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Ratings agency A.M. Best has predicted that Bermuda insurer Amlin Bermuda Ltd. (ABL) will make a profit of $186 million in 2006 and $255 million next year.
The ratings agency anticipates an outstanding loss ratio of approximately 40 percent for 2006 ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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People are being urged to get their jabs in now before the flu bug starts to bite over the next two months.
Doctors are particularly keen for vulnerable individuals — such as the elderly, young children and those with general health problems — to get...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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LOS ANGELES — Montel Williams joined US troops in Iraq for a two-part holiday edition of his syndicated talk show.Williams, 50, visited the North Arabian Gulf and spent time with sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower earlier this month.
"During...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise operator, said fourth-quarter profit rose 24 percent, beating its forecast, on demand for European trips.Net income for the three months ended November 30 climbed to $416 million, or 5...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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THOUGH Christmas is a holiday that is deeply rooted in religious as well as familial traditions, the origin of many of those traditions remains a mystery to many.Some such traditions, including the origin of the holiday’s annual date, December 25, co...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — One of the best-known but most disparaged beach towns in Texas is trying to figure out how to promote itself to outsiders while acknowledging that the town and its beaches are dirty and largely unappealing.Residents of Galvest...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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Bermuda’s insurance market is described as being “long on capital and short on talent” in a report by analysts Stifel Nicolaus.
The term is used to summarise opinions voiced to Stifel Nocolaus researchers during a round of interviews with insurance a...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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It was the beauty of Bermuda that first inspired Grace Welch to start writing poetry five years ago.
Mrs. Welch is originally from Waterloo, Ontario (home of the Blackberry computer) and works in the global training programme at ACE.
“I write mainly ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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THE holiday season is fast approaching. During this time, a child can be pushed into overdrive. Children of different temperaments cope with the hustle and bustle of holiday festivities in individual ways.Some become overwhelmed by too much stimulati...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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Two of the world’s busiest airports, in London and Denver, were socked with bad weather yesterday, propelling a ripple that spread to airports around the world and stranded thousands of holiday travellers during the pre-Christmas travel crunch.
As fl...
DATE: Dec 22, 2006
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