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Money is a source of conflict in nearly a third of all relationships, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association. When it comes to budgeting, two can quickly turn into a crowd. That’s because some of us like to save our nickels,...

The baby boomers are getting ready to retire, and they won’t let a stock market sell-off stop them. US stocks recently concluded the worst January since 2009 and have continued falling into February. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is now down 10 per...

Romance is a spontaneous, glorious happening, but as a foreign national, immigration into, and taxation within another country (in our composite case, the United States) requires pre-border crossing planning, too. The two thought processes are diamet...

The boom in the catastrophe bond market is leading some experts to voice fears that investors do not fully understand the risks they are taking on — and so they could flee in a panic in the event of a major catastrophe that triggers losses. Jay Patel...

Banks are suffering the biggest pressures since the recession hit in 2008, a report from professional services firm PwC said yesterday. A still struggling global economy, poor business performance and risk from cyberattacks as well as increased regul...

Top banker Sandy Weill has retired as chairman of the board of Hamilton Insurance Group. Mr Weill, former chairman of Citigroup, will be succeeded by Hamilton founder and chief executive officer Brian Duperreault, however he will continue to advise t...

The death of Sydney Corbett, the Island’s former postmaster general, was acknowledged this evening by Michael Dunkley. Mr Corbett, who would have turned 91 on Saturday, served as postmaster general from 1969 until his retirement in 1981, having joine...

A helicopter rescue in pitch darkness, hundreds of miles out in stormy seas, is not the way local doctor Michael Urdang expected to finish Valentine’s Day. Just married, Dr Urdang had been grateful for a couple of days off and the chance to spend the...

New legislation that will allow the Minister of Finance to temporarily take over a failing bank has been passed by the House of Assembly. Detailing the Banking (Special Resolutions Regime) Act 2016, the finance minister said it was intended to provid...

Dear Dave, What is your opinion of churches encouraging members to do e-giving with credit cards and debit cards? MELISSA Dear Melissa, I’m against debt, so I’m not particularly fond of churches asking people to use a debt vehicle to pay their tithes...

Dear Sir, War is an extremely lucrative business for banking in the new world order: loans for destruction, loans for reconstruction, loans for controlling people. In other words, “The New World Order”. What is also important is to have belief in the...

The Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies raised $500 for its scholarship programme after hosting after-work cocktails events in Bermuda and London. The funds will go towards the BFIS Alumni Scholarship, which will be awarded later this year. “We ...