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"Axis, RenRe estimate combined Japan losses of $500m"

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd today estimated a $285 million loss from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that struck last month, while RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd expects to take a hit of approximately $220 million and Argo Group International Holdings ...
Apr 18, 2011
Bermuda Stock Exchange

"KeyTech climbs 1.6%"

Telecommunications company KeyTech Ltd gained 1.6 percent in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading yesterday. The owner of the Bermuda Telephone Company, M3 Wireless and Logic Communications rose 10 cents to close on $6.35 on the trading of 10,000 shares. A...
Apr 16, 2011
Opinion Writer

"The trend might not be your friend as trading volumes decline"

Trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange has been light this month, very light. There has not been much trading activity in the traditional equity exchanges, back to pre-crises levels. Not surprisingly the activity has been on the Chicago Board...
Apr 16, 2011
Personal Finance

"Production continues to sparkle for mining leader"

Q: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has been a very good stock for me, but I wonder about what the general outlook is for commodities. What is your take? B.V., via the internet A: Global demand for copper will continue to come largely from China, ...
Apr 16, 2011
Reinsurance

"Assured Guaranty shares surge 24% after $1.1b deal"

Shares of Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd jumped more than 29 percent in morning trading yesterday after the company said Bank of America will pay $1.1 billion to settle the Assured's demands that the lender buy back faulty mortgages....
Apr 16, 2011
Reinsurance

"Q1 cat losses set to top $5b for Bermuda market"

Major commercial re/insurers in the Bermuda market have already declared catastrophe losses of up to $4.6 billion for the first quarter of 2011. And with hundreds of millions of dollars more in losses related to last month’s Japan earthquake and tsun...
Apr 15, 2011
Other

"PartnerRe estimates $500m loss from Japan quake"

PartnerRe Ltd has announced loss estimates of approximately $500 million from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last month the biggest loss posted by any Bermuda-based insurer so far for the event. The net loss for the event, which will be...
Apr 13, 2011
Other

"Alterra estimates Japan loss of up to $100m"

Bermuda re/insurer Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd expects losses of up to $100 million from last month’s Japanese earthquake and tsunami. The company said in a statement today that its preliminary loss estimate of between $60 million and $100 million, ...
Apr 13, 2011
Other

"Allied World reaches for the sky with new Lloyd’s syndicate"

More than 300 people turned out at a London celebration of the official launch of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd’s new Lloyd’s syndicate 2232 - a number that carries a significant Bermuda connection. It is more than a coincidence that 22...
Apr 12, 2011
Reinsurance

"California in focus as string of giant quakes raises concern"

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Korn is a popular person these days, which is perhaps not too surprising considering what he does for a living and where he lives. Korn is an insurance broker in earthquake-prone San Francisco. “We’re pretty busy,”...
Apr 11, 2011
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