time Warner posts rise in 2Q earnings, boosts view
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A rebound in advertising markets and strong box office results helped lift Time Warner Inc.'s second-quarter profit 7...
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Maiden Holdings Ltd. saw profits rise 14.7 percent increase in the second quarter over the same period last year.
The three-year-old company beat Wall Street estimates, generating operating income of $21.2 million, or 30 cents...
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PartnerRe Ltd.'s profits more than halved during the second quarter of 2010 as the company incurred the cost of a voluntary severance plan for Paris Re employees and was hit by the combined impact of the Chilean earthquake and the Deepwater Horizon l...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Frontline Ltd., the world's biggest operator of supertankers, is anchoring ships and declining cargoes after a plunge in charter rates.
"We have stopped trading," and Frontline is "keeping vessels at anchorage," Jens Martin Jense...
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index was modestly lower as weakness in banks and drugmakers, following results in the two sectors, just countered a jump by BP on hopes for Gulf of Mexico oil well plug success.
By the close, the FTSE 100 was 10.32 p...
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Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. announced today it has invested $5.2 million in London-based integrated corporate finance and broking house Westhouse Holdings Plc.
BCB said it had invested £3.5 million in in a perpetual convertible loan instrument which...
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. has announced that its board of directors has authorised a new two million share repurchase programme.
The programme replaces a prior programme, which was completed in May 2010.
Dominic Frederico, president and CEO of Assured Gu...
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