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American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd.'s first-quarter net earnings rose by $1 million to $6.5 million.
The Bermuda-based insurer's book value increased to $26.21 per diluted share at quarter end, from $25.47 per diluted share at December 31, 2009.
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DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index dropped 2.6 percent, the biggest fall in over five months as S&P downgrades for Greece and Portugal fuelled debt crisis contagion worries smacking banks and commodity issues. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,603.52 points, ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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Bermuda is battling for captive insurance company business at the RIMS annual conference in Boston — and the technical expertise of the Island's insurance regulators is one of their main weapons.
Several of the inquiries coming in at the Bermuda boot...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales volumes grew for a third straight month in April, albeit at a slightly slower pace than expected, and retailers are confident of an acceleration next month, a survey showed yesterday.
But a sustained recovery i...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc's announcement of a more than doubling of first-quarter net profits yesterday failed to ease investors' concerns about the impact of a worsening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, knocking the company's shares.
BP said replace...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. has set up a new tool to show where it's facing the most government pressure to censor material and turn over personal information about its users.
The country-by-country breakdown released last week on Google's websi...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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West Enders will keep up with the latest hairstyles and fashions thanks to a new hair salon which has been launched in Somerset.
Charmaine Nicole Hairloft, which is run by owner Charmaine Nicole and based in Somerset Road, was opened in October last ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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ATHENS (AP) - Europe's government debt crisis worsened ominously yesterday when Greece's credit rating was downgraded to junk status and Portugal's debt was lowered on fears the trouble could spread. Stocks slid on the news.
The Portuguese downgrade ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are once again worried that debt problems in Greece and Portugal could threaten the global economic recovery.
Stocks plunged in the US and Europe Tuesday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt of the two European countr...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. saw its profits drop by more than $40 million for the first quarter of 2010 after suffering a loss of just under $100 million from the Chilean earthquake.
The reinsurer reported a net income of $10 million for the first qu...
DATE: Apr 28, 2010
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