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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Catlin Group Limited, the largest insurer on the Lloyd's of London market, said first-quarter revenue more than doubled, helped by its acquisition of Wellington Underwriting Plc last year.Insurance revenue rose to $1.2 billion fr...
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CANNES (Bloomberg) — Cannes, the world's most prestigious film festival, is drawing investment by hedge funds and private-equity companies in motion-picture financing, production and distribution.Film production companies said the money is transformi...
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HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — China will let Carlyle Group, a Washington DC-based buyout firm, buy a 19.9 percent stake in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., paving way for the insurer's first share sale.Carlyle and Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential Fi...
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission prevailed in the first case to go to trial involving the fraudulent use of a product called finite insurance, announcing on Friday that a federal jury found a former Brightpoint Inc. ...
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One of Bermuda’s most charming historic buildings could face demolition following a Government decision to de-list its Grade One protected status.
‘Queen of the East’ is an 18th century merchant’s house which has been described as “the epitome of 18t...
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It was conceived in the early 1990s as a flagship “mega school” at the heart of a massive reform of public education in Bermuda. But CedarBridge Academy, badly built and never properly looked after according to a hard-hitting report released last we...
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Sam Strangeways
Next Saturday, 157 Bermuda-based candidates will take a gruelling examination that will help them on the long road to becoming a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
They will be among nearly 100,000 candidates world-wide taking level one, two or three...
DATE: May 28, 2007
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Jonathan Kent
Trusts were originally used as an estate-planning tool to preserve family capital and look after the interests of the young, the incapacitated and the foolhardy.
However, due to their flexibility and varied uses, trusts have now become widely used in...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Rising obesity levels mean Britain is facing a cancer “time-bomb”, a health expert said.Greg Martin, science and research manager at the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), warned that urgent action is needed if the country is to av...
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Standard & Poor's Rating Services has raised the financial strength rating of Bermuda-based Tokio Millennium Re Limited to AA from AA-.
Meanwhile, A.M. Best has affirmed Tokio's financial strength rating of A+ (superior) and the issuer credit rating ...
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