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A new law to create a public register of directors comes into force today. Government amended company law to create the register to stay in line with US Financial Action Task Force rules. The new law means every company registered in Bermuda has to f...

In today’s article I will try to address where the responsibility of the board of directors ends and that of the management begins. Easy to describe in concept but many of you will be aware that there is an overlap which requires careful handling, wi...

A total of five Bermuda professionals have won qualifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD). Sara Schroter Ross, 33, legal counsel at the Bermuda Commercial Bank, achieved a distinction in the diploma in company direction — the first Bermudia...

Global insurance and reinsurance firm Allied World has appointed two new directors — including a director of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA). Fiona Luck, who has held a series of senior positions in Bermuda, will be joined on the board by Patric...

The top table of company chiefs has to be more diverse, according to the chairman of the Bermuda branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD). Roger Gillett, an award-winning veteran of the insurance industry, said: “The more diverse the board, the bro...

A bid to boost the standards of company directors in Bermuda has been launched. Financial services firm KPMG has teamed up with the Island branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD) to support professional development in the boardroom. The move means...

Financial services holding company Somers Ltd has appointed Mark Brown as a consultant to advise and assist in the ongoing management and development of its UK and Irish investment portfolio. Mr Brown is also being appointed as executive chairman of...

Breaking the stereotype that members of company boards are ‘stale, pale and male’, the Institute of Directors’ first five holders of the Certificate in Company Direction programme have been announced. Earning this recognition is the first step towar...

Clarien Bank Limited has named former US Consul General to Bermuda, Gregory Slayton, to its board as an independent director. The bank said in a statement that his appointment is consistent with Clarien’s strategy for achieving international growth a...

A founding member of Hamilton Re’s management team, Kathleen Reardon, has been promoted to the position of chief executive officer of Hamilton Insurance Group’s Bermuda-based Class 4 property casualty reinsurer. Chief executive officer of the $800 mi...

Veteran lawyer David Kessaram has stepped down from the top job at legal firm Cox, Hallett, Wilkinson (CHW). Now Ernest Morrison has taken over the role of managing director at the firm, with Mr Kessaram continuing to head up the firm’s litigation de...