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Bigger is not necessarily better in the reinsurance market, according to Montpelier Re executive chairman Anthony Taylor.
Montpelier's name has been suggested in some wire reports as a likely merger candidate or takeover target, after two Bermuda rei...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Next Stop: Luxor, Egypt
After three hours of musical chairs (thanks to the ticket fiasco from Aswan) we arrived in Luxor at 11 p.m. so we crashed and got ready for the next day. This included finding a cheaper hostel before finding the Luxor Temple. ...
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Net income: $474.3 million compared to a net loss of $26 million in 2008.
Gross premiums written: $846.1 million compared to $968.2 million in 2008.
Combined ratio: 83.5 percent compared to 85.9 percent in 2008.
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Bermuda Olympian Roy Allen Burch wiped three seconds of his previous best time in the 50 metres butterfly to set a new national record at the FINA World Championships in Rome, according to national swim coach Ben Smith.
However, Burch's exact time wa...
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Crime Stoppers Bermuda today launched a new website and telephone number in response to an almost ten percent increase in violent crime on the Island.
Speaking at a press conference this morning, Chairman Joanne MacPhee announced that since its incep...
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Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe posted net income of $474.3 million for the second quarter, boosted by a lack of catastrophes and an increase in the value of investments.
The company, which is set to become the world's fourth largest reinsurer by s...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Closed door blues
July 15, 2009
Dear Sir,
Last evening when my wife and I went off to St. George's Town Square, (to take part in the "festivities") we were dismayed in witnessing numerous retail stores inaccessible to the public; and more so, to the ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Longtails: The Bermuda Dream
A Photographic Exhibition by Dr. Reg Grundy
A Review by Charles Zuill
Dr. Reg. Grundy's photographs of longtails, including a wall of backlit photographs, which is currently on exhibition at the Masterworks Museum, is, in...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Four hundred years ago today, the hurricane-shocked crew and passengers of the Sea Venture stumbled onto the sands of what is now St. Catherine's Beach from the wreck of their ship.
Since that day, Bermuda has enjoyed 400 years of continuous settleme...
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A Police car collided with a bus yesterday evening, causing extensive damage to the Police vehicle but no injuries.
Witnesses, who did not want to be named, claimed the Police vehicle had its lights flashing and ran a red light when the two collided....
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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