Royal Gazette

Blueprint Hair Studio is moving house after 12 years on Par-la-Ville Road in Hamilton.
In October, the salon run by Raquel Gonzalez will open at 26 Reid Street in what used to be the AS Cooper’s wome…

Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Africa Specialty Risks’ insurance financial strength rating to A3 from Baa1.
The developing markets-focused re/insurance group — licensed as a Class 3A insurer in Bermud…

Butterfield Bank’s shares climbed 0.1 per cent in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading today. The bank, which was the lone stock to trade on the BSX, closed up five cents at $58.20.
The Royal Gazette/BSX In…

Young videographers won thousands of dollars for their schools in KFC’s inaugural School Video Commercial Contest.
Students were invited from eight high schools to create original 30-, 60- or 90-secon…

Specialty insurer and reinsurer International General Insurance Holdings has launched a Bermudian-based managing general agent focused on global cyber business.
Cipher Underwriting is a specialty trea…

More than a century after acquiring Guy Carpenter, Marsh & McLennan has rebranded its reinsurance, capital advisory and quantitative analytics arm, to Marsh Re.
A note from Dean Klisura, president…

Walkers has recognised four aspiring Bermudian legal professionals through its annual Legal Bursary and Scholarship Awards, including the Jonathan Betts Legal Scholarship.
The awards provide financia…

Tim Nunziata has joined Vantage Group Holdings as head of cyber insurance and global product leader.
The Bermudian re/insurer, which was acquired earlier this year by Howard Hughes Holdings in a $2.1 …

A Bermudian financial technology company specialising in a multi-asset trading platform has completed its first spot cryptocurrency trade.
By completing the trade on its institutional-grade platform,…

Fluffy ice is the secret to a good snowball, says Pamela Ingham.
She ought to know, since she has been running Snowy’s snowball stand for the last 18 years.
“It is really impacted by humidity,” she s…

US states are supposedly the laboratories of democracy, cooking up and testing local solutions to national problems. But some of those labs are more like Walter White’s RV methmobile: they’re not alwa…

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Retirement solutions company Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, has made Brett Gibson its new executive vice-president and head of investor relations.
“Brett brings nearly 20 years of e…

The Royal Gazette/BSX Index closed unchanged on 3,750.77 after no trading activity on the Bermuda Stock Exchange today.
Butterfield Bank’s US-listed shares fell 42 cents, or 0.71 per cent, to close at…

Bermuda commercial re/insurers incurred $1.34 trillion in gross claims costs to policyholders and cedants globally during the past decade.
Nearly one fifth of the total — approximately $250 million in…

A composite of AM Best-rated United States and Bermuda reinsurers generated a fifth-straight year of underwriting profitability, even as premium growth fell sharply, according to a new report.
The AM …

David Burt will be in Belgium and France this week to participate in meetings and talks predominantly focused on Bermuda’s re/insurance industry.
The Premier and Minister of Finance will join the Ass…

A group of Bermuda’s leading international re/insurers brought in nearly $200 billion in gross premiums in 2025 – a record-breaking year, according to a new report.
The Association of Bermuda Insurers…

Jayunae’ Bailey and Samiah Fisher have been awarded the 2026 EY Bermuda Gil Tucker Scholarship.
The scholarship fund, created in honour of Gil Tucker, who retired in 2015 after serving as EY Bermuda’s…

Running an online apparel business, Shaun Roberts has found that some Bermudians are quick to click “order” on Amazon.com, but more reluctant when it comes to local online retailers.
The owner of app…

Athene has retained its market position as the number one overall seller of individual retail annuities, AM Best has reported.
Best acknowledged this as it affirmed the financial strength rating of A+…

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has stepped back from plans to create a new licensing regime for digital identity providers, saying there is not enough evidence that Bermuda’s small market could suppor…

David Burt has confirmed he will leave the Cabinet and serve as a backbencher after his retirement as premier.
Mr Burt, who was speaking during a radio interview, further clarified recent changes to P…

AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a” (Excellent) of Inpex Insurance (Bermuda). The outlook of these credit ratings is stabl…

The tenth location on our list of retirement destinations is Costa Rica. Although this is not a place I plan to retire myself, I have received many requests for retirement options in Costa Rica, so I …

Auto Solutions has broken ground on a new two-storey showroom that will bring its Hyundai, Suzuki and Honda brands together under one roof.
The 12,000-square-foot facility is expected to take about 14…

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Phone Number

4413339138

Make/Brand

Desmond Fountain Bronze

Model

Nicole

New/Used

Used

Condition

Excellent

Seller Type

Price

10000

BEAUTIFUL DESMOND FOUNTAIN BRONZE STATUE FOR SALE
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Phone Number

4415992085

Make/Brand

Decor Rest

New/Used

Used

Condition

Excellent

Seller Type

Price

4250

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Dimensions:
* 100 inches total width
* 38 inches deep
* Chaise extends to 62 inches deep

Generous seating area with a spacious chaise for lounging. The neutral leather is easy to coordinate with almost any décor.
Beautiful stitch detail. Chic / modern brushed silver metal legs. As it’s a custom sofa, feet can be changed. Message if interested or if you’d like any additional photos/details. Asking $4,250 OBO.

The BSX index fell 106.50 points, or 2.76 per cent, to close at 3,750.77 today. Butterfield declined $1.85 to $58.15 after 100 shares traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. Domestic turnover was $5,815…

Auto Solutions has broken ground on a new two-storey showroom that will bring its Hyundai, Suzuki and Honda brands together under one roof.
The 12,000-square-foot facility is expected to take about 14…

Move, reset and refocus is the idea behind Alexis Richens’s new dance school, Movement Matters.
She had a soft opening in July with dance classes for older adults.
“It was built around the belief t…

The two largest domestic communications providers have faced an ongoing barrage of criticism recently. Service outages, customer service and frustrations with the artificial intelligence of their onli…

Bermuda’s place at the centre of the global reinsurance market is on display, with four island-based groups occupying spots among the world’s largest reinsurers.
AM Best’s annual ranking of the world’…

The Bermuda Monetary Authority released an August 14 consultation paper for comment titled The Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Bermuda’s Financial Services Sector. The BMA has asked for …

The Royal Gazette/BSX Index remained at 3,857.27 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Allshores had 5,024 shares change hands, with the price remaining at $27 ($135,634.14).
Butterfield Bank shares rose 16…

Aon Insurance Bermuda has presented a $10,000 cheque to the DailyMale charity.
DailyMale originally targeted the male community on island to improve early detection rates of prostate cancer.
The mobil…

The Bermuda-domiciled White Mountains Insurance Group’s board of directors has elected Stephen Klar as a director.
Mr Klar was formerly the president and a managing partner of Wellington Management Gr…

A landmark Pembroke hotel has been named a nominee finalist for two 2026 Historic Hotels Worldwide awards.
The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club has been nominated for best historic resort and best h…

Women in Reinsurance Bermuda has launched ReWiRe, its flagship event for women in reinsurance.
The inaugural conference will be held on October 29 at the Hamilton Princess Hotel & Beach Club. Org…

The Bermuda Monetary Authority is formally taking on the role of resolution authority for failing banks in an effort to stop wider damage to depositors or the island’s financial system.

The propos…

The RG/BSX Index fell 9.8 points (0.25 per cent) to 3,857.27 today after 6,150 shares traded ($171,357.50) on the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Butterfield closed unchanged at $60 after 50 shares changed ha…

Allshores is celebrating another successful year of its summer internship programme.
The insurer welcomed 30 students across its jurisdictions including 18 in Bermuda, eight of them returnees.
The fi…

Retail sales strengthened in March, helped by a sharp turnaround in building-material purchases and growth in household-related spending.
The volume of retail sales rose 2.1 per cent compared with Mar…

Inflation edged higher for the 12 months to March, as consumers paid 2.4 per cent more than they did the year before, for the basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index.
The Mi…

Atlantic Podiatry has awarded its first scholarship to science graduate Shea-Lah Thomas, helping to pave the way for her podiatry career in Bermuda.
Ms Thomas will begin a master’s degree in podiatry …

There are almost 18,000 outstanding warrants and unpaid fines of more than $10 million, police have revealed.
They urged the public to take advantage of a process that allows those with outstanding wa…

Having practised commercial law in Canada for more than 30 years, competition law was part of my transactional practice.
Not so much when I practised law in Bermuda.
On August 14, the Government of B…

The Royal Gazette/BSX Index rose 9.8 points (0.25 per cent) to close at 3,867.07.
Only Allshores was active on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, with 1,341 shares ($36,509.30) changing hands to close at $28…

Bermuda-based holding company, the RoyaLand Company has added Nazario Matachione to its board of directors.
The firm is focused on creating an online and offline immersive, fantasy-based royalty-theme…