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The Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Index fell more than three percent as financials weighed on the market.
In a trading week shortened to four days by the Good Friday holiday, Butterfield Bank was the most heavily traded issue, with 159...
DATE: Apr 05, 2010
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Island-based re/insurer Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. estimated its losses from the Chile earthquake will be between $27.5 million and $37.5 million.
Hardy said there would be "meaningful loss" in the catastrophe-exposed property treaty division.
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — The Canadian dollar advanced to within one cent of parity with its US counterpart as signs of global economic recovery boosted stocks, commodities and currencies tied to growth.
The loonie, as Canada's currency is nicknamed, tou...
DATE: Apr 05, 2010
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Postgraduates will be able to apply for a scholarship with the Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies (BFIS) for the first time ever in the programme's 14th year of running.
Since its inception, BFIS has offered up to 10 major scholarships to under...
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The first three months of 2010 will likely turn out to be the most expensive first quarter in history for natural disaster reinsurance claims, according to global reinsurance broker Willis Re.
In a report entitled "Calm Amid Calamity", released last ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - Stiff competition and moves by owners to protect ships better has taken the edge out of insurance costs after pirate attacks off Africa's east coast created a two-year boom for specialist cover.
But analysts say the menace of pirac...
DATE: Apr 05, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — A UK regulatory agency on Thursday proposed a steep reduction in connection charges for mobile phone users.
The regulator OFCOM proposed to cut the so-called "mobile termination rate" in stages from 4.3 pence ($0.065) per minute to half...
DATE: Apr 05, 2010
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Company Earthquake Xynthia Combined cat
Munich Re 546 137 683
Swiss Re 500 100 600
Hannover Re 253 55 308
PartnerRe 220-320 40-70 260-390
Everest Re 225 25 250
Validus 170-270 20-30 190-300
Scor 131 48 179
XL Capital 140-205 20-25 160-230
Hiscox NA N...
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LONDON (AP) — Struggling music group EMI faces being taken over by its bankers after failing to clinch a deal to sell the North American distribution rights for its artists to Universal Music Group or Sony Music.
EMI, which has the Beatles, Coldplay,...
DATE: Apr 05, 2010
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DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. say they will work together on creating a computerised link between houses, electric cars and utility companies to help manage energy use.
The companies said yesterday at the New York International Au...
DATE: Apr 05, 2010
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