Bermuda-based insurer Centre Solutions is hosting a summer student international business seminar today from noon to 2.30 p.m. at the company's new offices in the Zurich Centre at the Waterfront complex. Each summer a number of local companies employ students to expose them to opportunities available within the international business sector, giving them experience working for a particular company. However, Centre Solutions says it wants to ensure students get to learn as much about other companies in the same market, so it is sponsoring the first Combined International Business Summer Student Seminar showcasing a variety of companies including: Partner Re, Overseas Partners, Heddington, Am-Re Managers and Fidelity International.

"We believe by creating new and innovative ways of showcasing the international business environment to young people it will heighten their sense of real time business and hands-on experience otherwise unavailable to them,'' Centre Solutions CEO Paul Hellmers said. "In an increasingly global society, the participation of a number of different companies in this seminar provides a valuable and wide-reaching learning experience that is difficult to achieve in any classroom.'' *** NAAN TOO HAPPY OVER A NAME! EAT Naan too happy over a name! The names may sound alike, but they are two different restaurants owned by two different people. Opening soon upstairs in the Bermudiana Arcade is a new Indian take-out restaurant Taste of India , no relation to the House of India take-out and dine-in restaurants on North Street, Hamilton. Taste of India's owner is Sharmila Gonsalves , who also owns Memory Lane Deli on Serpentine Road. Ms Gonsalves said she plans to open Taste of India by next month in the old Music World premises. It will be serving breakfast (such as Indian pancakes and vegetarian rice cakes) as well as lunch and dinner take-out foods. The name is so similar to House of India's that owner Geraldine Uppal has had to take out a newspaper advert to clear up confusion among her clientele that she may be opening up another restaurant in Hamilton. She states in the ad that customers may have been "led to believe either via rumour or inadvertent pronouncements, that we are opening another venue in Hamilton...'' It is understood some of the confusion may lie in the fact that two chefs from House of India have left to go and work at the new Taste of India. Ms Gonsalves explained the name she chose for her restaurant was one she had actually come up with many years ago, anticipating opening an Indian restaurant one day.

*** BLACKBEARD'S OPENS KITCHEN EAT Blackbeard's opens kitchen The new operators of the St. George's Club's Achille's Bay beach concession, Adrian and Pat Jones , have finished installing a larger, more modern kitchen at Blackbeard's Hideout and have unveiled an all-new menu to go with it featuring an array of seafood with a New England flavour as well as Bermudian dishes. The restaurant is open 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. at night with a bar snacks menu available until midnight. Live entertainment by Boston rock band Eddy's Shoe is featured on Wednesday and Saturday nights with a one-off concert scheduled for August 15.

*** LOVECCHIO IN NEW ROLE AT LASALLE RE APP Lovecchio in new role at LaSalle Re LaSalle Re has named Grace Lovecchio vice president of administration and human resources. Mrs. Lovecchio joined LaSalle Re in August 1998 as assistant vice president overseeing claims and internal service functions of the company.

"In this expanded role, she will be actively recruiting new staff members to ensure that LaSalle Re has the most competitive internal service capabilities in the industry,'' LaSalle president and CEO Guy Hengesbaugh.

*** VSB TO RING IN NEW TV SHOW TV VSB to ring in new TV show VSB TV 11 has announced a new local television show starting this autumn called The Bermuda Wedding Show. The host of the show, which will feature footage of Bermuda weddings and interviews, will be former VSB news anchor Charmaine Burgess . Special projects manager for DeFontes Broadcasting (VSB), Kenny Harris, said a preview tape of the show had "stirred great interest'' among potential advertisers.

*** INSURERS DECLARE QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS STK BUC Insurers declare quarterly dividends Bermuda property catastrophe reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share on common stock.

It is payable on September 2 to shareholders of record on August 19.

Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings Ltd. , the holding company of five insurers, has declared a quarterly dividend of six cents per ordinary share payable on September 27 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 3.

Annuity and Life Re (Holdings) Ltd. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of four cents per share on the corporation's common shares. It is payable September 2 to shareholders of record on August 19. The company reported its operating results for the period ended June 30, 1999 on August 3. Annuity and Life Re (Holdings) Ltd. provides annuity and life reinsurance to insurers through its wholly owned subsidiary Annuity and Life Reassurance Ltd.

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Name calling: Getting a Taste of India in the Bermudiana Arcade