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Bermuda needs an educated workforce. And it’s that time again for many students on the island. They are struggling with those interminable university application forms with the excruciating wait to see if they’ve been accepted at the right school. I...

Over the fourth quarter of 2012, global capital markets saw heightened volatility but with minimal forward progress as securities prices reacted to news surrounding America’s “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Since last summer, the potentially lethal $60...

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, the reinsurer whose co-founders include American International Group (AIG) and Chubb Corp, said it took a minority stake in Crescent Capital Group LP, the investment manager that focuses on junk-rated debt....

A major systemic financial failure. Extreme weather patterns. A water supply crisis. Food shortages. Weapons of mass destruction. Stark income disparity. Cyber attacks. Those are just a few of the major risks to the global economy this year, accordin...

AM Best has come out with its annual ranking of the world’s largest insurers. The rating agency looked at the largest companies — ranking them both by assets and by premiums written and found different factors affecting both lists. None of the compan...

The outlook for the global reinsurance sector remains stable, AM Best said yesterday. The rating agency said that the stability was driven by “continued strong risk-adjusted capitalisation, judicious enterprise risk management practices and a relativ...

The US Congress on Friday approved legislation to increase the borrowing authority of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by $9.7 billion. The House of Representatives voted 354-67 to keep the National Flood Insurance Program solvent and abl...

Martha Myron Harris New year, new start, new government, new goals, or are we recycling the same old topics? Of course, we are! Nothing changes that much in a year. What is expected, however, is that with the new year comes fresh perspectives and ne...

The New Year has only just begun, but students who are serious about pursuing a career in the insurance industry already need to start thinking about what they’re doing this summer. That’s because the Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies (BFIS) ...