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Arch Capital Group Ltd.'s book value soared 42 percent last year as the company's full-year profit rose more than threefold.
The Bermuda-based re/insurer last night reported fourth-quarter net income of $284.7 million, or $4.75 per share, compared to...
DATE: Feb 17, 2010
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Net income: $104.7 million compared to a net loss of $47.7 million in 2008
Combined ratio: 48.7 percent compared to 63.4 percent in 2008
Gross premiums written: $79.1 million compared to $72.6 million in 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Determined to create the world's largest digital library, Google Inc. is betting it knows more about US antitrust and copyright laws than the government regulators enforcing them.
The Internet search leader took an audacious step...
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Shares of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. rose more than four percent yesterday after the company's shares were upgraded from "hold" to "buy" by Deutsche Bank.
In New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday, the Bermuda reinsurer's share price ro...
DATE: Feb 17, 2010
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Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. returned to profit for the fourth quarter of 2009, with net income rising to $104.7 million, following a quiet catastrophe season, versus a net loss of $47.7 million for the same period in 2008.
For the year, net income r...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The largest US shopping mall owner, Simon Property Group, made a $10 billion hostile bid yesterday to acquire its ailing rival, General Growth Properties.
The deal would allow General Growth, the No. 2 owner of shopping centres, t...
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Net income: $284.7 million compared to a loss of $143 million in 2008
Gross premiums written: $718.7 million compared to $825.5 million in 2008
Combined ratio: 88.8 percent compared to 101.2 percent in 2008
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PartnerRe Ltd. last night announced that it had repurchased 1.44 million of its common shares for around $108.1 million.
The shares, totalling approximately 1.7 percent of total common shares outstanding, were purchased at a price per share of $75.14...
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LONDON (AP) — InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, which operates InterContinental hotels, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn, reported yesterday that net profit fell 19 percent in 2009 to $214 million.
Revenue also fell by 19 percent to $1.54 billion, and t...
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Eminent Bermuda businessman David Gutteridge has died at the age of 70 following a distinguished career in the real estate and banking industries.
Mr. Gutteridge ran deposit and real estate company LP Gutteridge Ltd. and was subsequently executive vi...
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