128 results returned for search: "education AND " author David Fox, Business Editor
After half a century of serving Bermuda and the insurance industry, Bermuda’s school for insurance studies is coming to an end.
And now a special general meeting has been called for the membership of the Bermuda Insurance Institute to decide the way ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Two thirds of new jobs created in Bermuda in the next two years will come from entrepreneurs, a tech summit has been told.
But while there has been a 300 per cent increase in businesses using online and e-commerce, there remains an urgency to re-tool...
DATE: Oct 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The rate of inflation rose 1.4 per cent in May as airfares soared more than 27 per cent, the government said today.
The year over year increase in the Consumer Price Index was the highest since August, 2019 when it was 1.5 per cent.
The rise in air...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies (BFIS), now in its 25th year of existence, has just awarded a total of $357,500 in scholarship funding to 18 students focused on careers in Bermuda’s insurance sector.
This brings the total amount of fund...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Waheed Brown has his head in a cloud – the Google Cloud.
A Silicon Valley alum, the Bermudian is a Google Cloud Infrastructure Engineer.
The one-time Saltus schoolboy helps large customers like Apple move their computer networks into the Google Cloud...
DATE: Aug 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The cost of healthcare in Bermuda is one of the highest in the world relative to economic output, according to the latest figures.
The National Health Accounts Report 2013 also indicates a rising tide of uninsured Bermudians.
And although Bermuda spe...
DATE: Jul 23, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The Department of Energy begins this week seeking advice on establishing a new energy regulatory environment, with a promise of public consultation later this year. The new regulatory regime for energy in Bermuda is a priority for the Ministry of Edu...
DATE: Jul 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
One of the biggest threats Bermuda faces in keeping its international business is US enlightenment to the realisation that it need only change its tax laws to lure many companies home or repatriate corporate profits. And more insurance start-ups coul...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The Bermuda corporate parent of a bond insurer at the centre of controversy over Detroit’s $18-billion bankruptcy hearings, has disclosed they could face difficulties if the judge rules against them.
Their New York-based bond insurer subsidiary — Syn...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
A bankruptcy judge this week delves into key issues in the worst municipal bankruptcy in US history.
And in the middle is a Bermuda insurer whose holding company lists a Bermuda cabinet minister as a director.
The case is scheduled to go to trial in ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor