ELECTION DAY 2008:........... Barack Obama, the next President of the United States of America

[iminchucks5]

LAKERS taking pics with Obama at the white house next year

 

[wanksta23]

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Are you guys ******ed? You asked what change is he going to bring. The only change he will bring is his skin color. THAT IS IT. I can't believe you guys are so blind. And please tell me why I don't deserve the Malcolm X avy. It's because I don't believe the hype right?

 

[kdwallace]

It's just a shame they don't do it like they do in the UK - there would be removal trucks at the White House this morning and he would be sworn in thisafternoon.

I know he has a lot of ground to cover in the next few months but I always thought that was kind of cool - hasn't happened in a long time though asthere's no maximum term and the same party has been in power for ever.

 

[NotoriousLEEdope]

Originally Posted by eNPHAN

Originally Posted by I R Andre

Originally Posted by HOVKid

Nice to see a black dude become president....though it would be better if he was 100% black instead of 50%.

Too bad he's a socialist. It makes me sick to know he is going to take my money and give it to someone else.

I can't believe that in these horrible times when people are losing their jobs all over the city this bastard is going to raise our taxes. Pathetic.

Republicans are truly scum, this dude got like a 400K house and hes like "he's gonna tax me the same way like under clinton so poor people can maybe prosper

"

i wouldn't call him scum...

just really selfish with a false sense of entitlement...

me and hov kid have gone back and forth about this issue...

he's really on some "no, its MY money, they just want it because they're LAZY"

i don't think he recognizes how privileged he is, not because he worked hard to get where he's at, but because he had the opportunity to do such...

some people aren't even afforded the opportunity...

which will hopefully change under a new education plan.....

but don't tell him his tiny percentage increase is going to things like education and healthcare, he'd rather maintain that it's going into the pockets of the poor, who are just plain lazy and want a handout...

like i told you before, hovkid, you ain't missin no meals...

I couldn't say it better. eNPHAN speaks the truth.

 

[wawaweewa]

Originally Posted by eyes of hazel

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Are you guys ******ed? You asked what change is he going to bring. The only change he will bring is his skin color. THAT IS IT. I can't believe you guys are so blind. And please tell me why I don't deserve the Malcolm X avy. It's because I don't believe the hype right?

Slim,

Where is your heart? Not your mind, but your heart?

Where is your F-A-I-T-H?

Don't know your ethnic background, and it doesn't matter.

Faith and hope gets ALL of us through.

Being 100% concrete leaves you in a saltbox, with a limited life span, and bad health...

Emotions delude and confuse. That's the problem.

 

[deuce king]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

now lets hope he can accomplish some of what he's promised --

most of the troops out of Iraq.
reduce gov't spending (a byproduct of getting the troops out)
a reformation of the tax code.
a repeal on the ban of stem cell use
a heavy investment into alternative energy

now...roll up the sleeves and get to work

FIRED UP.............FIRED UP...............READY TO GO..................READY TO GO!!

 

[itz rolli]

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by MexicanSoul

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by MyTsharp

Originally Posted by CadillacFLOW

After seeing how everybody is soo excited last night and today, I now think it was good that Obama was elected. But.......

I'm just curious to what kind of change everyone thinks he's going to bring?

Its not about the "physical change". Its the mindstate, I'm only 25 years old but I have never seen people in cities dancing in the streets. Honking their horns and and cheering from their cars. People partied in DC last night. Its the feeling of excitement and relief that it brings. That's what 'change' is about. My-T.

The only change is the amount of melanin the president has.

To expand upon that, I believe what we have here is not so much that people have made the right choice...rather, it is the illusion of choice that has many dancing in the streets. Do you think even for one second that those in power, I mean those in real power, the ones not discussed as much as the visible figures in the dailies, would for one moment entrust the planets most powerful government & possibly the fate the mankind to someone who wouldnt follow or would dismantle all their aims in one swift stroke?

If you ask me, we're living in the times of the Matrix, where things simply arent as they appear....I simply dont trust it yet.

In our history, we've witnessed a criminal lead our country for eight years who will leave office richer and clear of any crime. Bush took over the country and now Obama will do some spring cleaning and get this country back on track. Can I get an AMEN!

I sincerely hope you are right but in my heart of hearts I am convinced that you (and many with you) are totally wrong. Obama is such a likeable guy and I wish for him to do every he can to make the world a better place. But I know there are certain things we are not privy too, mechanations that we're not so aware of, people and groups that have an infite more sway over what happens than us voting (which is illusionary in itself).

They want you to feel happy, empowered, that you've 'done the right thing', that we're moving forward, progress if you will. But I would bet my life that in my lifetime things are NOT going to get better, things wont REALLY change, and that anyone who inherits the hotseat of the White House isnt really as much of the 'own person' as you guys seems to think....

you dont think things will get better in your lifetime? i feel sorry for you.

 

[spot rusherz]

DUDES ARE TTTIIIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT

Barack ftw

 

[wawaweewa]

Originally Posted by kdwallace

It's just a shame they don't do it like they do in the UK - there would be removal trucks at the White House this morning and he would be sworn in this afternoon.

I know he has a lot of ground to cover in the next few months but I always thought that was kind of cool - hasn't happened in a long time though as there's no maximum term and the same party has been in power for ever.

They can do that in the UK because the "Royal" family really runs things.

We do need a bit of transition time here in the US.

 

[daytona 5000]

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by MexicanSoul

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by MyTsharp

Originally Posted by CadillacFLOW

After seeing how everybody is soo excited last night and today, I now think it was good that Obama was elected. But.......

I'm just curious to what kind of change everyone thinks he's going to bring?

Its not about the "physical change". Its the mindstate, I'm only 25 years old but I have never seen people in cities dancing in the streets. Honking their horns and and cheering from their cars. People partied in DC last night. Its the feeling of excitement and relief that it brings. That's what 'change' is about. My-T.

The only change is the amount of melanin the president has.

To expand upon that, I believe what we have here is not so much that people have made the right choice...rather, it is the illusion of choice that has many dancing in the streets. Do you think even for one second that those in power, I mean those in real power, the ones not discussed as much as the visible figures in the dailies, would for one moment entrust the planets most powerful government & possibly the fate the mankind to someone who wouldnt follow or would dismantle all their aims in one swift stroke?

If you ask me, we're living in the times of the Matrix, where things simply arent as they appear....I simply dont trust it yet.

In our history, we've witnessed a criminal lead our country for eight years who will leave office richer and clear of any crime. Bush took over the country and now Obama will do some spring cleaning and get this country back on track. Can I get an AMEN!

I sincerely hope you are right but in my heart of hearts I am convinced that you (and many with you) are totally wrong. Obama is such a likeable guy and I wish for him to do every he can to make the world a better place. But I know there are certain things we are not privy too, mechanations that we're not so aware of, people and groups that have an infite more sway over what happens than us voting (which is illusionary in itself).

They want you to feel happy, empowered, that you've 'done the right thing', that we're moving forward, progress if you will. But I would bet my life that in my lifetime things are NOT going to get better, things wont REALLY change, and that anyone who inherits the hotseat of the White House isnt really as much of the 'own person' as you guys seems to think....

My man, I feel the exact same way you do, just didn't know how to express myself as well as you did. I think Obama is a likeable guy and all,but I can't even FORCE myself to feel a sense of pride or hope or any of that rhetoric he is preaching. All I will say is just remember what happened lasttime The President's approval rating was at an all time high, he had the full support of the media, and congress would do his bidding without a secondthough...that was only after 9/11. Obama isn't even in office yet. That is beyond scary

 

[marleysprotege]

theres a reason why people projected to make the money obama said he would tax, went out and voted for obama ... i watched as someone more educate dthan myselfsqueezed 1500 more dollars out of my tax return than i could ... wealthy people in the upper tax brackets arent going to be affected very much ... its thepeople who are well off, but not well off enough to have a full time accountant stretch their money who will suffer ... someones got to pay for the extraspending ... someones got to pay for those tax credits ... we will see

 

[bboy1827]

most of you dont seem 2 understand the econimic plan. hes not taxing individual people so much as big businesses. your money will pretty much be safe.socialism is actually a republican idea i.e you get what you work for while helping out as many others as you can. the more important part of yesterday is thefact the legislature is democratic and everyone of them is gonna want 2 help pass history making legislature so damn near everything he proposes will getpassed

 

[kingofjordanz]

lol, OBAMA FTW. Period

 

[yungchamp]

ROCKDEEP = NIKETALK LEGEND?

how u get that title

 

[wawaweewa]

Originally Posted by bboy1827

most of you dont seem 2 understand the econimic plan. hes not taxing individual people so much as big businesses. your money will pretty much be safe. socialism is actually a republican idea i.e you get what you work for while helping out as many others as you can. the more important part of yesterday is the fact the legislature is democratic and everyone of them is gonna want 2 help pass history making legislature so damn near everything he proposes will get passed

Let's say you're right. You don't seem to understand (Big business) Corporate taxation as it stands today.
Until he gets rid of the offshore tax haven loopholes nothing will change.

Wow. Folks are delusional. The Dem party is in bed with bug business just as much as the Repub's are.

Here are all of the Insurance Firms in Bernuda which are subsidies of bigger Corp. in the US. Keep in mind Bernmuda =Tax Haven/Money Laundering

[h3]Companies (corporations) by name[/h3]
This file lists many Bermuda incorporated international - not domesticunless shown as local - insurance & reinsurance companies. Jurisdictional regulatory agency is theInsurance Division of Bermuda Monetary Authority. All shown are limited liability companies.
[h4]A - American[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Name[/td] [td]Details[/td] [/tr][tr][td]AAA Risk Solutions[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aberdeen Assurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 13 May 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ABIC Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 20 October 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Acadia Life International[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2064, Hamilton HM HX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Acadia Life[/td] [td]As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Accord Re[/td] [td]28 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-4006. Fax 292-3865.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Accord Underwriting Agency[/td] [td]Continental Building, 25 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-4006.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ace Group of Companies[/td] [td]Rated A+. World HQ in Bermuda. Ace Building, 30 Woodbourne Avenue, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-5200. Fax 295-5221. P. O. Box HM 1015, Hamilton HM DX, Bermuda. Subsidiaries include ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd; ACE Capital Re International Ltd (phone 292-2603); ACE Risk Management International Ltd; ACE Tempest Life Reinsurance Ltd; ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. Regional headquarters are Bermuda, London, including Lloyd's Syndicate 2488, Stamford and Dublin.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ace Tempest Re Group[/td] [td]the reinsurance division of the Ace Group of Companies. In 2007 established an underwriting presence at Lloyd's Reinsurance Company (China) Limited, Lloyd's new licensed reinsurance company based in Shanghai. Offers all lines of property and casualty facultative and treaty reinsurance to the Chinese market, fully supported by Ace's existing Lloyd's Syndicate 2488.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Advent Re[/td] [td]Formed December 2006, Class 3. Bermuda operation of specialist Lloyd's insurer Advent Capital (Holdings) Plc.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aeolus Re[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 4. Incorporated June 2006. Another post-Hurricane Katrina start-up with a capital base exceeding $1 billion. The bulk of the investment came from two private equity investors, Warburg Pincus and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. Founded by Peter Appel and David Eklund as the reinsurance unit of Aeolus Ltd. Provides fully collateralized property catastrophe protection to insurers and reinsurers on both an ultimate net loss and industry loss warranty basis. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]AEGIS Electric & Gas Insurance Solutions[/td] [td]Incorporated 1January 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aetna Life and Casualty (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]AFC Re[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. 292-1361. Fax 299-8813[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Affiliates Insurers[/td] [td]Formed 23 October 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Agatha Re[/td] [td]Incorporated 28 November 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]AIG Cat Excess Liability[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 152, Hamilton HM AX. Formerly Starr Excess International. Has between 500 and 600 clients in Bermuda. A property and casualty subsidiary of AIG providing catastrophic excess liability products, services and solutions plus capability to offer policies on an admitted basis.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Airline Mutual Insurance[/td] [td]Managed by Thomas Miller (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Airways Assurance[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aggcap Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 15 March 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alea Group Holdings (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Crown House, 3rd Floor, 4 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Or P. O. Box HM 2983, Hamilton HM MX. 296-9150. Alea Bermuda Ltd. is a property and casualty insurance company. Also with offices in Bahrain, Basle, Jersey (CI), Kuala Lumpur, London, New York, Norwalk (CT), Rocky Hill, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo and Tunis. Now owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC, which manages private equity and hedge funds.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alea (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2983, Hamilton HM MX. A member of the Alea Group. Underwriting for Aviation and Space, Finite and CAT.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alberti Re[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]AlfaStar Insurance Group[/td] [td]formerly Stirling Cooke Brown. Chairman Stephen Crane.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alice Re[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Allianz Risk Transfer (Bermuda) - (ART)[/td] [td]55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. 295-4722. Fax 295-2867. Allianz is the leading insurer in Germany and Austria.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Allied World Assurance Company - (AWAC)[/td] [td]Bermuda Commercial Bank Building, 43 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 278-5400. Fax 296-3428. P. O. Box 3010, Hamilton HM MX.. A commercial property, casualty. reinsurance and specialty lines insurer. Incorporated 13 November 2001. Property and catastrophe insurance and reinsurance. With US$1.5 billion in capital. A joint venture between American International Group Inc, Chubb Corporation, GS Capital Partners 2000 LP, an investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs & Co. Class 4. Also in Dublin.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alternative Reinsurance[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman, Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amerimed Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated November 6, 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amlin Bermuda[/td] [td]2005. Class 4. Largest independent Lloyd's insurance group. Parent is Amlin plc of UK. With total capital in the region of $1 billion.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]American Senterfitt Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 30 October 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]American Fire & Marine[/td] [td]48 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-6986[/td] [/tr][tr][td]American General Life of Bermuda[/td] [td]A subsidiary of American General Corp. In 2001, it took over and renamed Templeton General Life of Bermuda Ltd. Taken over in 2001 by AIG[/td] [/tr][tr][td]American Indemnity Insurance Company[/td] [td]Belvedere Building, Pitt's Bay Road, Pembroke. Phone 292-7569[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]American International to Axis[/h4]
[table][tr][td]American International Group[/td] [td]

29 Richmond Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-2121. Fax 292-6735. Owned by American International Group, world's largest insurer by market value, with a $100 billion balance sheet. Founded in Shanghai, China, in 1919. New York-headquartered at Maiden Lane, a block from Wall Street. On 16th September 2008 AIG was rescued after the US Federal Reserve extended an $85bn bridging loan to the troubled insurance giant that provides mortgages insurance and more to most banks in the USA and many abroad. The Fed, after meeting with senior officials of the US Treasury, Senate and Congress, offered the money to the corporation in return for it pledging all of its assets. In addition, the Fed will receive warrants which will give it an ownership stake of almost 80pc. First major insurance company to locate in Bermuda and in the 1960s was allowed to have a separate agency of the American Life Insurance Company, an AIG subsidiary, active in the Bermuda marketplace.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]American International Underwriters Group (Bermuda)[/td] [td]As above. Owned by American International Group. A prominent international or exempted company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]American Investors Insurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]American & Overseas Reinsurance Management Company[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]American Safety Insurance Holdings[/td] [td](770) 485-4310. Toll free: (800) 388-3647. Fax: (770) 952-7507. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amerisure Re (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amlin Bermuda[/td] [td]Incorporated 24 October 2005. A new $1 billion reinsurer being formed by Amlin, one of the largest UK-listed Lloyd's insurers.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Anderson Hill Insurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]ANECO Reinsurance Co[/td] [td]The first publicly held reinsurance firm in Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Annuity & Life Reinsurance[/td] [td]Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 98, Hamilton HM AX. Lawrence S. Doyle. Arrived 1998. A subsidiary of Annuity & Life Re America, formerly Capitol Bankers Life Insurance Company. Provided annuity and life reinsurance to insurers through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Annuity and Life Reassurance, Ltd. and Annuity and Life Reassurance America, Inc. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aon (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Phone (441) 295-0265. Top floor, Cumberland House, Victoria Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 2450, Hamilton HM JX. Specialist insurance, broking, reinsurance expertise and consulting. One of the first in Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Appalachian Re (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aquila Energy Re [/td] [td]Aquila Inc. of the USA is a leading wholesaler of electric power and natural gas. It was seriously buffeted by the Enron fiasco. As a result, the Bermuda company is wound down its operations. It closed its Bermuda office and reduced its staff to 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arcata National Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 13 December 2001. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Archimedes Risk Solutions[/td] [td]Incorporated 3 June 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arch Reinsurance[/td] [td]Craig Appin House, Wesley Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. Telephone (441) 296-8240. P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. Broad-based multi-line reinsurance. Originally Risk Capital Reinsurance Company. Capital US$ 1 billion. Moved to Bermuda from Delaware on November 8, 2000 to avoid US taxes. Part of Arch Capital Group of USA. Arch Capital Group Bermuda and Arch Merger Corporation were formed in July 2000. More than 25 percent is owned by XL Capital. In 2000, Arch acquired Hales, a private American merchant bank specializing in insurance. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ardra Insurance Company[/td] [td]Owned by Richard and Jean DiLoreto of USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Argo Group International Holding[/td] [td]Formed by the 2007 merger between PXRE and US insurer Argonaut Group, 110 Pitts Bay Road, formerly the office of PXRE. An international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in niche areas of the property and casualty market.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Argus Insurance Company[/td] [td]Local. 12 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1064, Hamilton HM EX. Telephone 295-2021. Fax 292-6763. Argus expanded its property and casualty portfolios with the acquisitions of Bermuda-based Aviva Plc. and the Gibraltar property and casualty company, Norwich Union International Insurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Argus International Life Bermuda[/td] [td]see above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ariel Re[/td] [td]Incorporated 2005 by by former ACE executive Don Kramer and investors. Queen Street, Hamilton. The company took over the infrastructure and offices of reinsurer Rosemont Re, a Bermuda company owned by troubled UK parent, Goshawk Insurance Holdings Plc., that is now effectively in run-off. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]ARIA Ltd[/td] [td]Incorporated 21 January 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ark Syndicate Management[/td] [td]2007. A Bermuda-based holding company, with investors including Swiss Re and Lehman Brothers, as a new Lloyd's of London underwriting vehicle. Approved by Britain's Financial Services Authority and Lloyd's, it underwrites a diversified book of insurance and reinsurance in marine, energy, property and casualty classes.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arlington Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 9 October 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Armitage International Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated September 21, 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arrow Capital[/td] [td]Incorporated 24 October 2005. Owned by investment firm Goldman Sachs Group, and is an addition to Arrow Re.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arrow Reinsurance Co[/td] [td]2005. Class 4. Wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc of New York.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Artex Underwriting Managers[/td] [td]Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (Bermuda) Ltd, Sofia House, 48 Church Street, P. O. Box HM 2000, Hamilton HM HX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arthur J. Gallagher Intermediaries (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Sofia House, 48 Church Street, P. O. Box HM 2000, Hamilton HM HX. A subsidiary of Arthur G. Gallagher & Co. Ltd, 4th largest insurance brokerage in the world.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ascend Financial Services[/td] [td]Incorporated 2004 as an imported financial guaranty reinsurer to Bermuda[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ascend Guaranty[/td] [td]as above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ascend Insurance Group[/td] [td]as above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ascendant[/td] [td]Formed late 2005[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Asco Bermuda[/td] [td]Incorporated 22 March 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aspen Insurance[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. Incorporated late 2002. Commenced operations in Bermuda in December 2002 as a Class 4. Property and casualty. Capitalized at US$200 million.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aspen Insurance Holdings[/td] [td]Holding company of above, formally known as Exali Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. Also owns Wellington Reinsurance Ltd, based in London.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Asset Alliance Reinsurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 30 October 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services (AEGIS)[/td] [td]One of the principal Bermuda companies.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers[/td] [td]A trade group representing the major entities, with a list of their members and other principal links.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Assured Guaranty[/td] [td]Incorporated 2003 when ACE Limited spun off its financial guaranty arm. Its US direct financial guaranty insurer is Assured Guaranty Corp. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Asurion Japan Re[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Assurex Global Reinsurance[/td] [td]3 October 2003. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atlantic Star Insurance[/td] [td]Formerly Stirling Cooke Brown.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atrax Medical Group[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. 0. Box HM 1289, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 292-9989. A large mutual insurance company providing professional liability coverage to member USA law firms. US operations include ALAS in Chicago. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aviva Plc[/td] [td]See under Argus[/td] [/tr][tr][td]AWCI Insurance Company[/td] [td]17 October 2003. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Axa Insurance PLC[/td] [td]75 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Telephone 296-3600. Fax 295-6209.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Axa Financial (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 25 November 2003. Long Term. As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Axa Re[/td] [td]Owned by above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Axis Capital Holdings[/td] [td]See below. John Charman is CEO/President/Director of Bermuda-based Axis Capital Holdings Ltd and Axis Specialty Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Axis Specialty[/td] [td]Mayflower Building, Par-la-Ville and former Partner Re Building, Pitts Bay Road. Incorporated 8 November 2001. Property, aviation, war and other insurance. Formed by March & McLennan Cos. Inc. with US$1.6 billion in capital. Class 4. [/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]B[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Banyan Re[/td] [td]Formed 25 April 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Barmas Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Incorporated 1 October 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bay Point Re[/td] [td]Incorporated May 29, 2006. Class 3. Harbor Point's so-called 'side car' vehicle, to provide reinsurance for short-tail business to Harbor Point.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BBP Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BB&T Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 15 November 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]B&C International Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 3 July 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BF&M Insurance Group[/td] [td]Local. 112 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 06. Telephone 295-5566. Fax 292-8604.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bejar Indemnity (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Incorporated 2 May 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bellago Insurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp[/td] [td]A Warren Buffet company. 2007. His Berkshire Hathaway investment company, also Bermuda owned, injected $5bn into to this bond insurance company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bermaco Insurance Company[/td] [td]Chevron House, Hamilton. Phone 295-2187[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bermuda International Reinsurance Services[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bermuda Life Insurance Company[/td] [td]Local. Part of the Argus Group. 12 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1064, Hamilton HM EX. Telephone 295-2021. Fax 292-6763.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bermuda Provident Company[/td] [td]Local. Armoury Building, Reid Street, Hamilton. Telephone 295-3758. Fax 292-1210.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Benfield Group[/td] [td]Wessex House, Reid Street, Hamilton. Incorporated June 2002, initially with capital of US$12,000 but now increased to $2.6 billion. World's largest exclusive reinsurance broker. UK-based. Also has non-insurance subsidiaries. US operations are Benfield Blanch Inc. UK operations are Benfield Group PLC. Benfield Grieg remains the trading name for reinsurance broking operations outside the USA. Benfield Grieg (Bermuda) and Benfield Advisory are other Bermuda vehicles.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Biomet Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 17 June 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Black Gold Re[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Blue Ocean Reinsurance [/td] [td]2005. Class 3. Due to a $133 million investment by Montpelier Re Holdings. It offers retrocessional protection, or reinsurance for reinsurers, in the property catastrophe market and does so to parties other than Montpelier. At inception, Blue Ocean Re had capital commitments of $300 million in common and preferred equity, including a $133 million investment by Montpelier. The other investors were not identified.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BluePoint Re[/td] [td]
Financial guaranty reinsurer. In August 2008 it filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in New York, and similar protection in Bermuda on August 7, citing defaults on mortgage-related products.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Blue Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 6 June 2003[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bott & Associates[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bridge Re[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]British American Insurance Company[/td] [td]Local. 133 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Telephone 292-2020. Fax 295-6124.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Brit Insurance Holdings[/td] [td]Formed December 2006[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BrokerageAmerica LLC[/td] [td]Of New York, with a Bermuda office.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Burlington Northern Santa Fe Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Incorporated 22 May 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BW Assurance Corporation[/td] [td]Incorporated 23 September 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]Cahow Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 22 July 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cambridge International Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Canada Life Insurance Company[/td] [td]Represented in Bermuda by Kitson & Company. 20 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Telephone 295-2525. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Canada Life Financial Corporation[/td] [td]Established in 1999, holding company for Canada Life.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Canopius Underwriting Bermuda (CUBL)[/td] [td]Subsidiary of Canopius Group Ltd, headquartered in Guernsey, one of the biggest privately-owned Lloyd's insurance underwriting businesses. Also with offices in Ireland and Singapore. Atlantic House, Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Canopy Assurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 15 November 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Captech Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]C/o Trott & Duncan[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CARE Ltd. [/td] [td]Incorporated 4 September 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Carter Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 25 November 2003. Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Carolina Re[/td] [td]Collapsed following investigation of US-based Fortress Re.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CastlePoint Holdings[/td] [td]Since November 2005. A Hamilton-based holding company that provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance products and services primarily to small insurance companies and programme underwriting agents in the US. Tower Group Inc., a New York-based specialty property and casualty insurance company, was CastlePoint's sponsor, has a 16% interest and is the company's largest customer, according to the prospectus filed in 2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Tower Group, which had sponsored CastlePoint's formation, bought it in 2008. CastlePoint gets most of its premium revenue from Tower Group.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CastlePoint Re[/td] [td]See above. Formed 2006, Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Castle Re Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 7 November 2001. Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Castlewood[/td] [td]Subsidiary of Castlewood Holdings Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Castlewood Holdings[/td] [td]Incorporated in November 2001 with Trident Holdings and a group of investors known as Castlewood Principals to manage and acquire insurance and reinsurance companies including those in liquidation and to provide management, consulting and other services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Castlewood Risk Management (CRM)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2267, Hamilton HM JX. One of the above companies. Changed its name from Powerscourt Group Ltd - established by Irish resident John Kane - which had taken its name from the mansion, gardens and business operations of Powerscourt in Ireland owned by the Slazenger family. A privately owned professional insurance services company headquartered in Bermuda. Castlewood also has offices in the Lloyd's Building in London and Guildford near London.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cataline Insurance[/td] [td]Since May 2008.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Catlin Insurance Company (CICL)[/td] [td]Swan Building, Victoria Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1287, Hamilton HM FX. Incorporated by WestGen. Lloyds of London insurer and reinsurer. A member of the Catlin Group. Rated A by AM Best.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Catlin Westgen Group[/td] [td]Owners of above. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cat Pool Re[/td] [td]Incorporated 1 October 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CATRisk[/td] [td]A holding company and reinsurance operating company that has assumed 50% of the business of St. Paul Travelers CATRisk operation pending its acquisition by affiliates of San Francisco private equity investors Hellman & Friedman LLC and Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC. A specialty property and casualty insurer providing coverage for clients with significant catastrophe exposures. The company provides non-admitted homeowners insurance primarily in Florida and Texas and admitted residential earthquake in California and Washington. It operates through three interrelated specialty insurance companies: residential earthquake insurers, GeoVera Insurance Company and Pacific Select Property, and surplus lines carrier, USF&G Specialty Insurance Company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cavu Re[/td] [td]Since June 23, 2008. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Centre Solutions (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Rated A. One of Bermuda's top reinsurers. Since 1988. Waterfront, Zurich Centre, Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke. (441) 295-8501. (441) 295-3705. Name changed from Centre Re in 1998. Bought by Zurich in 1991 for a reported US$ 7 billion. Parent is Zurich Financial Services. Many offices overseas.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Centurion Insurance Services[/td] [td]Local. Part of the Argus Group. Craig Appin House, 8 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. Telephone 296-2000. Fax 295-8637.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CFM Insurance Managers[/td] [td]3rd Floor, 44 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-1051.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CFTS Bermuda[/td] [td]Incorporated November 2003[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Champlain Insurance Company[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 292-6357. (441) 292-1893. Voice mail extension 229 at (441) 295-3550.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Charles Taylor & Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Chelsea Insurance Co[/td] [td]Incorporated 1 May 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Chevron International[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Chiquita International[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Chubb Atlantic Indemnity[/td] [td]Belvedere Building, 69 Pitt's Bay Road, Hamilton HM 08. (441) 292-7343. (441) 296-1728. Owned by Chubb in USA. There is also Chubb Re, Inc.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CIFG Holding and CIFG Guaranty[/td] [td]A $1.4 billion French insurance and reinsurance organization that moved its headquarters to Bermuda in 2007. It's CIFG Europe will stay a French-resident entity and CIFG Assurance North America will remain a New York-domiciled company. It provides insurance and reinsurance for investment grade transactions in the structured finance, public finance and project finance markets in the US and Europe. A major shareholder is Natixis, offering a range of business activities and services in the retail, commercial and investment banking sectors.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CIG Re[/td] [td]September 2004. Suite 1774, 48 Par la Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. A Citadel hedge fund company, as the result of pressure to put new investment money to work.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CIS[/td] [td]Incorporated in Bermuda 27 September 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Citygroup Inc[/td] [td]CEO Sanford Weill.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Citycorp International Insurance Trust[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 298-6666. (441) 298-6611[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Claddaugh Casualty Insurance [/td] [td]Since May 2008[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CNA Butterfield & Son[/td] [td]1 Park Road, Hamilton HM 09. Telephone 295-5519. Fax 292-7972.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CNA Risk Services[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Colonial Group International Company[/td] [td]Jardine House, 33-35 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Or P. O. Box HM 1559, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 296-3700. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Colonial Insurance Group[/td] [td]As above. Local. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Colonial Medical Insurance[/td] [td]As above. Phone 296-3200. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Colonial Private Trustee[/td] [td]As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Commercial Guarantee Assurance [/td] [td]Craig Appin House, 8 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-3165.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Commercial Risk Partners[/td] [td]Subsidiary of French reinsurer SCOR.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Commercial Risk Reinsurance Co[/td] [td]The Waterfront, 96 Pitt's Bay Road, Pembroke HM 12. Phone 292-9744. Fax 292-9743. Established by Commercial Risk Partners. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Compass[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Concord Re[/td] [td]Formed August 2006, Class 3. AIG's $730 million Bermuda-based sidecar set up to reinsure US property risks written by AIG subsidiary Lexington Insurance Co.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Converium Holdings AG[/td] [td]Since October 2001, assumed third party reinsurance business operations of Zurich Financial Services. A global lead reinsurer for all major lines of non-life and life insurance organized around four underwriting hubs.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CMDC Guaranty Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Credit National Bermuda[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CRM Holdings Inc.[/td] [td]
Holding company of US compensation insurance specialist Compensation Risk Managers LLC (CRM)
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cross Bay Capital Re[/td] [td]2007, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Crown Colony Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 18 September 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CTFS Bermuda[/td] [td]Formed 25 October 2003. Class 3 and Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Curelife[/td] [td]Incorporated 22 November 2001. Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cyprus Reinsurance [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cyrus Re[/td] [td]Since late 2005, Class 3, after the industry was hit by billion dollar claims from heavy hurricane activity. With lead investor Highfields Capital, a Boston-based hedge fund company, to provide reinsurance under a quota-share treaty to XL. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Cyrus Reinsurance Holdings SPC.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cyrus Reinsurance 2[/td] [td]A sidecar of XL Re Ltd[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]Danish Re Bermuda)[/td] [td]A Bermuda-registered global insurer underwriting at Lloyds of London[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Danube Insurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]'Artagnan Re Bermuda[/td] [td]Incorporated September 2002. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]'Artagnan Holdings[/td] [td]Incorporated 5 August 2002 by a group of former Axa Re directors to hold the above.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Da Vinci Re[/td] [td]Formed 21 December 2001. Renaissance House, 8 Crow Lane, East Broadway, Pembroke. P. O. Box HM 2547, HM GX, Bermuda. CEO James Stanard. Property catastrophe and casualty cover on a world-wide basis. With US$500 million in capital by Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. and State Farm Mutual Reinsurance Company. Managed by Renaissance Underwriting Managers Ltd. 55 staff in Bermuda, all in offices of Renaissance Re. No staff work specifically for Da Vinci Re. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]. E. Shaw Re (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Diamond Re[/td] [td]Formed September 16, 2008. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Durham Casualty Company[/td] [td]Formed 24 October 2001 after September 11, 2001 World Trade Center loss. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]E-F[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Eastport Insurance Company[/td] [td]Windsor Place, 18 Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-5425.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]East End Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Electronics Technology Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated November 2003. Class 2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Element Reinsurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Elwood Insurance Limited[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Emlico[/td] [td]General Electric's Bermuda-based captive, in liquidation[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Empyrean Re[/td] [td]2006. Class 3. Capitalized with $150 million of equity capital, by the London-based Man Group plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Man Group Holdings Ltd., the asset management division of Man Group plc. Operates as a Bermuda-based reinsurer writing direct, reinsurance and retrocessional short-term trade credit coverage produced through the broker market. Empyrean Re's assets will be partially invested in high quality, short-term fixed income securities and partially invested in a fund of funds, namely RMF Four Seasons, a diversified portfolio from a Man Group plc subsidiary. Man Group plc is a global provider of alternative investments products and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Endurance Specialty Insurance [/td] [td]Incorporated 26 November 2001. Zurich Centre, 90 Pitt's Bay Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone (441) 278-0400. Fax (441) 278-0401. Major investors include Aon Corporation, Zurich Financial Services, Capital Z Financial Services, Fund II, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Texas Pacific Group and Perry Capital. Offers business including property/casualty reinsurance, excess workers compensation reinsurance, aviation liability, D&O insurance and excess general liability. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Energy Risk[/td] [td]Since April 2005. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Enhance Reinsurance Bermuda[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Enron Re[/td] [td]The reinsurance unit of Enron Corp in USA that applied for bankruptcy protection. It has assets including US$7.9 million and a reported $8.93 million in liabilities. It was one of 7 Enron Bermuda-registered subsidiaries.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Enstar Group[/td] [td]A 2006 holding company of Enstar USA based in Georgia, USA, operating several equity affiliates in the financial services industry. Acquires and manages re/insurance companies in run-off and provides management, consultancy and other services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. Together with Trident Holdings and a group of investors known as Castlewood Principals, it formed Castlewood Holdings in Bermuda in November, 2001 to pursue the management and acquisition of insurance and reinsurance companies, including companies in run-off, and to provide management, consulting and other services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. AMP Limited, Australia's biggest life insurer, sold its Cobalt-Gordian reinsurance businesses to Enstar Group for A$585 million ($518 million) in late 2007.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Enterprise Re[/td] [td]Purchased by Imagine Re in June 2001[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Eon Group[/td] [td]January 2008. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ESG Re[/td] [td]A supplier of reinsurance, specializing in life accident and health product development, as well as direct insurance to financial institutions. Although Bermuda-based, it also has offices in London, Dublin, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ESM Re[/td] [td]2006. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-Trade Re[/td] [td]Formed 23 October 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Equator Reinsurances[/td] [td]Bermuda-based, incorporated by Act of Parliament 20 March 2002[/td] [/tr][tr][td]European Insurance Company of Zurich[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1767, Hamilton HM GX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]European Finance Reinsurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 2002. Class 3 and Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Rated A+. One of Bermuda's top reinsurers internationally. Formed in 2000. Writes primary and excess property insurance for US Fortune 500 firms and global accounts.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Evergreen Insurance Co.[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2775, Hamilton HM LX. (441) 296-2977. (441) 296-4565[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Exporters Insurance Company [/td] [td]Ace Building, 30 Woodbourne Avenue, Hamilton HM 08. (441) 296-1745. (441) 292-8662. Trade credit insurer. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]FAC Re[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Falvey Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Incorporated 28 February 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]FGS (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Incorporated 17 September 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Financial Security Assurance International[/td] [td]XL House, 1 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1272, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 292-6683. Fax 292-4338. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Finance & Risk Services[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fine Art Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 292-3433. (441) 297-9787[/td] [/tr][tr][td]First Advent Re[/td] [td]Formed in 2006[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fitzwilliam Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 15 March 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Five Families Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Flagstone Re[/td] [td]Incorporated December 2005 in the wake of the devastation of hurricanes Wilma, Rita and Katrina on the US by Bermuda hedge fund management company West End Capital and based out of the latter's Church Street offices. Writes property, property catastrophe and specialty and casualty reinsurance. While its main underwriting office is in Bermuda, its data centre and back officer work is done in Halifax, Nova Scotia and part of its catastrophe modeling and risk analysis is done in the low cost jurisdiction of Hyderabad in India. The company is also building up a separate European underwriting platform in Switzerland, while its international reinsurance marketing is carried out in London. It has a 28.5 percent stake in Cayman Islands-based insurer Island Heritage Holdings Ltd. Employs 95 people globally, of which around one-third work at its Church Street offices. The others are spread out, mostly in Canada and India, but also at small offices in London and Switzerland. "The company realised that in certain jobs it is hard to get the locals to do the work because of limited availability, so rather than try to have those jobs in Bermuda where you have to get the people through immigration and there is the high costs, we decided to have them from the very beginning somewhere else. So what we have is access to lots of big talent pools and no immigration problems because they are working in their own country." Flagstone has accountancy, legal claims, and IT support and networking based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while in Hyderabad, India, it has a catastrophe modeling team, development operation and research and development group. The cost of bringing someone in (to Bermuda) is very high. It's hard for them to make a career move because they can't stay here forever, so it's much easier to employ someone in their own country with lower cost base where there is no issue about them getting a job and they can stay with us as long as they want. Payroll tax does increase the cost of doing business here and is one of the factors that people look at when they are doing business. It costs a lot for lots of good reasons; it's a small Island with limited resources and limited labour pool and that tends to drive up prices. I'm not complaining about, it's just a fact. The higher those costs get the more people will start looking for alternatives like we chose." [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Flatiron Re[/td] [td]Incorporated December 14, 2005 as a limited-life, special-purpose Class 3 reinsurance company set up specifically to offer reinsurance to Bermuda-based Arch Reinsurance Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Forterra Guarantee[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fortress Insurance Company[/td] [td]Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Freisenbruch-Meyer Group[/td] [td]Local. 75 Front Street, Hamilton. Telephone (441) 296-3600. Fax (441) 295-6209. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Freisenbruch-Meyer Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 26 April 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Frontier Re[/td] [td]
A wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. (MSI), the main trading subsidiary of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. Serves as one of MSIG's strategic insurance vehicles designed to achieve the group's geographical portfolio optimization and risk diversification.
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[table][tr][td]Gallagher Re[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]GC Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 12 December 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GeneralCologne Re (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Continental Building, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-8879[/td] [/tr][tr][td]General Security Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 10 October 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GeoVera Insurance Holdings[/td] [td]A supplier of specialty residential property insurance products in hurricane-prone markets such as Florida, South Carolina and Texas, and earthquake-vulnerable states such as California, Oregon and Washington. Provides specialty residential property insurance products, focusing on two lines of business, specialty homeowners and residential earthquake. Fairfield, California, is its primary place of business.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GFC St. George[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 296-8891. (441) 296-8892[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Glencoe Insurance[/td] [td]Renaissance House, 8-12 East Broadway, Hamilton HM 19. (441) 296-3235. Fax (441) 295-4029. Owned by Renaissance Re. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Goshawk Insurance Holdings[/td] [td]Incorporated 26 November 2001. Par-la-Ville Place, Hamilton. Owned by UK insurer Goshawk Holdings PLC - which owns and manages Syndicate 102 at Lloyd's of London.. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Global Risk Underwriters[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Global Reinsurance Capital[/td] [td]Formed 17 June 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Globe Re[/td] [td]
Since May 2008. A new $133 million "sidecar" with investors being German reinsurance company Hannover Re and independent reinsurance and risk intermediary Benfield Group. Created to provide extra capacity for US natural catastrophe risks.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Goodhealth Worldwide[/td] [td] Acquired in September 2007 by health care benefit provider Aetna. Underwrites international private medical insurance that offers expatriate benefits to individuals, small and medium enterprises, and large multinational clients around the world. Owned until take-over by international insurance business Primary Group. Has more than 55,000 members and 170 employees with offices also in Miami, London, Dubai, Jakarta, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Now a unit of AGB, Aetna's international business for expats.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Goshawk Reinsurance[/td] [td]Incorporated August 2002. Subsidiary of above.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Governance Re [/td] [td]Formed October 20, 2007[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Grand Central Credit Insurance [/td] [td]Formed 1 May 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Grand Central Re[/td] [td]Established in May 2001 as a joint venture between Germany's second-largest bank HypoVereinsbank and Bermuda-based reinsurer Max Re. Class 4 [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Greenlight Capital Re[/td] [td]2005. Capitalizes on growing demand for insurance products. A hedge fund based company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Greif Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 16 October 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Greenwich Knight Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated November 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guaranteed Finance Co.[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 296-8889. (441) 296-8890[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guaranteed Weather Re[/td] [td]Formed 5 May 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GX Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 12 December 2001 as a direct result of the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guaranty Direct Insurance Co.[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guildford Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guy Carpenter & Company[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2444, Hamilton HM JX. Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton. Reinsurance. Since 2000. One of the Marsh and McLennan companies. In 2006, it placed in excess of $4 billion in premiums with Bermuda-based companies. [/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]Hannover Life Re (Bermuda)[/td] [td]2007. 50 Parliament Street, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda, or by mail at P. O. Box HM 2373, HM JX, Bermuda. Phone 294-3110. Fax 296-7568. Subsidiary of Hannover Re, fifth-largest reinsurance company in the world.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hanseatic Eastern Insurance Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Windsor Place, 18 Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-5425. Incorporated in Bermuda in 2002 under the Hanseatic Insurance Company (Bermuda) Ltd. Act 2002.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Harbor Point Re[/td] [td]2005. Class 4. A $1.5 billion global reinsurer formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Set up by investments from private equity fund Trident III, L.P. and insurance giant Chubb Corporation. With Chubb's reinsurance business. Chubb has 16%, with staff from Chubb. Shares office space with Chubb Atlantic Indemnity in the Belvedere Building on Pitts Bay Road. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hardy Underwriting Bermuda[/td] [td]Lloyds of London insurer. Re-domiciled from UK to Bermuda. Plans on opening a Bermuda office in 2009. Writes specialty lines and is best known for its aviation coverage, particularly helicopters and small aircraft. It also insures ships and their cargoes, as well as offering property, terrorism and health insurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hardy Underwriting[/td] [td]
$200 million-capitalized insurance and reinsurance company. It re-domiciled from London to Bermuda in 2007/2008. Class 3 reinsurance unit with a holding company.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Harlequin Insurance (Bermuda) SAC[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Harrington International Insurance[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 3210, Hamilton HM NX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hartford Insurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]HCP Insurance Co.[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Healthstar Indemnity[/td] [td]Incorporated November 20, 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Heddington Insurance[/td] [td]The captive for ChevronTexaco[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Helicon Re Holdings[/td] [td]
Started by investors to insure White Mountains after the record 2005 hurricane season boosted demand for coverage.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Helmsman Insurance Group[/td] [td]May 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Henner Insurance[/td] [td]October 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hillcot Holdings[/td] [td]Formed in 2003 by Castlewood Holdings Ltd and Japan's Shinsei Bank Ltd. to buy the UK subsidiary of Japanese insurer Toa Reinsurance Company for $46 million.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]2005. Class 4. Owned By Hiscox PLC, one of the UK's largest specialty insurers, formerly at Lloyd's of London, but now moved to Bermuda tied in to other Hiscox insurers abroad. One of the UK's leading insurers of higher value homes and also one of the most expensive of medium-value homes .In August 2007 (and to be repeated in February 200 it launched a TV and print media advertising campaign across most of the UK The majority of affluent homeowners in the UK still choose to buy standard insurance policies, unaware of the benefits of buying specialist higher value home insurance products. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Horne Re 2006-1[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Horseshoe Group[/td] [td]
In 2008 added life actuarial consulting and company management to its Bermuda-based services. Also offers claims-related services in the US. Provides consulting and management services to life insurance and reinsurance companies in Bermuda and also assists in the life insurance related securitizations taking place outside the US.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]HSBC Insurance Solutions (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Continental Building, 25 Church Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 3033, Hamilton HM NX. Established by HSBC Insurance Brokers. One of the world's largest banking and insurance groups, headquartered in London, with 5,000 offices in 80 countries. Opened in 2002.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]HSBC Life (International)[/td] [td]As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]HSH N Residual Value[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]HTH Re[/td] [td]May 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hudson Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Formerly a subsidiary of Amphion Holdings Inc., now Castlewood Holdings Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IAS Park[/td] [td]Formerly - until April 2003 - Mutual Risk Management Ltd. 48 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. (441) 295-5688. (441) 292-1867. P. O. Box HM 2064, Hamilton HM HX. It owns Valmet, based in the Isle of Man. Robert Mulderig has left, replaced by David Ezekiel as CEO. Part of MRM Global Captive Group Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IES Reinsurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 28 January 2002 as a direct result of the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Imagine Insurance Company[/td] [td]Wholly owned subsidiary of the below company. Had a very successful 2002.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Imagine Reinsurance Holdings[/td] [td]A finite risk reinsurance enterprise delivering structured insurance and reinsurance solutions to clients. Has a Dublin office. 100 percent owned by Trilon Financial Corporation & Management, a Canadian financial services company. Purchased Enterprise Re in June 2001. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Inpex Insurance[/td] [td]January 2008. Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Independent Agents Insurance Company[/td] [td]Established in 2001, owned by Leading Edge Holdings, also Bermuda-based, established by the Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ING Risk Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1978, Hamilton HM HX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Inner Circle Insurance Company[/td] [td]Since April 2005. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Insurance Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Since April 2005. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Insurance Solutions[/td] [td]Since April 2005. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Insure-Rite[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Insured Ventures[/td] [td]Incorporated 5 December 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Integro Bermuda[/td] [td]May 2005. Provides risk management and brokerage services to companies with complex risk. Bermuda HQ, also with offices in London, Toronto and USA. Founding partners were Robert Clements, Roger Egan and Peter Garvey to serve the complex insurance and risk management needs of large institutional risks. New York-based insurance brokerage. Some employees are Bermuda-based. Maxwell Roberts building, Par-la-Ville Road.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Inter-Ocean Holdings[/td] [td]A specialist insurance and low-retention finite reinsurance company since 1990. Until 2003, owned in part by the Argus Group of Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]International Advisory Services (IAS)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2274, Hamilton HM JX. A leading insurance management company and part of MRM Global Captive Group Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]International Property Catastrophe Reinsurance[/td] [td]American International Building, 29 Richmond Road, Hamilton HM 08. P. O. Box HM 152, Hamilton. Phone 295-2121. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]International Risk Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Belvedere Building, Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke. Phone 295-0713[/td] [/tr][tr][td]International Tanker Indemnity Association[/td] [td]44 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone292-3580. Fax 292-5898[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Inter-Ocean NA Insurance Co[/td] [td]Incorporated 9 August 2002.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Wessex House, 4th Floor, 45 Reid Street. Hamilton. Phone 292-5794. Fax 292-5552. Parented by Inter-Ocean Holdings, now partly owned by GMAC Insurance Holdings Ltd. One of the principal Bermuda companies.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IPC Re[/td] [td]American International Building, 29 Richmond Road, Pembroke HM 08. Phone 298-5100. Fax 292-8085. Owned by IPC Holdings Ltd. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ironsure Insurance[/td] [td]Owners of Ironsure Re.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ironsure Re[/td] [td]Incorporated October 2006 by Robert Clements, co-founder of Bermuda giants Ace Ltd. and XL Capital. With more than $1 billion in capital. A subsidiary of Ironshore Inc. Class 4 insurer, created in response to crisis conditions in the United States property catastrophe insurance markets. Specializing in the latter in wind-exposed parts of the USA. Staff are based in Bermuda, 3rd floor, Swan Building, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Its US subsidiary, Ironshore Holdings (US) Inc., completed in October 2007 the acquisition of Stockbridge Insurance Co., a US-based admitted insurance company, from Folksamerica Reinsurance Co.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IronSelect[/td] [td]
Ironshore's 2008 created excess casualty facility. Writes excess umbrella casualty for mid-sized commercial risks such as manufacturing accounts, retail and wholesale operations, and contractors.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jacques-Cartier Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jackson National Life (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 15 April 2003 by Appleby Spurling & Kempe. Long Term. With its own Private Bill Act.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jericho Financial Guaranty Re[/td] [td]January 2008. Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]JLT Risk Solutions (Bermuda)[/td] [td]See below. Fax 292-4496[/td] [/tr][tr][td]JLT Risk Solutions Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Vallis Building, 3rd Floor, 58 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1838, Hamilton HM HX. Captive Management.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Kelley Assurance Group[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Keyport [/td] [td]Incorporated May 10, 2000[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Kaith[/td] [td]Incorporated 13 March 2002 as a direct result of the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Kiln PLC[/td] [td]2007. Class 4. The fourth largest operator in the Lloyd's market moved its headquarters from London to Bermuda and set up a $309 million reinsurance subsidiary here. Will use its Bermuda base to expand in the USA. In the UK it provides energy, marine, property and aviation cover.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Kitson Marine and General Insurance Company[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]KM Insurance Ltd[/td] [td]Since 2005. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]L[/h4][table][tr][td]Lancashire Holdings[/td] [td]Parent company of October 2005 start-up Lancashire Insurance. A $1.38 billion capitalized international insurer, now also listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lancashire Insurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]2005, Class 3. 5 Par-Ka-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 441-278-8950. Fax 441-278--8951. website lancashiregroup.com. Class 4. Formed by Richard Brindle and Capital Z Financial Services Partners. Began with about $1 billion in capital. Sells marine, energy and other short-tail risks.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lancashire Insurance (UK)[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lansdowne Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated by Act of Parliament 20 March 2002. Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lantana Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 31 July 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Latin American Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]XL House, 1 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton HM 12.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Latitude Insurance[/td] [td]January 2008. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lavida[/td] [td]Since 6 February 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]LCI Insurance[/td] [td]Since 2 October 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Leeward Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 23 May 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lehman Re[/td] [td]Ram Re House, 2nd Floor, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. (441) 294-0000. (441) 296-8452. Insurance subsidiary of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers. Its shares dived in September 2008 before the Lehman parent collapse.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Le Mans Re[/td] [td]A joint Bermuda-based venture formed in 2001 of XL Capital Ltd and Les Mutuelles du Mans Assurances Group (MMA)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lexington Insurance[/td] [td]A new (2007) part of the giant American International Group, based at the AIG offices on Richmond Road.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Libre Insurance Company[/td] [td]Since 18 September 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Liberty Mutual Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]3rd Floor, 73 Front Street, Hamilton. Phone 296-2131. Fax 296-8846. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Mutual in USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Liberty II Assurance[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Life Sciences Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Since May 1, 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lockton Cos [/td] [td]Owned by Global insurance broker Lockton Cos. Inc, Kansas City-based company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Longtail Re[/td] [td]Since 12 December 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lonmin Insurance[/td] [td]Since 21 September 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lucent Insurance Ltd[/td] [td]Since April 2005. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]Madison Re Bermuda[/td] [td]200, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Magna Carta Insurance[/td] [td]Incorporated 19 November 2001. Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Maiden Holdings and Maiden Insurance Company[/td] [td]
The former is the holding company for the latter, formed in May, 2007 to write reinsurance through the latter, to small and mid-size insurance companies in the United States and Europe.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Manulife International P&C[/td] [td]3rd Floor, 73 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-4876. Fax 296-8846[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Manulife International Reinsurance [/td] [td]As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Manulife Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 4 November 2003. Long Term. As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marathon Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 25 March 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Margent Aviation Reinsurance Group[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]March Global Broking (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2444, Hamilton HM JX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marsh Global Markets (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2444, Hamilton HM JX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]March International Holdings II[/td] [td]See above.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marsh Management Services[/td] [td]As below[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marsh & McLennan Properties (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. (441) 296-3508. (441) 292-1685[/td] [/tr][tr][td]March Management Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td]See above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MaRI[/td] [td]Incorporated December 2006 by Marsh & McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker, to bring as much as $1 billion in new insurance coverage to clients in disaster-prone areas in 2007 and beyond. Investors include Lehman Brothers Holdings and will offer much-needed property coverage to Fortune 1000 companies in vulnerable parts of North America. It will pay out any claims from hurricanes and earthquakes, and partner ACE Ltd., also based in Bermuda, will cover other losses. This new facility provides large corporate clients of Marsh with access to insurance capacity intended to fill gaps that are creating instability and shortfalls in property catastrophe risk coverage. Traditionally, this form of extra risk capital - a "sidecar" - allows reinsurers to offer more capacity to their clients, the retail insurers. What makes MaRI innovative is that it provides Marsh clients with direct access to the capital markets through a highly-rated ACE delivery vehicle.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mass Mutual International (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Now owned by the Argus Insurance Group of Bermuda and operated by its Argus International Life Bermuda.. Until March 2008 one of the companies owned by this Massachusetts-based Mass Mutual Financial Group. Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 299-8828. (441) 299-8813. Established in 1851, MassMutual is a provider of life insurance, fixed and variable annuities, disability income insurance, retirement planning products, money management, mutual funds and other financial security products for individuals and small business owners, as well as for corporate and institutional markets. MassMutual has more than 1,200 sales offices throughout the United States, and international operations in Chile, Argentina and Luxembourg.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company[/td] [td]As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Master Assurance & Indemnity[/td] [td]Formed 3 April 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Maumee Valley Re[/td] [td]Formed 18 October 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Max Re Capital[/td] [td]Moved to Bermuda in 1999. Max Re House, 2 Front Street West, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 2565, Hamilton HM KX. Phone 296-8800. Fax 296-8811. Opened in 2003 large new offices (24,000 square feet) next to Bluck's.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Max Re[/td] [td]Reinsurance operating subsidiary of the above.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mayfair Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 17 November 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mayflower Insurance Company[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MM Reinsurance Company[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Meadowbrook Risk Management[/td] [td]Bermuda-based captive management operation of the Meadowbrook Insurance Group. Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton HM 08. Telephone (441) 292-7569. Fax (441) 292-3299. P. O. Box HM 2340, Hamilton HM JX. Brian Stephenson, Managing Director. There is also Meadowbrook International Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Medici Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Meridian Insurance Company[/td] [td]Dorchester House, Hamilton. Phone 295-3246[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Merrill Lynch Reinsurance Solutions[/td] [td]Incorporated 15 November 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mendocino[/td] [td]Incorporated 3 June 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mercury Insurance Managers Ltd[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Merna Re[/td] [td]Sold $4 billion of catastrophe bonds to transfer some of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.'s natural disaster risk to debt investors. The debt was sponsored by State Farm.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Merton Re[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 4, Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MetLife International Insurance[/td] [td]Bought in 2007 by Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda). A subsidiary of MetLife, a leading provider of insurance and financial services with operations in the US and Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The parent company is the biggest life insurer in the US.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Michigan Re[/td] [td]Formed by Trenwick. Swan Building, Victoria Street, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MICRPG Insurance Group[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mid South Indemnity[/td] [td]37 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. P. O. Box HM 1087, Hamilton HM EX. Phone 292-6564.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MHI Limited[/td] [td]Incorporated in Bermuda 28 February 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Millea Holdings[/td] [td]
The world's sixth-largest property and casualty insurer. Recently made a bid to buy Kiln for $902 million. Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire is a unit of Millea.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Miller Bermuda[/td] [td]Formed 2003. Owned by London-based broker Miller Insurance Services Ltd, handling a range of insurance and reinsurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MLMIC Insurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Incorporated in Bermuda 24 October 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Modal Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Monte Fort Re[/td] [td]A sidecar of Class of Flagstone Re. Named after a tall peak in the Swiss resort of Verbier. Writes a diversified book of industry loss warranty and regular exposures, with a focus on peak zones. Lehman Brothers is believed to be the lead investor.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Montpelier Re[/td] [td]From 14 November 2001. Montpelier House, 94 Pitt's Bay Road , Hamilton , HM08. Telephone: 441-296-5550. Property/casualty insurance and reinsurance. Traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MRH. Class 4. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Morgan Stanley Reinsurance[/td] [td]Incorporated May 2007 by the global finance giant of the same name. Class 3. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]MRM Life[/td] [td]48 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. (441) 296-7962. (441) 296-5641[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MS Frontier Reinsurance[/td] [td]Owned by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co, Tokyo-based insurer. Capital now $300 million. Writes property catastrophe reinsurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MSK Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Munich-American Global Services [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Munich Re[/td] [td]Rated A++. One of Bermuda's top reinsurers internationally.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mutual Insurance Company[/td] [td]See below[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]Napco of Bermuda[/td] [td]Commerce Building, 54 Reid Street, Hamilton. Phone 292-9266. Fax 292-9302. A new (1993) insurance brokerage company focusing on large property insurance accounts for Fortune 5000 clients. Napco's parent company, Napco LLC, is in Edison, NJ and has branch offices in Dallas and Bermuda. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]National Life Assurance Company of Canada[/td] [td]Armoury Building, 37 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-3758[/td] [/tr][tr][td]National Underwriters Reinsurance[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Hamilton. Phone 292-5753[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nationwide Financial Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1116, Hamilton HM EX. (441) 299-8812. (441) 292-2852[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Navigant Consulting (Bermuda)[/td] [td]
Established 2008. Subsidiary of Chicago-based insurance and reinsurance consultancy Navigant Consulting, Inc. The Armoury Building, Reid Street, Hamilton. Offers full suite of consultancy services to insurance and reinsurance companies, sidecars and captives, including reinsurance advisory services; actuarial services; captive support; claims and run-off management; claims litigation management; underwriting advisory services; merger and acquisition due diligence support; systems consulting; forensic accounting and expert witness testimony.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]New Asset Class Management[/td] [td]
2007. Two insurance industry leaders formed this underwriting management company to take advantage of the rapidly changing insurance industry marketplace. James Stanard, former CEO of Renaissance Re and Rod Fox, former CEO of Praetorian, launched it. Wholly owned by F&S Ventures, a privately held investment company. Will generate income from three sources: managing and acquiring large portfolios of insurance risk; managing risk portfolios for insurance carriers; and providing advice and risk analysis to insurers, hedge funds, private equity firms and other investors interested in insurance risks.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]New Castle Re[/td] [td]Formed in 2005 by hedge fund company Citadel Investment Group LLC, which also owns CIG Re. A property catastrophe reinsurer.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]New Century [/td] [td]A pure captive insurance arm and core subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]New Point Re[/td] [td]2006. Class 3. Formed by Harbor Point to write collaterised retrocessional contracts including collateralized industry loss warranties.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Newman Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Formed 6 June 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nemorosa Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Formed 2 October 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Network Advantage Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 8 May 2003. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]New Ocean Insurance Company[/td] [td]Crawford House, 50 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 295-5448 (441) 295-4460.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nevada Subcontractors Insurance [/td] [td]Formed 14 August 2002.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]NFI International[/td] [td]Formed 14 August 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nordica Life (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Normandy Reinsurance Company[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]North Shore Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Continental Building, 25 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-9744. Fax 292-9743. (ii) Swan Building, 26 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-5336. Fax 292-3168[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Northstar Financial Services[/td] [td]Insurer [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Norton Re[/td] [td]December 2006, Class 3. Owned in part by Brit Insurance Holdings Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer, and international institutional investors, to provide coverage for catastrophes.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Norton Re II Insurance[/td] [td]
Incorporated late 2007. Class 3 Bermuda reinsurer to provide natural perils catastrophe retrocession protection. Brit Insurance provides underwriting expertise and is the lead investor
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nouvelle Compagnie de Reassurances[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 4 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Novia (Bermuda) [/td] [td]Formed 9 October 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]Oceanic Insurance[/td] [td]Dallas Building, 7 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 292-9157. Fax 292-8992.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ocean Re[/td] [td]Formed 17 December 2001. Established by JP Morgan Chase but owned by a Bermuda-based trust. Capital US$ 120,000. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oglesby Re[/td] [td]Provides excess of loss catastrophe reinsurance to State Farm under the terms of a three-year reinsurance agreement. Owned by Bloomington, Illinois-based State Farm. Class 3. Merna Re provides fully-collateralized excess of loss catastrophe reinsurance to Oglesby Reinsurance under the terms of a three-year retrocession agreement.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Old Broad Street Reinsurance Co.[/td] [td]Formed 27 December 2001. Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oil Insurance[/td] [td]Since 1971 a mutual insurance company originally designed to meet the liability needs of the oil industry. One of the principal Bermuda companies. A subsidiary of Oil Insurance Group.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oil Casualty Insurance[/td] [td]Same ownership as Oil Insurance Ltd. Established in 1986 for the energy industry. Some 68 oil companies worldwide are shareholders. A subsidiary of Oil Insurance Group.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oil Newco[/td] [td]Incorporated 18 January 2001. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Old Mutual Bermuda[/td] [td]Washington Mall, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-1201. British insurer, asset managers.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oliver Wyman (Bermuda)[/td] [td]
Since September 2008. Management consulting firm, to help Bermuda's re/insurance industry to reduce their exposure to sub-prime and credit crisis and take advantage of new business and clients. Meanwhile the company released a report entitled 'The Road Ahead' on the opportunities and challenges facing the Island's re/insurers, who account for eight percent of the world's property and casualty exposure, with issues ranging from talent strategies and changing insurance regulations to an increasingly sophisticated client base and market substitutes for traditional reinsurance. Oliver Wyman is an operating unit of MMC, which also owns Marsh and Guy Carpenter, sister firms with operations in Bermuda serving the insurance sector. It has been serving the Bermuda market, including corporations and non-profit organizations for the past 10 years and has a net worth in excess of $1.5 billion. It uses industry knowledge, specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, organizational transformation and leadership development. It advises its clients on optimizing their business, improving their operations and risk profile and speed up their organizational performance.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Olympus Reinsurance[/td] [td]Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton. Phone 296-4803. Incorporated 3 December 2001 by US-based Leucadia National Corporation, Gilbert Global Equity Partners and Franklin Mutual Advisors. A 'sidecar' reinsurer, established to provide reinsurance capacity to a larger reinsurer - White Mountains. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Omega Specialty Insurance Co.[/td] [td]2006, Class 3. Owned by Omega Underwriting PLC, an insurer in the Lloyd's of London market.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Omnia Life (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Omnium Insurance & Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Clarendon House, Hamilton. Phone 295-4038[/td] [/tr][tr][td]OneBeacon Insurance Group [/td] [td]It's US HQ is now Canton, MA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Op Re[/td] [td]Formed 19 November 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Opus Energy Risk[/td] [td]Formed 12 August 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oracle Reinsurance[/td] [td]Chevron House, Church Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-4172. Fax 292-3877. Owned by Delphi International. Being liquidated[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Orchard Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ordinance Holdings[/td] [td]An independent reinsurance brokerage and actuarial consulting company. Suite 306, Commerce Building, #1 Chancery Lane, Hamilton, Bermuda HM12. Phone 296- 1758. Cellular: 799-4377. Fax: 295-4957.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Overseas Partners Re Ltd[/td] [td]One of the largest reinsurers. Local office is at P. O. Box HM 1581, Hamilton HM BX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Overseas Reinsurance Corporation[/td] [td]Rated B++. One of Bermuda's reinsurers internationally. Owned since 2001 by Revir Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oxford Alliance Insurance Company Ltd[/td] [td]Formed 19 June 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oxygen Brokers[/td] [td]With offices in London, New York, Bermuda[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oxygen Insurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]See below[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oxygen Re[/td] [td]
2008. Launched by Oxygen Brokers as a specialty reinsurance brokerage division, in conjunction with the incorporation of Oxygen Insurance (Bermuda). Caters to commercial lines such as non-marine, marine and aviation treaty reinsurance.
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[h4]P[/h4]
[table][tr][td]P-1 Re Ltd[/td] [td]Formed December 2002[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pacific Century Insurance Company Bermuda (PCI)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Paget Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed October 23, 2007. A subsidiary of ACE Bermuda Insurance. Class 3 and long-term insurer, provides customers throughout the world with creative and flexible rent-a-captive facilities to support their risk management programmes. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]PacWest Reinsurance Company[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pampas[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Panorama Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 13 June 2003[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Panther Re Bermuda[/td] [td]2006, Class 3. Started by Hiscox Syndicate 33 and Panther Re as the first sidecar involving a Lloyd's syndicate.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Paralife Re[/td] [td]Started 2006, Class 4 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Paris Re Bermuda[/td] [td]2006, Class 4, formed by a consortium of investors as part of a bid to take over the reinsurance business of French insurer Axa SA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Park (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2064, Hamilton HM HX. A leading independent insurance broker[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Parker Assurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Partner Re Bermuda[/td] [td]Class 3. Rated A+. Bermuda's #3 reinsurer internationally. Chesney House (at The Waterfront), 96 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda - above Miles Market at the Waterfront. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Partnerre[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pasha Bermuda[/td] [td]Formed 3 November 2003. Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pearl Re[/td] [td]Formed September 24, 2008. Class 3 reinsurer.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pearson Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Peleus Reinsurance[/td] [td]
2006, Class 3, reinsurer. A wholly owned subsidiary of Argo Group International Holdings.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]PCCW Risk Finance[/td] [td]2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pen Indemnity Insurance Company[/td] [td]2006, Class 3. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pentelia Capital Management[/td] [td]A 2007 asset management company investing in a diversified portfolio of life and non-life insurance-linked assets including adverse mortality bonds, weather derivatives, terrorism insurance, life settlements, cat bonds and property catastrophe reinsurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pentelia Re (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 3 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pentelia Re[/td] [td]Offers direct reinsurance coverage for Pentelia Capital Management and elsewhere.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Performance Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Formed 14 June. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Petrel Re[/td] [td]From May 2006, Class 3, Validus' fully collateralized sidecar, by a third party investor to provide retro reinsurance coverage to Validus for marine and offshore energy lines of business. Equity investor is "one or more private investment funds" managed by First Reserve Corporation.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pharmaceutical Insurance [/td] [td]Formed 28 February 2003 as a mutual by seven of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline. Managed by Willis Group Holdings Ltd. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pin Drop Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 30 October 2001 as a direct result of the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Platinum Re Ltd[/td] [td]See below. Class 4[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Platinum Underwriters Holdings[/td] [td]Formed 2002 by St. Paul Companies. It will reinsure St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company and St. Paul Reinsurance Company Ltd for certain insurance contacts. Platinum has subsidiaries in the USA and UK. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Platinum Underwriters Bermuda[/td] [td]Formed 8 May 2002. An entity of the above. Class 4[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Playtex Enterprise Risk Management[/td] [td]Formed 3 July 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]PMG Assurance[/td] [td]1999. Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 295-4996. (441) 292-4617[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Poseidon Re[/td] [td]Incorporated 18 November 2003. Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Premier Health Partners International Insurance[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Premier Life (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Richmond House, Par la Ville Road, Hamilton. Recently acquired by Winterthur Life from Standard Management Corporation (SMAN) of Indianapolis, a main subsidiary of which is Standard Life.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Prentice Donegan & Partners[/td] [td]Established independent insurance broking company operating at Lloyds of London, now a Licensed Broker in Bermuda. Address c/o 41 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM 12.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Primary[/td] [td]Formed 2 January 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Prime Insurance Group[/td] [td]By 2005 Act[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Primus Guaranty[/td] [td]Offers protection against the risk of default on corporate and sovereign obligations through Primus Financial Products LLC. Continues to focus on growing its credit swap portfolio at good risk adjusted returns while continuing to expand into asset management. In 2008 it managed $24.2 billion in credit-default swaps, financial instruments based on bonds and loans that are used to speculate on the ability of companies or other borrowers to repay their debt. They pay the buyer face value in exchange for the underlying securities or the cash equivalent should the borrowers fail to adhere to their debt agreements.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]PRG-Schultz Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 20 February 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Professional Asset Indemnity[/td] [td]Owned by the "Big 5" accounting firms.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Professional Insurance[/td] [td]FB Perry Building, Church Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-1272.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Professional Services Insurance Company[/td] [td]Bermuda captive of international auditing firm Arthur Anderson. Based at the offices of lawyers Conyers Dill & Pearman, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]PTS Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pulsar Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]Q[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Quaestus Life International[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quality Assurance[/td] [td]Formed 13 May 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quanta Capital Holdings[/td] [td]See below[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quanta Reinsurance US[/td] [td]Cumberland House, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Formed 6 June 2003, now with $500 million in capital. Underwrites direct excess liability and/or property catastrophe. Class 4. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Queens Island Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 12 December 2001. Capital up to US$1 billion. Class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quellos (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 2002. A life insurance, advisory and brokerage company. P. O. Box HM 1015, Hamilton.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quest Insurance Solutions[/td] [td]Scandia International House, 16 Church Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-2185. Fax 292-1143.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]R[/h4]
[table][tr][td]RAM Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 1998. An AAA S&P rated financial guaranty reinsurance company specializing in municipal and asset-backed securities[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rancho Santa Fe Reinsurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]RB Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 29 November 2001. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]R. K. Carvill (Reinsurance Brokers)[/td] [td]2 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-2005. One of the companies owned by Rory Carvill, British, worth at least $36 million, one of the 500 richest British men.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]RK Harrison Insurance Brokers[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Red Iron Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 14 September 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Reeve Court Insurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Reinsurex Intermediary[/td] [td]With a Bermuda office in June 2001[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Renaissance Re[/td] [td]One of the top Bermuda reinsurers internationally. Renaissance House, East Broadway, P. O. Box HM 2527, Hamilton HM GX, Bermuda. Phone 295-4513. Fax 292-9453.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Renaissance Re Holdings[/td] [td]Owner of the above, both of P. O. Box HM 2527, Hamilton HM GX[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rescare Insurance Subsidiary Corporation (RISC)[/td] [td]Formed November 1, 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Reshore Risk Management[/td] [td]Formed 14 April 2003. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Residual Solutions International[/td] [td]Incorporated 18 November 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Restaurant Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 16 January 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Retention Alternatives[/td] [td]Incorporated 13 June 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rhine Re[/td] [td]Controlled by RR Holding C o. Ltd of Switzerland. One of the top 35 reinsurance groups in the world.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Richmond Insurance Company[/td] [td]Owned by AIG but wound down by it[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Risk Partners Assurance [/td] [td]Formed 21 September 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Risponde Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]RHS Medinsur[/td] [td]Formed 30 May 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]RI Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 22 August 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ritchie Re Broad Strategy[/td] [td]Private Act 2005[/td] [/tr][tr][td]River Lake Insurance Company IV[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 4 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rivid Insurance Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed I October 2003. Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]R. K. Carvill (Insurance)[/td] [td]Formed 14 April 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rmang Assurance[/td] [td]Formed 5 May 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rockford Health Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 9 September 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rosemont Reinsurance[/td] [td]Took heavy losses in 2005 Hurricane Katrina[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Roundstone Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 20 October 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance[/td] [td]75 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. P. O. Box HM 78, Hamilton HM AX. Phone 296-3600 or 295-5519[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Royal Crest Insurance Company[/td] [td]Incorporated 25 November 2003. Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ruxton Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 16 May 2003. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]R.V.I Guaranty Co.[/td] [td]Formed in 1989. World's largest professional residual value insurer, owned by Continental Casualty Company and Quantum Industrial Partners. The Zurich Centre North, First Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road. U.S. subsidiary is R.V.I. America Insurance Company, 177 Broad St., Ninth Floor, Stamford, CT 06901. Phone (203) 795-2122. [/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]S[/h4]
[table][tr][td]St. James Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 24 November 2003. Class 3 and Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]St. Michaels Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 31 October 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]San Jose Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 14 August 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sage Life (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Continental Building, 25 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 294-4600. Fax 295-8407. Life insurance subsidiary of London-based Old Mutual Plc life assurer.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scandinavian Reinsurance Co[/td] [td]Bank of Butterfield Bldg, 6th Floor, 42 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-2743. Fax 292-6580. One of the principal Bermuda companies.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scottish Annuity & Life International Insurance Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]See below[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scottish Annuity & Life Holdings (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Moved its corporate headquarters to Bermuda in July 2001 from Cayman Islands, but a US company with operating companies in Charlotte, Dublin and Grand Cayman. Provides reinsurance of life insurance and annuities and is a direct issuer of customized variable life and annuity products to high net worth individuals.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scottish Re Group Ltd[/td] [td]Life reinsurer.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scottish Re International (Bermuda)[/td] [td]See above, Formed 2006, Class 4 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scottish Crown Group (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scottish Equitable International (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Under its own 1999 Act[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Seahouse Insurance[/td] [td]44 Church Street, 3rd Floor, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-1077.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Securit Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sencare Risk Services[/td] [td]Formed 20 March 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Servicepro[/td] [td]Incorporated 3 June 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SCUUL School, College & University[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Select Reinsurance[/td] [td]4th Floor, Corner House, Hamilton. Phone 296-8453. Fax 296-8459[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sentinel Insurance Company[/td] [td]Armoury Building, 37 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 292-6564. (441) 292-6796. (It went into the first stages of receivership on March 14, 2001).[/td] [/tr][tr][td]sEnergy Insurance[/td] [td]Formed May 2002 by Oil Insurance Ltd and Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd to provide a $200 million limit for property risks in excess of $250 million and business interruption risks in excess of $50 million for companies in the energy fields. Capitalized by oil and chemical companies in USA, Canada, South Africa, Denmark and Norway.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Seven Continents Insurance Company, The[/td] [td]Dallas Building, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Phone 292-5105[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Shipowners Insurance & Guaranty Company (Sigco)[/td] [td]10-12 Burnaby Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 298-0600. (441) 298-0610.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sideris Re[/td] [td]A 2007 platform that extends First Reserve Corporation's presence in the insurance segment of the energy value chain.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Siena Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 24 October 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sigma-Aldrich Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed November 13, 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sinser Insurance[/td] [td]Skandia International House, 16 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 295-2482. (441) 292-1143. Until recently, owned by Skandia. One of the largest captive managers in Bermuda after Aon and Marsh. Now owned by Nicholas Dove, Adrian Lee-Amory, Nicholas Frost and Larry Turnbull. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sirocco Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3, sidecar of Lancashire Insurance Holdings, to assume some of its Gulf of Mexico offshore energy risk.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sirva Insurance & Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 6 May 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Six Pines Insurance[/td] [td]Formed February 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Smart Home Re 2006-1[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Smart Home Re 2006-2[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Snowmass Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sobral[/td] [td]Formed 20 June 2003[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sovereign Risk Insurance[/td] [td]C/o ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd, P. O. Box HM 1015, Hamilton, Bermuda.. A political risk insurer and reinsurer, a joint venture between ACE and XL.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Special Insurance Risk Services[/td] [td]Formed 1 May 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Special Risk Insurance & Reinsurance Luxembourg (SRIRL)[/td] [td]Formed July 2002 by XL Capital, Allianz, Hannover Re, Swiss Re and Zurich to provide terrorism cover for companies in Europe.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Standard Life Assurance Company Bermuda[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 4 Long Term. c/o Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM 12[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada (The)[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 4 Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Standard Steamship Owners P & I Association (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Dallas Building, 7 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. Telephone (441) 292-7655[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Standard Compensation Act Liability Association (The) [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Starbound Reinsurance[/td] [td]Since June 2006. Class 3. A so-called 'sidecar' established to provide reinsurance to Renaissance Re. Under a quota-share agreement, RenRe can cede, or pass, on 80 percent of the premium from specific property catastrophe business. About three-quarters of the risks spread to Starbound will be Florida-based.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Starr Insurance and Reinsurance[/td] [td]Incorporated April 2007, class 4.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]State Farm International Life Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 4 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Steamboat Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association Trustees (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Washington Mall, Hamilton HM 11. Telephone (441) 295-4502[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stellar Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 12 December 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stellar Re (FGI)[/td] [td]January 2006. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stewardship Reinsurance[/td] [td]Formed 14 April 2003. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stockton Reinsurance[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2909, Hamilton HM LX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Solution Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 3 June 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sovereign Risk Insurance[/td] [td]Wessex House, 5th Floor, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-4279. Fax 296-4281. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sun Life Financial Services[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 3070, Hamilton HM NX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SWBC Re[/td] [td]Incorporated July 2007 by Texas-based Southwest Business Corporation (SWBC), with offices in 27 states across the country and now Bermuda. SWBC provides a range of insurance, mortgage and investment services to financial institutions, businesses and consumers.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Swiss Reinsurance Company[/td] [td]Mintflower Place, 8 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Telephone (441) 295-8907. World's largest reinsurer. At least four more Swiss Re associated companies in Bermuda are at the same address.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Syncora Holdings[/td] [td]Formerly Security Capital Assurance. Formed March 2006 for the sole purpose of becoming the parent company to XL Capital Assurance and XL Financial Assurance. Bond insurer, also insures complex financial instruments such as collateralized debt obligations, backed by assets including mortgage debt.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Syncro Re 1[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Syncro Re II[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]System and Affiliate Members[/td] [td]Formed 22 July 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]T[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Taisei Reinsurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 2 October 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Talbot Holdings[/td] [td]Underwriter at Lloyd's. Parent of a Bermuda-based group with diverse risks.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tankerdere Indemnity[/td] [td]Formed 17 December 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tantalon International Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 25 March 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tartan Capital[/td] [td]A special purpose vehicle set up by Scottish Re, to receive up to $155 million of payments in the event of severe population mortality[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tempest Re[/td] [td]A company bought by ACE in 1993 after Hurricane Andrew. Focused on selling property catastrophe policies[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Thamesis Insurance & Surety [/td] [td]Formed October 17, 2007.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Three Crowns Insurance[/td] [td]Owned by Rio Tinto[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Thunderbird Re[/td] [td] Lloyd's of London's first sidecar.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Thomas Miller (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Hamilton. Phone 292-4724. Among other things, managing Airline Mutual Insurance Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tiberius Reinsurance Co.[/td] [td]Formed June 11, 2008. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tillinghast, Nelson & Warren (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1359, Hamilton HM FX. Actuaries.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Timicuan Reinsurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tirsa World[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Titan Life & Annuity (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tokio Millennium Re (TMR)[/td] [td]The Waterfront, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. Phone 296-6700. Fax 296- 8780. Bermuda's first major Japanese insurance company with a physical presence. Has prospered with a business model unique to the larger Bermuda re/insurance companies. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. (Tokio Marine), the oldest and largest non-life insurance company in Japan. The Tokio Marine Group has annual operating income of more than $20 billion. It underwrites large amounts of Japanese windstorm and earthquake risks, and TMR was set up to diversify the parent's book geographically, by underwriting such risks outside Japan.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Top Layer Reinsurance[/td] [td]Based out of the offices of Renaissance Re. Joint venture with State Farm. Since January 1999. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Top Sail Re (SAC)[/td] [td]Formed 17 January 2002. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Torus Insurance Holdings (Bermuda)[/td] [td]2007. Class 4. Launched with a $720 million equity funding from private equity firm First Reserve Corporation which specializes in the energy sector. The latter joined forces with a group of senior insurance practitioners to set up the company, with senior management of Torus also investing personally in the new venture. The company's operating companies Torus Insurance (UK) Ltd., in London, and Torus Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., in Bermuda, received authorization from the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) respectively. Torus is a technical lines insurer specializing in large complex risks with a focus on the energy sector.It provides specialty insurance products through insurance subsidiaries in the US, UK and Bermuda. Its areas of expertise include energy, power, utility and construction and other highly-engineered risk classes.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tower Reinsurance[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Towers Perrin Re[/td] [td]Ram Re House, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton HM FX. Phone: 295-8863[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Town Hill Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Transport Intermediaries Mutual Insurance Association[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 292-4274[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Trans West Indemnity[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tremont International Insurance[/td] [td]Tremont House, 4 Park Road, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-5788. Fax 296-7194. Now owned by Bermuda local insurer and pension provider The Argus Group. Offers variable annuities and life insurance products with a focus on hedge fund investment strategies. Formed in 1996 by Tremont, which offers hedge fund of funds investment management. Under the terms of the deal, Bermuda Life of the Argus Group took over all of the policy issuance and administration functions, while Tremont provides investment management services to the existing policy portfolio.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Trenwick Group[/td] [td]Rated A-. Was once one of Bermuda's top reinsurers internationally. Phone (441) 292-4985 or 292-9773 or fax 292-4878. A subsidiary is Trenwick America Reinsurance Corporation. Now in liquidation.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Triomphe Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3. Primarily to provide quota share reinsurance to Paris Re. A limited life special purpose reinsurer[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Trip Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 26 October 2001. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]U[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Ultimate Insurance[/td] [td]Formed November 15, 2002. Class 2.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]United Care Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 2006, Class 1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Known as The Club[/td] [/tr][tr][td]United Insurance Company[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Universal International Re-Insurance[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Hamilton[/td] [/tr][tr][td]USA Risk Group[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1838, Hamilton HM AX. Member of the USA Risk Group. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]US Re Corp. International[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]V[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Validus Holdings (Bermuda)[/td] [td]See below[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Validus Re[/td] [td]Incorporated October 19, 2005. Class 4. With about $1.5 billion in capital. One of Bermuda's biggest international insurers. Formed to sell short-tail policies, including property catastrophe, per risk, marine and energy, aviation, retrocession and other specialty lines. Incorporated by Jeffrey Greenberg and partners from Aquiline Capital Partners. Mintflower Place building, Par-La-Ville Road, will move across the road when construction of the new Bermuda Commercial Bank building finishes. Also with private equity backing from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Vestar Capital Partners, New Mountain Capital, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Vance General Insurance Company[/td] [td]Formed 19 October 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Vigilant Insurance Co[/td] [td]Formed 20 December 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Volunteer Insurance[/td] [td]Formed May 9, 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]W-Z[/h4][table][tr][td]Walton Insurance[/td] [td]a captive of Phillips Petroleum Co.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]WMA Life Insurance Company [/td] [td]Owned by WMA Corporation of Georgia, USA. Life insurer.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Western International Financial Group[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2442, Hamilton HM JX. Insurance management and investments. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Western General Insurance[/td] [td]Owned by JP Morgan, Capital Z and Warburg Pincus. One of the principal Bermuda companies.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Westmoreland Risk Management[/td] [td]Formed 3 July 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Whitehall Life Insurance[/td] [td]Formed 21 December 2001. Class 3 and Long Term.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Whirlpool Insurance Co.[/td] [td]Formed 19 June 2002. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]White Mountains Insurance Group[/td] [td]7th Floor, 42 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Assets include CGU Corp, the US general business arm of UK-based Commercial General Norwich Union (CGNU). The group includes White Mountains Underwriting Ltd and Fund America Reinsurance Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]White Mountains Life Reinsurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]See above. Formed 2006, Class 4 Long Term[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Willis Group Holdings (WSH)[/td] [td]F. B. Perry Building, 40 Church Street, P. O. Box HM 1995, Hamilton HM HX. World's third largest insurance broker, with offices in 74 countries. Companies include Willis Management (Bermuda) Ltd. Formed early 2001 to prepare for the move from United Kingdom to Bermuda. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wilton Re Bermuda[/td] [td]P.O. Box HM 3379, Hamilton, Bermuda HM PX. Tel: (441) 295-6752. Fax: (441) 295-6821. Michael N. Smith, CEO. Bermuda-incorporated and based in 2004. Long Term license. A life reinsurer. Parent is Bermuda-based Wilton Re Holdings, owned by Minnesota-based Wilton Reassurance Company. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wind River Insurance Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 20 October 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Winterthur Atlantic[/td] [td]Formed 13 December 2001. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Winterthur Integra[/td] [td]Formed 16 May 2003. Class 3.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Winterthur Life[/td] [td]Corner House, 37 Church Street, Hamilton, HM 12. Phone 295-3366. Assumed the portfolio of Premier Life (Bermuda). Insures American Express card holders for optional flight insurance for up to $1 million dollars at a reasonable premium but excludes completely anyone who is a resident of Bermuda or Brazil.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Woodford Re[/td] [td]2006, Class 3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Capital[/td] [td]Rated A+. One of Bermuda's top reinsurers internationally. XL House, 1 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 2245, Hamilton HM JX. Phone 292-8515. Fax 292-5280. All the other XL companies are also located there now too. They include XL Insurance Ltd; XL Re Ltd; Latin American Re Ltd; XL Financial Assurance Ltd; XL Financial Solutions Ltd; XL Investments Ltd; Element Ltd. Its liability in the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events exceeded US$700 million. Has raised $250 million in capital. One of the principal Bermuda companies.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Insurance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Address as and subsidiary of above, but phone is 292-8515, fax is 292-1566 and P. O. Box is HM 3225, Hamilton HM JX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Re Latin America[/td] [td]Address as and subsidiary of above, but P. O. Box is HM 3215, Hamilton HM NX, phone is 296-2776, fax is 292-1566.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Life[/td] [td]XL House, 1 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 822, Hamilton HM EX. Phone 296-4728. Fax 296-4733.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Re[/td] [td]Address as and subsidiary of above but phone is 292-1358. Fax 292-0876. Life and health reinsurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Financial Assurance[/td] [td]Address as and subsidiary of above but phone is 295-7135. Fax 296-4351.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Financial Solutions[/td] [td]Owned by above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Reinsurance[/td] [td]Owned by above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ZCM Insurance Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Formed 12 December 2001. Class 1.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Zurich International (Bermuda)[/td] [td]One of the 10 Bermuda-based subsidiaries of the Zurich Group. The Zurich Centre, 1st Floor, Wellesley House, 90 Pitt's Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda. Telephone (441) 294-2400. Fax (441) 294-2401. [/td] [/tr][/table]

 

[spot rusherz]

O B A M A

F T W !

 

[nothingbefore]

THE FEDS ARE STILL RUNNING STUFF THO





RON PAUL WOULD OF BEEEEEEEN PERFECT IN THE TIME WE ARE IN NOW






BUT 2012 = THE CYCLE ENDS

 

[daytona 5000]

Originally Posted by eNPHAN

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by MexicanSoul

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by MyTsharp

Originally Posted by CadillacFLOW

After seeing how everybody is soo excited last night and today, I now think it was good that Obama was elected. But.......

I'm just curious to what kind of change everyone thinks he's going to bring?

Its not about the "physical change". Its the mindstate, I'm only 25 years old but I have never seen people in cities dancing in the streets. Honking their horns and and cheering from their cars. People partied in DC last night. Its the feeling of excitement and relief that it brings. That's what 'change' is about. My-T.

The only change is the amount of melanin the president has.

To expand upon that, I believe what we have here is not so much that people have made the right choice...rather, it is the illusion of choice that has many dancing in the streets. Do you think even for one second that those in power, I mean those in real power, the ones not discussed as much as the visible figures in the dailies, would for one moment entrust the planets most powerful government & possibly the fate the mankind to someone who wouldnt follow or would dismantle all their aims in one swift stroke?

If you ask me, we're living in the times of the Matrix, where things simply arent as they appear....I simply dont trust it yet.

In our history, we've witnessed a criminal lead our country for eight years who will leave office richer and clear of any crime. Bush took over the country and now Obama will do some spring cleaning and get this country back on track. Can I get an AMEN!

I sincerely hope you are right but in my heart of hearts I am convinced that you (and many with you) are totally wrong. Obama is such a likeable guy and I wish for him to do every he can to make the world a better place. But I know there are certain things we are not privy too, mechanations that we're not so aware of, people and groups that have an infite more sway over what happens than us voting (which is illusionary in itself).

They want you to feel happy, empowered, that you've 'done the right thing', that we're moving forward, progress if you will. But I would bet my life that in my lifetime things are NOT going to get better, things wont REALLY change, and that anyone who inherits the hotseat of the White House isnt really as much of the 'own person' as you guys seems to think....

My man, I feel the exact same way you do, just didn't know how to express myself as well as you did. I think Obama is a likeable guy and all, but I can't even FORCE myself to feel a sense of pride or hope or any of that rhetoric he is preaching. All I will say is just remember what happened last time The President's approval rating was at an all time high, he had the full support of the media, and congress would do his bidding without a second though...that was only after 9/11. Obama isn't even in office yet. That is beyond scary

it's beyond scary that the american public (as a whole) actually like our next president?

You do know when Bush's approval rating was the highest right? After 9/11. I shouldn't have to spell the rest out for you.

 

[rockdeep]

Originally Posted by RockDeep

Originally Posted by eNPHAN

Originally Posted by I R Andre

Originally Posted by HOVKid

Nice to see a black dude become president....though it would be better if he was 100% black instead of 50%.

Too bad he's a socialist. It makes me sick to know he is going to take my money and give it to someone else.

I can't believe that in these horrible times when people are losing their jobs all over the city this bastard is going to raise our taxes. Pathetic.

Republicans are truly scum, this dude got like a 400K house and hes like "he's gonna tax me the same way like under clinton so poor people can maybe prosper

"

i wouldn't call him scum...

just really selfish with a false sense of entitlement...

me and hov kid have gone back and forth about this issue...

he's really on some "no, its MY money, they just want it because they're LAZY"

i don't think he recognizes how privileged he is, not because he worked hard to get where he's at, but because he had the opportunity to do such...

some people aren't even afforded the opportunity...

which will hopefully change under a new education plan.....

but don't tell him his tiny percentage increase is going to things like education and healthcare, he'd rather maintain that it's going into the pockets of the poor, who are just plain lazy and want a handout...

like i told you before, hovkid, you ain't missin no meals...

HOV.. you and I are in the same Tax Bracket son son... my house cost a tad more than 400K.. almost double in fact, but if you are a smart businessman.. you know how to claim EVERY Tax credit available so 45% of your income isn't taken by the government.

Split your businesses. Get a better accountant.. cause if you are on that level.. you should NEVER be without a good one. I will be only paying MORE for my accountant this year and beyond so he keeps everything I bring in the same amount or less.

You know why alot of Rich people weren't too worried? Cause they all knew the tax loops would protect them as well as the Tax Credits their businesses would recieve. For smoes like us who don't employ others, but do ok for ourselves... its up to us to figure out how we keep the money we have and be happy Bush or McCain isn't in office.

I'll be damned if I get my Healthcare taxed by some dude who has never felt what I have felt in life as far as being poor and having to climb to where I am. I'd rather a dude who finally looks like me and has been a self made man represent over the guy who's life expectancy won't last thru the actual Presidential Term.

Dude.. get over it and instead of complaining figure out how you get around those hurdles.

My Dad ALWAYS said. Don't complain if you can do something about it...and if you aint going to do anything about it why complain?

Marley Said:

theres a reason why people projected to make the money obama said he would tax, went out and voted for obama ... i watched as someone more educate dthan myself squeezed 1500 more dollars out of my tax return than i could ... wealthy people in the upper tax brackets arent going to be affected very much ... its the people who are well off, but not well off enough to have a full time accountant stretch their money who will suffer ... someones got to pay for the extra spending ... someones got to pay for those tax credits ... we will see

I hope everyone realizes, its not ALWAYS taxation that pays for everything. Its fiscal spending in other areas of government that can be scaled back to provide for other well needed programs.

Like I don't believe in certain types of welfare for those who don't attempt to find a job and keep having children. I say tie their tubes and MAKE them get a job or put those kids in foster care where they might be better off.

Put money in Foster Care even to make those kids who didn't have a choice be productive members of society instead of scared with reasons to be less than what they can be. There are soo many things we can redistribute as far as spending goes, not just people's paychecks. I think soo many people take that term and run with it. I say Tax Lottery Money more than it is, cause its money that you wouldn't have won otherwise.

Virginia makes Gillions in Lottery tax every year, yet they have to cut back jobs due to budget problems?? WHAT? How does that happen and they say a good portion of that goes to Virginia Schools? Not the one's I have visited.

I think before crucifying the work of a man who isn't even in office is the wrong thing to do. How about you give him the same chance for 4 years that you all made a mistake giving a man who had 8 years to make your life the way it is now.

As a matter of fact, take responsibility for the good stuff you have done on your own and as well as bad... Bush didn't make you all buy those extra pair of sneaks or Big Screen TVs.. He just made our Petro Purchases suck for years..

Give a Brotha a Chance. Literally.

P.S. Marley that wasn't directed at you bruh.. lol.. Just using your words to make a point.

 

[extraordinary swag]

Originally Posted by RockDeep

Originally Posted by eNPHAN

Originally Posted by I R Andre

Originally Posted by HOVKid

Nice to see a black dude become president....though it would be better if he was 100% black instead of 50%.

Too bad he's a socialist. It makes me sick to know he is going to take my money and give it to someone else.

I can't believe that in these horrible times when people are losing their jobs all over the city this bastard is going to raise our taxes. Pathetic.

Republicans are truly scum, this dude got like a 400K house and hes like "he's gonna tax me the same way like under clinton so poor people can maybe prosper

"

i wouldn't call him scum...

just really selfish with a false sense of entitlement...

me and hov kid have gone back and forth about this issue...

he's really on some "no, its MY money, they just want it because they're LAZY"

i don't think he recognizes how privileged he is, not because he worked hard to get where he's at, but because he had the opportunity to do such...

some people aren't even afforded the opportunity...

which will hopefully change under a new education plan.....

but don't tell him his tiny percentage increase is going to things like education and healthcare, he'd rather maintain that it's going into the pockets of the poor, who are just plain lazy and want a handout...

like i told you before, hovkid, you ain't missin no meals...

HOV.. you and I are in the same Tax Bracket son son... my house cost a tad more than 400K.. almost double in fact, but if you are a smart businessman.. you know how to claim EVERY Tax credit available so 45% of your income isn't taken by the government.

Split your businesses. Get a better accountant.. cause if you are on that level.. you should NEVER be without a good one. I will be only paying MORE for my accountant this year and beyond so he keeps everything I bring in the same amount or less.

You know why alot of Rich people weren't too worried? Cause they all knew the tax loops would protect them as well as the Tax Credits their businesses would recieve. For smoes like us who don't employ others, but do ok for ourselves... its up to us to figure out how we keep the money we have and be happy Bush or McCain isn't in office.

I'll be damned if I get my Healthcare taxed by some dude who has never felt what I have felt in life as far as being poor and having to climb to where I am. I'd rather a dude who finally looks like me and has been a self made man represent over the guy who's life expectancy won't last thru the actual Presidential Term.

Dude.. get over it and instead of complaining figure out how you get around those hurdles.

My Dad ALWAYS said. Don't complain if you can do something about it...and if you aint going to do anything about it why complain?

TRUTH.COM

, everyone is so bent outta shape thinking there gonna gobroke because Obama is president. That's not going to happen if you do your own part to make sure your taxes are handled to your advantage. People act likewe haven't been taxed for the last 8 years, no matter what evryone will be taxed it just so happens that the wealthy will be taxed more. But if you reallythink that increase in taxes is going to dramatically affect your way of life then you are just way out of touch with politics and the way our world is rightnow.

 

[wawaweewa]

Here are the non-insurance subsidiaries in Bermuda.

Hmm. Wonder why Obama never talked about this.

Folks are so lost.
[h3]
[/h3][h3]A[/h3]
[table][tr][td]Aberdeen Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Accenture[/td] [td]Formerly Anderson Consulting, spun off from Chicago-based accounting firm Arthur Anderson. Bermuda headquartered for tax reasons on July 1, 2001. It is a multi-national company with $ multi-million US Defense and Homeland Security contracts. World's second-largest consulting firm, with more than 140,000 employees in countries including Bermuda, China and Brazil. When Accenture does business with state and local government in the USA, it does so through its US-based subsidiary, Accenture LLP. It operates in the US and employs US workers.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Acquisitor Holdings [/td] [td] Incorporated in 2002. A subsidiary of Acquisitor PLC, a UK investment company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Adecco Financial Services[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ADT[/td] [td]Owned by Tyco International[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aircastle[/td] [td]Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it leases 42 jets to passenger and cargo airlines, benefits from the trend of more companies outsourcing rather than owning their fleets. Demand for leased planes is tied to the fortunes of the airline industry, which is highly cyclical and can be affected by everything from economic concerns to terrorism. Formed by Fortress Investment Group in 2004.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ALAS (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 292-9989.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Albourne Atlantic[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alcan Bermuda)[/td] [td]Capital G Building, 25 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-3550.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alco Holdings[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alpha General Holdings Ltd[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Allan International Holdings Ltd[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alloy Aircraft Company Ltd[/td] [td]Owned by the Turkish Uzan family, one of that nation's wealthiest. Had a Bombardier Challenger $15 million aircraft until it was seized in Paris in August 2003 by order of a Bermuda court and awarded to Motorola.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Alpha Corporate Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aluminium Investors Ltd[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amaranth Fund LLC[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amber Partners[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amil[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Anex International Holdings[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]APP China Group[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]AQ Asian Absolute Return Fund[/td] [td]Mutual fund, formed July 2003 by Olympia Capital (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]A-Max Holdings[/td] [td]Conyers Dill & Pearman.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]AMS[/td] [td]Continental Building, 25 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-1078. Fax 292-5116.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Amaranth Fund LP[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]AMX Wireless[/td] [td]Conyers Dill & Pearman.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]A. P. Moller (Bermuda)[/td] [td]
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]APW [/td] [td]Bermuda company of American organization, under Chapter 11 bankruptcy since July 2002.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aquarius Platinum[/td] [td]Digs for platinum, palladium and other metals in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Metal is sold for dollars while most costs are met in local currency. Aquarius has increased output at all its mines as platinum prices trade near a record in London.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aramark Corporation[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arche Master Fund LP[/td] [td]Owned by Arche GP LLC, Delaware, USA. C/o AS&K[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arethusa[/td] [td]Its two largest shareholders are based in Stockholm, Sweden. Arethusa owns and or operates a fleet of 13 offshore oil drilling rigs, including eight semi-submersibles and five jack-ups. It is the second-largest semi-submersible operator in the Gulf of Mexico. Its other rigs are deployed in the offshore waters of Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia and the Netherlands.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arlington Tankers[/td] [td]Deep sea petroleum transportation company, owned by London-based shipbroker Galbraith's.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ASA[/td] [td]South African investments, in 2003, prompted by 2003 South African laws[/td] [/tr][tr][td]A. S. E. Holding[/td] [td]C/o Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Asia Global Crossing[/td] [td]An undersea cable company. Its parent was Global Crossing, shown below.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Asia Aluminum Holdings[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Asia Netcom[/td] [td]Formed in 2003 to buy for Asia the distressed assets for a Chinese state-owned company, China Netcom, from Global Crossing.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings[/td] [td]Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atlantic Corporate Management [/td] [td]Warner Building, 85 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. P. O. Box HM 1008, Hamilton HM DX. Phone 296-4297. Fax 296-4306.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atlantic Central Enterprises [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atlantic Investment & Development Co (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Front Street, Hamilton. Phone 292-2246. Fax 295-5129[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atlantic Medical International[/td] [td]7 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 07. Phone 298-8023. Fax 296-6021[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atlantic Philanthropies (Bermuda)[/td] [td]A group of Bermuda-based international philanthropic and charitable foundations. The Bermuda office provides group financial control, management reporting, middle office support for a complex investment portfolio, treasury, administration and corporate secretarial duties. The website does not show its Bermuda office or staff. In 2004, it employed Fordham University to undertake a survey of Bermuda's senior citizens and their needs. It also takes a stand in Human Rights.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atlantic Marine Limited Partnership[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2089, Hamilton HM HX. Fax 292-2541. Long established, provides ship management, accounting and shipping. A member of the Schulte Group. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Atrax Medical Group [/td] [td]33 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-4120 or 296-0845 or fax 296-4130[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Australia-Japan Cable Management)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2936, Hamilton HM MX. Phone 296-1007. Fax 296-3519[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Axis Capital Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]B[/h3]
[table][tr][td]Bacardi International[/td] [td]

World headquarters. Pitt's Bay Road, Pembroke. P. O. Box HM 720, Hamilton HM CX. Phone 298-1060. Fax 296-2468. World's largest rum maker. Founded in Cuba in 1862 by Don Facundo Bacardi y Maso. It prospered for years with its secret rum recipe. After the Spanish-American War of 1898, Bacardi gave the world the Cuba Libre and the Daiquiri. But Fidel Castro took control in 1959 and nationalized the plant and assets without compensation. The founder's descendents exiled themselves and began afresh. The Bermuda building was designed by Mies van der Rohe. Major businesses are Bacardi International Limited and Bacardi Capital Limited. Between them, they oversee the worldwide (outside USA) marketing of much of the group's international financial affairs and bulk transportation. They also market Martini and Rossi vermouth; Asti sparkling wine - which they bought in 1993; Bombay Sapphire Gin from England, Dewars Whisky from Scotland and New Zealand vodka and gin producer 42 Below. The private Bacardi companies do not disclose financial results. There is also a large office in Miami, Florida. In 2007, Rising demand for deluxe scotch whisky in China, Taiwan, Korea and other Asian countries prompted Bacardi to invest more than $250 million over 10 years to expand production of its Dewar's brand in Scotland. The Bermuda-based company intends to add a new maturation warehouse and blend centre in Glasgow, which will include new bottling lines and packing equipment. Bacardi is also finalizing options to buy a 100-acre site in central Scotland for a second maturation and blending facility. The Dewar's brand of whisky includes 12-year, 15-year and 18-year maturities and therefore any increase in production has to be planned with a significant lead-up time. Dewar's is the number one selling blended scotch in the US.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bacardi Holdings[/td] [td]As above, c/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Beacon Hill Corporation[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton HM EX. Arranges leases and sales of US manufactured property to be used predominantly outside USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Beacon Management [/td] [td]Penthouse Suite, 129 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-9939. Fax 292-2865.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Becher & Carlson Management [/td] [td]Wessex House, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-0519. Fax 295-0933.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Befico Ltd[/td] [td]Merged with Novartis Capital Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Belize Orient Corporation[/td] [td]Sterling House, Wesley Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-5254[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Beltship Management[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 723, Hamilton HM CX. Part of an international shipping group specializing in ship management and self-unloading bulk carriers.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Beluga[/td] [td]Hamilton-based, owned by John Outerbridge. Owns the luxury yacht "Bermudiana" worth $2.8 million which in late 2007 was seized by US authorities in Florida because of a dispute over the alleged non-payment by its owners for $73,000 of service costs. The 27.36-metre Versilcraft Motor Yacht was built in 1991 and underwent a thorough mechanical & cosmetic refit in 2004, including rebuilt main engines, a new generator, fresh paint and a new decor. The spacious layout of the vessel provides four owner/guest staterooms plus accommodation for up to five crew in three cabins, and, with her low maintenance fiberglass construction, unique layout and attractive price, the Bermudiana represents a chartering opportunity for a yachtsman with a large family, lots of friends or the desire to get away with a special someone."[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Berco[/td] [td]Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Pembroke HM 19. Phone 295-4537. Fax 295-1232. International Investment company, part of Berco Ltd, of the Mitchell empire, owned by billionaire Bermuda resident Peter Green, long-time contributor to the UK's Labour Party.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bergesen[/td] [td]Major shipping company[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Berkshire Hathaway[/td] [td]Investments. CEO is Warren E. Buffett[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Bermuda) LP. [/td] [td]Richmond House, 12 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-0614 or fax 292-1549 or cell 505 2657. Operates chemical tankers.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bestway International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BI[/td] [td]Owned by and controlling the worldwide business interests of the British twins of David & Frederick Barclay, among Britain's 500 richest people. Their property includes the Scotsman and Daily Telegraph newspapers (the latter bought on 22nd June 2004 for £650 million - and Ritz Hotel in London.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Birketu Pty[/td] [td]Private investment company of Bermuda-based Australian billionaire Bruce Gordon[/td] [/tr][tr][td]BISYS Hedge Fund Services[/td] [td]Formerly Hemisphere Management Limited. P. O. Box HM 951, Hamilton HM DX. Phone 295-9166. Fax 292-6145. One of the leading fund administration groups in the world, with assets exceeding $45 billion and third-largest administrator of hedge funds. Established in Bermuda in 1981, with 142 out of the total of more than 276 staff and subsidiaries in Dublin and Boston. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Mutual Risk Management Ltd. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Blad Foundation[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]BNY Alternative Investment Services. (Formerly International Fund Administration, or IFA)[/td] [td]Suite 464, 48 Par La Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. Hedge fund administrator and International financial services, providing comprehensive fund administration services for offshore and US investment companies. Bank of New York acquired IFA in late 2002.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Boston Company Advisors (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Trenwick House, Church Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-4107. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Brazilian Renewable Energy Company (Brenco)[/td] [td]Since 2007. An ethanol company with prominent foreign investors. Founding shareholders included venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, American supermarket magnate Ron Burkle, America Online founder Steve Case, former World Bank President James Wolfensohn and film producer Steven Bing. Brenco sells ethanol to the huge domestic market, and exports it amid rising international demand. It is expected to produce 3.8 billion liters (1 billion gallons) annually within the next ten years. Brazilian ethanol makers produced 17 billion litres (4.5 billion gallons) last year, and exported 3.4 billion litres (900 million gallons). The company has its headquarters in Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo, near the sugarcane fields where most Brazilian ethanol is produced.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bright International Group[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Brilliance China Automotive Holdings[/td] [td]Established in 1992 to own a 51% interest in Shenyang JinBei Passenger Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd., of China. It manufactures and distributes mini-buses in China. It was the first company with operations solely in China to list on the New York Stock Exchange. A subsidiary, Brilliance China Trucks Holdings Ltd., changed its name in late 1996 to China Automotive Co. Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Brunswick Russian Directional Fund[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Brunswick Russian Growth Fund[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bunge[/td] [td]World's top soybean exporter and oilseed processor. In late 2002 it formed a venture, Solae LLC, with Dupont Co. to make soy ingredients.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]C[/h3]
[table][tr][td]Cable & Wireless.[/td] [td]Allowed to operate in Bermuda. World ranking is about 154. This British telephone and telecommunications company in more than 30 countries and islands held a complete monopoly in external communications in Bermuda from 1890 until a few years ago. It offers digital cable services in many places but not Bermuda. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]CalciTech[/td] [td]Owns technical centers in Switzerland, etc.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Canada Trust (Bermuda)[/td] [td]31 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-1020. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Canadian Pacific[/td] [td]World ranking is about 446. The largest hotel chain in Canada, it owns the Fairmont Hamilton Princess and Fairmont Southampton Princess hotels in Bermuda and has an office here.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Canadian Petroleum Ecuador[/td] [td]And other Canadian Petroleum Companies. P. O. Box HM 1736, Hamilton HM GX. Phone 295-2949.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Carry Wealth Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cash Financial Services Group[/td] [td]Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CastlePoint Bermuda Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Castlewood[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2267, Hamilton HM JX. With a subsidiary in Surrey, England.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cathay Overseas [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Caterpillar Asia Pacific LP[/td] [td]Owned by Caterpillar Overseas Credit Corporation SA, Geneva[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Celtic Pharma[/td] [td]It has received approval in the US to conduct a large, randomized study to track the effectiveness of a vaccine being developed to help smokers break their addiction to nicotine and been given clearance for a Investigational New Drug application (IND) for its vaccine TA-NIC.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Central European Media Enterprises[/td] [td]It owns and operates national and regional private commercial TV stations in Europe and elsewhere. It is owned by US cosmetics empire heir Ronald Lauder. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]CEC International Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]CCT Technology Holdings [/td] [td]Owned by Standard Chartered Bank of Hong Kong.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CDG Holdings[/td] [td]For Carpe Diem Group. Formed in February 2006 by a team of City of London bankers and hedge fund executives, as a Bermuda-registered bank to lend to hedge funds.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ChevronTexaco International[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2082, Hamilton HM HX. Responsible for the corporate secretarial requirements of about 150 ChevronTexaco companies in Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]China Elegance International Fashion[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]China Online (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]China Silver Dragon Group[/td] [td]Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Chuang's China Investments[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Churchill Capital[/td] [td]10 Cavendish Road, Pembroke. Phone 296-3696[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Chiquita International[/td] [td]7 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-7387. Fax 292-0982.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Citadel Solutions Bermuda[/td] [td]Hedge fund service group owned by Citadel Solutions LLC a subsidiary of hedge fund giant Citadel Investment Group launched in 2007). The Bermuda Monetary Authority approved its license for this Bermuda subsidiary. It thus became the first company licensed by the BMA to provide administration services to hedge funds. It operates as the headquarters for the firm's offshore administration platform, servicing the needs of clients domiciled across Europe, Asia and other non US locations.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cofiam[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Chow Sang Sang Holdings International[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cigarette Exporting Company of America [/td] [td]9 Church Street, Hamilton. Phone 292-2887.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CIL Holdings[/td] [td]Bank of Bermuda Ltd, registrar & transfer agent.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Citygroup Fund Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Citco Fund Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Wessex House, 45 Reid Street, P. O. Box HM 2487, Hamilton HM GX. E-mail CV. The Bermuda division of the USA Citco Group of Companies with offices also in Amsterdam, Australia. Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dublin, Geneva, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, New York, San Francisco, Toronto.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Citigroup Forum FD Services Bermuda [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Colony Investments[/td] [td]Paget. Fax 236-0800. Cell 235-6093[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Columbia Laboratories (Bermuda) [/td] [td]A subsidiary of US-based pharmaceutical company Columbia Laboratories Inc. which researches hormonal treatments and has patented bio-adhesive technology.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Commex Management[/td] [td]Swan Building, 26 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-1785. Fax 295-6270. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Commodities Fund Administrator[/td] [td]Washington Mall, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-5517.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Compagnie D'Escomptes Financiers [/td] [td]5 Park Road, Hamilton. Phone 292-7979.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Compass [/td] [td]53 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-6349. Fax 292-4862.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Concordia Advisors (Bermuda)[/td] [td]10 Cavendish Road, Pembroke, HM 19. Phone 292-1962. Resume to [email protected]. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Concordia Distressed Debt Offshore Management[/td] [td]Represented by Mello Jones and Martin[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Concordia Distressed Debt Fund[/td] [td]Represented by Mello Jones and Martin[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Concordia Maritime Shipping Group[/td] [td]69 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. Phone 295-0040. Fax 296-2686.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Concordia Municipal Opportunities Master Fund LP[/td] [td]Represented by Mello Jones and Martin[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Consensus Investments Ltd.[/td] [td]c/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Consolidated Management[/td] [td]14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-8313. Fax 292-1373.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Consolidated Services[/td] [td]As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Consortium Capital[/td] [td]Formerly Human Therapeutics Ltd. C/o Christopher Frances Forrest.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cooper Industries[/td] [td]A global manufacturer of electrical products, tools and hardware, with current-year revenue of US$4.2 billion. Formerly based in Houston, Texas. Bermuda headquartered for tax reasons on May 21, 2002, for huge tax savings. It has $ multi-million US Defense and Homeland Security contracts. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Continental Asset Management Bermuda[/td] [td]19 Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 296-0000. Fax 295-8802[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Continental Bulk Carriers SA[/td] [td]Happy Valley Road, Pembroke. Phone 292-8727[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Corange International[/td] [td]Washington Mall, Phase 2, 22 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-3812. Curt Engelhorn, from Germany, one of Bermuda's wealthiest residents, a billionaire several times over, used to own it. Since 1997 it belongs to Swiss drug manufacturer Roche Holdings. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cosan SA[/td] [td]Brazilian-owned and based, controls the world's second-largest sugar-cane processor, a holding company that controls Priacicaba. It is the world's largest producer of ethanol from sugar cane.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Coutts (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Swan Building, 26 Victoria Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1436, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 295-4700. Fax 295-4706.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Covidien[/td] [td]Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. Telephone: (441) 292-8674. Spun off from Tyco International. Global healthcare products giant Bermuda-domiciled. Formed June 2007. 7,000-square-foot offices. In January 2008 had four full-time staff at its Bermuda base, out of a global workforce of 43,000 in 57 countries. Its products, which range from medical devices and supplies, to imaging products and pharmaceuticals, generated sales of more than $10 billion in 2007. A public company listed on both the New York and Bermuda stock exchanges.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Cremorne County[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton HM EX. Arranges leases and sales of US manufactured property to be used predominantly outside USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CreditWatch[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]CRM Holdings (CRMH)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Crosos Shipping [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3] For all listed international non-insurance companiessee[/h3]
[table][tr][td]International companies listed A to C[/td] [td]International Companies listed D to L[/td] [td]International companies M to Z[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[h3]
[/h3][h3] -E[/h3]
[table][tr][td]Dairy Farm International Holdings[/td] [td]C. H. Wilken, Secretary[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Decca Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Deleon Global Trading[/td] [td]Almon Glenn Braswell has control, according to an account on page 25 of The Royal Gazette of January 16, 2003.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Denholm Ship Management[/td] [td]Owned by John Denholm, British, worth at least $93 million, among the 500 richest British people in the world.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Deson Development International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Bank of Bermuda Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]DockPar LP[/td] [td]Formed by DLJ LBO Plans Management Corporation 2 of Delaware, as a general partner of MBP III Plan Investors LP, by Mello Jones & Martin[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Dockwise[/td] [td]Shipping firm and marine contractor. Former parent Dockwise Transport NV. Specializes in providing transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries, as well as the installation of heavy offshore platforms. Recently expanded its fleet with the addition of the fourth vessel out of a series of six, MV Treasure. Two converted tankers Triumph and Trustee were delivered in 2008.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Dominion Petroleum[/td] [td]
An independent energy company specializing in oil and gas reserves exploration in east and central Africa and the next phase of its development - high impact drilling.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]DOV Bermuda[/td] [td]Parents are DOV Pharmaceutical Inc, of Hackensack, New Jersey and Irish drug company Elan Corp.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Dresser Holdings[/td] [td]Dallas, Texas. Privately held engineering company Dresser Inc, owned by Dresser Holdings Inc, a Delaware corporation. Has another Bermuda holding company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Duke Energy[/td] [td]Formerly Duke Energy Australia Ltd. C/o AS&K.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Dynamic Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Eastern & Oriental Express[/td] [td]C/o Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]eForce Holdings Ltd[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Elan International Services[/td] [td]1 North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish FL 04. Phone 292-9169. Fax 292-2224. One of the companies of the Irish pharmaceuticals company Elan.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Elan Pharmaceutical Investment[/td] [td]Also Bermuda-based. Backs securities sold by Elan.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Elegance International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Elegant Derivative Partnership (Bermuda)[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman. Owned by two Malaysian entities[/td] [/tr][tr][td]E-Life International[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Eldorado Corporation[/td] [td]It owns gold mines in Sonora State, Mexico, and two in Arizona, USA. The Mexican property apparently has 1.2 million ounces of gold in the ground. The Arizona sites are capable of being brought into production. Eldorado is primarily an exploration company, trading on the Toronto and Vancouver stock exchanges. Its working office is in Vancouver.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Emergent Alternative Funds[/td] [td]It bought rights to $6 million of defaulted loans to Saddam Hussein's Iraq regime. Michael Lambert.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Endurance Specialty Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Energy XXI Acquisition Corp (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Equinoxe Alternative Investment Holdings[/td] [td]
A premium boutique fund administrator formed in Bermuda in 2007 by experienced hedge fund administration professionals. Also with offices in Dublin, the USA and Singapore from 2009. A full-service alternative investment fund administration company.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Equus Asset Management Partners[/td] [td]2003 Bermuda exempted partnership specializing in private wealth asset management. 85 Reid Street Hamilton HM12 Bermuda. Phone 441 296.4527. Fax 441 296.4520.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Essex County[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton HM EX. Arranges leases and sales of US manufactured property to be used predominantly outside USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Exodus Platinum Genesis Fund[/td] [td]
Hedge fund owned by Exodus Equities, which has a multi-million dollar portfolio
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Exxon[/td] [td]Known as ESSO outside the USA. In the top 5 of the largest corporations in the world, with operations in more than 110 countries. It is a world provider of oils, gas and chemicals. It sells these in Bermuda also, but gasoline in Bermuda is nearly US$6 a gallon, one of the highest prices in the world. Exxon has about 70 employees in Bermuda in a variety of local and international companies - several under the Exxon name - at Ferry Reach, St. George's Parish. Only Exxon and its rival Shell are allowed to retail gasoline (petrol) in Bermuda. Exxon does not own any of Bermuda's Esso gas stations. They must by law be owned and operated by Bermudians.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Everbest Century Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Everest Capital[/td] [td]It voted against a merger involving Norwegian marine geophysical company Wavefield Inseis ASA and TGS-NOPEC because the current proposed deal does not bring maximum value for shareholders.[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]Fabian & Fabian Capital[/td] [td]
Bermuda -headquartered international real estate investor with an interest in the Romania market.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fairfax Financial Holdings[/td] [td]World ranking about 866. Based in Toronto, it is heavily into property, casualty, insurance and reinsurance. Its Bermuda-based Odyssey Re insurance subsidiary also active.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG)[/td] [td]Founded 1983, alternative asset management fund company with about $5 billion in assets under administration. Headquartered in New York. With staffed investment advisory office in Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fenris Holdings NV[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fidelity International[/td] [td]

P. O. Box HM 670, Hamilton HM CX. In Bermuda since 1969, it is the international headquarters and subsidiary of Boston's Fidelity Investments Ltd. It co-ordinates corporate finance, fund treasury, legal and compliance functions in Europe and Asia. The chairman & CEO of the parent FMR Corporation begun in 1946 by his father, is Mr. Edward Johnson III, who owns a substantial Bermuda home. The ownership structure is similar to the US domestic operation of FMR. The Johnson family has controlling interest, with the balance owned during their employment by employees. Photo by the author.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fiduciary Partners Trust Company[/td] [td]Formed 11 June 2003[/td] [/tr][tr][td]FIR Capital[/td] [td]
A Bermuda-based venture capital company that focuses its activities in Brazil. In 2007 it partnered with Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backed Hotmail and Skype.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]First Sign International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Flag Telecom Holdings[/td] [td]It filed in US Bankruptcy Court under Chapter 11. Compared to earlier, now with only a small presence in Bermuda. Nynex is the managing sponsor, providing full communications services in the northeastern USA and elsewhere globally. Other sponsors are the Dallah Al Baraka Group of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Marubeni Corporation of Japan; Gulf Associates Inc. of New York; Telecom Holding Co. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telecom Asia, the largest market-capitalized company on the stock exchange in Thailand; and The Asian Infrastructure Fund (AIF) of Hong Kong, a $1 billion fund that invests in entities engaged in developing and operating infrastructure projects in Asia. The FLAG (Fiber-optic Link Around the Globe) cable system cost $1.7 billion and entered service in November, 1997. FLAG is the first international submarine telecommunications cable to serve China. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Flying Lion[/td] [td]A Bermuda-registered private jet airline. Flies UK opposition politicians world-wide. Owned by millionaire Lord Ashcroft. Registered at Cedar Avenue in Hamilton. A Falcon 900EX allows its MP passengers to travel in comfort and style, with features such as supple leathers, glistening veneers and deep pile carpet as standard, according to French maker, Dassault.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Forexter[/td] [td]Trades foreign currencies in a unique way.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Forum Fund Services[/td] [td]Offshore funds[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fortuna International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Butterfield Fund Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fortune Telecom Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Forum Financial Group[/td] [td]Fund administrators, Forum Fund Services, now owned by US financial giant Citigroup.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Foster Wheeler[/td] [td]In the top 100 of Federal contractors, with significant US Defense and Homeland Security contracts. In November 2000 the directors of this Clinton, New Jersey-based engineering and construction service provider approved the change of its legal domicile from Clinton, New Jersey, to Bermuda and duly re-incorporated in Bermuda, for significant tax savings. Most of its revenue and income come from outside the USA. Via its subsidiaries, it has a broad range of construction, design, engineering, manufacturing, project development, management, research and environmental services. A global company offering, through its subsidiaries, a broad range of engineering, procurement, construction, manufacturing, project development and management, research and plant operation services. Serves the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, power, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fram Shipping[/td] [td]Hayward Building, Hamilton. Phone 292-7495.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Franklin Holdings (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Bermuda holding company, global investment vehicle and member of the New York-based D. E. Shaw Group. Recently purchased the James River Group.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Frontline Shipping[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1593, Hamilton HM GX. World's largest oil tanker operator. A Bermuda-registered tanker company. It owns and operates more than 70 oil tankers and more under construction. Norwegian multi-millionaire shipping magnate John Fredriksen was chairman until he retired October 31, 2003. Winding up order put on hold.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fruit of the Loom[/td] [td]American apparel and underwear corporation incorporated in Bermuda. Formerly based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Its shareholders voted to re-incorporate in Bermuda on March 4, 1999, for significant tax savings. Its products are sold in Bermuda. It has $ multi-million US Defense and Homeland Security contracts. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fund Administration Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Michael Burger[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fuisz International (Bermuda)[/td] [td]31 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-7631.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Fulcrum Group[/td] [td]69C Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. Phone 295-1355. A hedge fund administrator.[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]GAP (Bermuda)[/td] [td]General partner of following:[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GAP/W International LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Gazocean Bermuda) Trading [/td] [td]Par-la-Ville Place, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-0561[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GEC International Finance (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-2440[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Gemini Submarine Cable System[/td] [td]14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-2072.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]General Atlantic Group[/td] [td]Washington Mall, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-2864. Fax 292-4314.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]General International[/td] [td]29 Richmond Road, Pembroke HM 08. P. O. Box HM 2014, Hamilton HM DX. Phone 292-0773. The Bermuda office of General Motors Corporation.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]General Minerals Corporation[/td] [td]Pembroke. Phone 292-6972.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Genpact[/td] [td]Founded in 1997 as the India-based business process services operation for GE's financial services business. The company became independent at the beginning of 2005. On March 29 2007, the company formed Genpact Ltd. in Bermuda to be the new holding company for the business. Provides offshore business services to General Electric Co. and other companies, had an initial public offering (IPO) in USA in 2007.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GenoPort Holdings (Bermuda)[/td] [td]90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke. Phone 295-5815.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]German Venture Managers (2000)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Global Asset Management[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Global Crossing[/td] [td]Incorporated in Bermuda in 1997 as GT Interconnect Systems Ltd, by Gary Winnick. World-wide, it went bankrupt in 2001 in the fourth-largest Chapter 11 in US history, wiping out US$40 billion in market value. In March 2003, the majority of the company was bought by Asia-based Hutchison Telecommunications and government-run Singapore Technologies Telemedia. Affiliated or fraternal Bermuda companies include Asia Global Crossing; Global Crossing Intellectual Property Ltd; Global Grossing Holdings Ltd; Global Crossing International Ltd; Global Crossing Network Center Ltd; Global Crossing Portfolio Holdings Ltd; Atlantic Crossing Ltd; Mid-Atlantic Crossing Holdings Ltd; Mid-Atlantic Crossing Ltd; Pan American Crossing Holdings Ltd; South American Crossing Holdings Ltd; South American Crossing Ltd; Atlantic Crossing II Ltd; and Pac Panama Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Global Marine Systems (Bermuda)[/td] [td]It operates one of the world's most advanced sub-sea fiber optic systems for data, voice, video and other forms of Internet communications. In the year 2000, the Bermuda Government gave this company import duty (Customs Duty) exemptions so it could import equipment and machinery duty-free.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GlobalStar Telecommunications[/td] [td]Bankrupted but Miami-based New Valley Corporation investment group invested $55 million in early 2003. With interests mainly in Europe and Russia in the communications industry.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GMO Currency Hedge Fund Master Portfolio (Offshore) LP[/td] [td]Formed 2003 by GMO Investment Partners LLC, c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. C/o Appleby Spurling & Hunter.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GTE [/td] [td]Telecommunications, about 58 in overall world ranking. Its Bermuda operations include its own captive GTE Reinsurance Company, operating internationally.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]G-Trade Services[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2796, Hamilton HM LX. Phone (441) 298-9920. Fax (441) 298-9930. (A subsidiary company of Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia Global Emerging Markets Group of Companies).[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Golar LNG[/td] [td]Shipping company incorporated in September 2002 by a Norwegian maritime and tanker company transporting liquid natural gas (LNG) and owning a fleet of liquefied natural gas tankers. There is also a subsidiary of the company. Chairman is Norwegian shipping billionaire John Fredriksen, Golar's largest shareholder through his closely held World Shipholding.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings)[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Golden Ocean Group[/td] [td]A shipping company led by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, operates a number of carriers for raw materials shipping. It was spun off from Frontline. In 2007, it announced two new ship-building contracts at Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., South Korea and Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard in China.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Good fellow Group[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Goodman & Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guaranteed Weather Trading [/td] [td]One owner is Brian O'Hearne. Since 2003, the owner of GuaranteedWeather.com in USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guanfair Finance and Investments[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guangdong Brewery Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Grandmass Enterprise Solution [/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Great Eagle Holdings[/td] [td]Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Griffin Mining[/td] [td]Mines zinc in China. In 2007 it completed the sale of A£75 million ($153 million) of shares to Australia's Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. In 2008 it sold its first consignment of precious metals concentrate, a raw material used by refiners, from its Caijiaying mine. The 60 tons of concentrate containing gold, silver and lead was sold to a Chinese purchaser.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Grosvenor Investment Group[/td] [td]Mercury House, 101 Front St., Hamilton HM12 Tel: (441) 292 0022. Fax: (441) 292 2266[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GS Equity Markets, LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Guangdong Brewery Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Gypsum Transportation[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]GZI Transport[/td] [td]Butterfield Transfer Services (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]H&F International Rose Partners LP[/td] [td]H&F International Rose Investors[/td] [/tr][tr][td]H&F Rose Partners LP[/td] [td]H&F International Rose Investors[/td] [/tr][tr][td]H&F Partners Blocker LP[/td] [td]H&F International Rose Investors[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Halley Investment[/td] [td]Owned by Viscount Petersham, British, titled, worth US$ 180 million[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hamilton Trust[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Hamilton[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hampton Shipmanagement[/td] [td]11 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-0902. Fax 295-2165.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hang Ten Group Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hanny Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hartford Management [/td] [td]Crawford House, 50 Cedar Avenue, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-5243. Fax 295-4460.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Haverford Securities [/td] [td]Fax (441) 296-9904 or e-mail [email protected]. Investment management, in global fixed income markets. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]HedgeWorld[/td] [td]A hedge fund services company. Backed by Tremont Advisors Inc. of Rye, USA. But it shut its Bermuda office and its staff relocated to the USA in August 2003.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Helen of Troy[/td] [td]Bermuda-registered, El Paso-based. Includes Vidal Sassoon, Revlon and Dr. Scholl's grooming products, plus its own brands. US headquarters are in Dallas.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Henderson China Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Herald Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hewlett-Packard Bermuda International LP[/td] [td]Formed 2003 by Compaq Computer Cayman LP.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]HKS Investments[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]HKSCC Nominees[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Honeywell Bermuda LP[/td] [td]Owned by Allied Signal Aerospace Service Corp LP of 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hong Kong Land Holdings[/td] [td]Controlled by Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-based investment company. Jardine Strategic owns 45 percent. Jardine Strategic also owns 62.2 percent of Jardine Cycle & Carriage, which distributes Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Kia Motors Corp. cars in Singapore.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hopson Development Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hudco Partners IV[/td] [td]An exempted partnership formed in 2002 by Hudco GenP IV Ltd of Tortola, BVI.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Hung Tai Printing Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Howin Partners LP[/td] [td]Represented by Appleby Spurling & Hunter. Its general partner is Wellbridge Maritime Ltd. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]HSBC Investments (Bermuda)[/td] [td]In July 2007 HSBC appointed its Island-based investments arm to manage one of the largest international funds in the world, the Dublin-based HSBC Global Liquidity Fund (GLF) US dollar fund.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IAS Park[/td] [td]Church Street, Hamilton. It took over Mutual Risk Management Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ICO Global Communications (Holdings)[/td] [td]It now has shares on New York's Nasdaq index. Like Iridium LLP and Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd, it launched a satellite service for global coverage for telephones, fax and other related services. It has 12 satellites in place.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IDT International[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]I. I. D Partners[/td] [td]Fax (441) 295-5622. Suite 157, 48 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. Investment management.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Independent Consulting Solutions[/td] [td]Since early 2003 at Rosebank House, 12 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton. E-mail [email protected] IT Professional services organization. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Infinity Bio-Energy [/td] [td]An owner of Brazilian sugar and ethanol mills[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Innomaxx Biotechnology Group[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Inside Holdings, Inc[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Intercity (Bermuda)[/td] [td]26 Victoria Street, 1st Floor, Swan Building, Hamilton, Bermuda HM12. Phone 296-1221. Fax 296-2001.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Inter-Ocean Credit Products[/td] [td]Incorporated 12 June 2001.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ingersoll-Rand Company[/td] [td]Parent company of Ingersoll-Rand Company in the USA, a global manufacturer. Its products include Bobcat loader, Schlage locks, Club Car golf cars, Torrington bearings and more. Formerly based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Bermuda headquartered for tax reasons on December 31, 2001, for tax savings estimated at US$40 million. It has $ multi-million US Defense and Homeland Security contracts. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Intelsat (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Dundonald House, Suite 201, 14 Dundonald Street West, Hamilton HM 09. Phone 294-1650. Fax 292-8300. World's largest provider of fixed satellite services. Formed in 1964 to provide global communications to non-communist countries. In late 2007 the Federal Communications Commission has approved a $16.4 billion deal in which satellite company Intelsat Holdings will become privately owned. Intelsat Holdings is the parent company, the world's largest provider of fixed satellite services. It is being acquired by Serafina Holdings, also Bermuda-based, an investment vehicle primarily owned by private equity firm BC Partners Ltd which owns 71 percent of Serafina, and therefore have a controlling interest in Intelsat. The largest single investor in Serafina, through its investment in BC Partners' funds, is the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. It owns about 11.5 percent of Serafina.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]International Advisory Services [/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 274, Hamilton HM JX[/td] [/tr][tr][td]International Finance (Bermuda) Trust[/td] [td]Established in 2003 by the Mizuho Group of Japan, the world's bank by assets.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]International Fund Administration[/td] [td]48 Par-la-Ville Road, Suite 464, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-4718. Fax 295-9637. E-mail resumes to [email protected][/td] [/tr][tr][td]Interpetrol Bermuda[/td] [td]At Conyers Dill & Pearman.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]InterVest International[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2134, Hamilton HM JX. Phone 292-1748[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Invesco Global Asset Management[/td] [td]99 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Or Suite 191, 12 Church Street, Hamilton. (441) 296-5874. Fax (441) 296-4623[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Invesco[/td] [td]Giant UK-based global investment management company with more than $500 billion of assets under management, switched in late 2007 from London to Bermuda. Also shifted its primary stock exchange listing to Wall Street, rather than the London Stock Exchange. Invesco combined with Aim Investments Group in 1997 to form Amvescap, but that has since ended.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Invesdex[/td] [td]69 Front Street, Penthouse, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-4400. Fax 295-2377. A Bermuda-based, international investment firm. It offers a diverse selection of assets and an interesting investment platform.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Investors Guaranty Fund[/td] [td]Parliament Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-8780. Established in Bermuda in 1985.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IPOC International Growth Fund[/td] [td]In early 2006, the Wall Street Journal revealed that the mutual fund had been set up on the Island five years ago by a convicted fraudster. It was alleged that it was effectively a holding company for around $1 billion in telecommunications assets transferred through a network of shell companies. The WSJ said the scandal went all the way up to the Russian IT and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman. IPOC includes two other Bermuda companies, Comitas and Honestas. The Bermuda Government has moved to wind up the fund and eight affiliated companies remains active. The suit will rumble through the Island's courts from most of 2008. In a separate legal move, prosecutors in the British Virgin Islands are reported to have launched a criminal probe in Ipoc's activities over claims that $40 million of court fees paid by the company were the "proceeds of crime." There is a claim that Russia's telecommunications minister Leonid Reiman is the ultimate beneficial owner of Ipoc. Mr. Reiman has denied this claim, according to a report in the UK's Financial Times.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ISIS Fund Services[/td] [td]35 Crow Lane, Devonshire HM 19. Phone 232-9001. Fax 236-1999.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Island Intermodal Systems[/td] [td]Has developed a new thermal container for different products at different temperatures, for chilled and frozen goods at the same time.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]IWT Tesoro International[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][/table]
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[table][tr][td]JLH International[/td] [td]Windsor Place, 18 Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 292-7801.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jacobson Global Hedge Fund[/td] [td]Launched in February 2001 by Jacobson Global Management.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jade Dynasty Food Culture Group[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jardine Matheson Holdings[/td] [td]C. H. Wilken, Secretary[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jardine Matheson International Services[/td] [td]For the Jardine Matheson group of Companies. Most of its operations are in China (and its administrative territory Hong Kong), Singapore and elsewhere in Asia. They employ 60,000 in Hong Kong alone. Bermuda companies include Connaught Investors Limited, Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited, Hong Kong Land Holdings Limited, Jardine Fleming Group Limited, Jardine International Motor Holdings Limited, Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited, Jardine Matheson International Services Limited, Jardine Pacific Group Limited (formerly Jardine Pacific Limited), Jardine Pacific Limited (formerly Jardine Pacific Management Limited), Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited and Mandarin Oriental International Limited. The latter's assets include the Hyde Park Hotel in London, England. It also manages the Elbow Beach Hotel in Bermuda and hotels in in Hawaii, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London and Macau. Jardine Fleming Group Limited is the Group's joint-venture investment bank. Jardine International Motor Holdings Limited is 75% owned by Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. Jardine International Motor Holdings is in China, Hong Kong (including Mercedes-Benz models), Macau and Japan, Australia, France, United Kingdom and USA. Connaught Investors Limited (its parent company is Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited) bought an eight percent stake in Vietnam's Asia Commercial Bank (ACB). Based in Ho Chi Minh City, ACB is the largest of about 50 Vietnamese banks allowed to have private shareholders; and Jardine Strategic Holdings.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]JD Irving[/td] [td]The famous Canadian dynasty, the Irving family, has a major offshore corporate base here. A $6 billion empire, it controls huge business concerns in New Brunswick. The 125-year-old dynasty has a number of JD Irving Limited Bermuda-registered entities, and the Island became the final home for company patriarch Kenneth Colin Irving before he passed away in 1992. Since then it has been Mr. Irving's three sons JK, Arthur and Jack, all in their 70s, who have overseen the various elements of the business, which includes media, oil and energy, and forestry. The Irving family is the third richest in Canada.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Juniperus Capital (JCL)[/td] [td]Since May 2008. Manages Benfield Group's $50 million cash investment in the Juniperus Insurance Opportunity Fund and other third-party funds focused on the collateralized re/insurance-linked securities markets,[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Jupiter Asset Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Since 1969. Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1256, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 292-2760 or 295-9000 or fax 295-8690. Part of the Jupiter International Group, was owned until March 2007 by Commerzbank AG, Germany's second-largest bank, now by TA Associates. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Karlholt[/td] [td]Rupert Murdoch-owned. It is his family's £3.8 billion investment vehicle and listed on the Bermuda Sock Exchange[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Karrie International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]K&P International Holdings Ltd[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Katanga Mining[/td] [td]$1.4 billion-valued mining company, cobalt and copper in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]K. Wah International Holdings[/td] [td]Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]KEB Holdings LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]KEB Investors III, LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]KEB Investors IV, LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]KEL Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Bank of Bermuda Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Key International Drilling Company[/td] [td]Chevron House, Hamilton. Phone 295-1774[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Kiskadee Communications (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [td]Formed as an exempt company in February 2003. Owned by local and non-Bermudian business interests including local legislators. Its lawyers are Apply Spurling & Hunter. it aims to launch a multi million dollar satellite to fill one of three satellite slots assigned to Bermuda in 1983 by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Bermudian officials at Ministry of Telecommunications and E-Commerce have declined to reveal to the Bermuda public who is behind the company. Ofcom is involved. The company is competing with the Isle of Man for such satellite coverage.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Kin Yat Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Knightsbridge Tankers[/td] [td]Incorporated in September 1996 expressly to acquire, charter sell, own and lease, as appropriate, five new at the time double hull very large crude oil tankers. Its primary business involves chartering vessels to Shell International. For more information, contact the Investor Relations officer in Hamilton, Bermuda, Kate Blankenship, at (441) 295-6935. She is also the Corporate Secretary, according to recent filings with the SEC.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Laep Investments[/td] [td]Private equity fund which controls the Brazilian unit of Parmalat SpA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Langbar International[/td] [td]Investment company[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lauritzen Kosan A/S[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lazard[/td] [td]
Multi-billion dollar Wall Street investment bank, Bermuda-incorporated. Claimed to be one of the few investment banks to emerge from the sub-prime mortgage meltdown unscathed.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Leeds Management Services[/td] [td]Front Street, Hamilton. .A Bermuda-based hedge fund administrator. Established 1993 to provide administrative and accounting services to hedge funds. A division of the Dundee Bank, a subsidiary of Canadian asset management public company Dundee Bancorp Inc, it provides extensive domestic - in Canada - and international wealth management and financial services. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lehman Brothers European Mezzanine Associates Ltd[/td] [td]From 2003. Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lehman Brothers European Mezzanine Associates 2002 LP[/td] [td]From 2003. Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Plus others in Lehman Brothers group locally.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lehman Brothers European Mezzanine Associates 2003 LP[/td] [td]From 2003. Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Plus others in Lehman Brothers group locally.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lehman Brothers Offshore Real Estates Associates Ltd[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman. Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lehman Brothers Offshore Real Estate Associates II[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman. Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Leucadia National[/td] [td]Formed in the late 1970s from distressed Talcott National. Wineries, real estate, insurance and copper mines. Headquartered in Park Avenue South, New York. On May 14, 2002 the corporation voted to re-incorporate in Bermuda, for huge tax savings. It is a financial services holding company engaged in banking, lending and insurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lexington Green[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton HM EX. Arranges leases and sales of US manufactured property to be used predominantly outside USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Liberty Mutual Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Linmark Group[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2271, Hamilton HM JX. Fax 299-8796.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lombard Odier International Trust Company (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 2271, Hamilton HM JX. A member of the Lombard Odier Group with head office in Geneva. Fax 299-8796[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lone Star Management Company[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lone Star Partners IV LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Loral Licensing Ltd[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Loral Space & Communications[/td] [td]C/o Appleby, Spurling & Hunter. The No. 3 US satellite maker, exited bankruptcy recently after shedding almost $3 billion in debt.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lorraine Grace Trust 1847[/td] [td]Trustee is Bank of Butterfield[/td] [/tr][tr][td]LRG PP (Ber) LP[/td] [td]Formed by Lehman Brothers Offshore Real Estate Associates II[/td] [/tr][tr][td]LSF4 Global Management[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]LSF IVB Korea 1 LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman, by Lone Star Partners IV LP[/td] [/tr][tr][td]LSF IVB Korea II LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman, by Lone Star Partners IV LP[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lunar PPP (Ber) LP[/td] [td]Formed by Lehman Brothers Offshore Real Estate Associates II[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lung Kee (Bermuda) Holdings [/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Luk **** Holdings International[/td] [td]Bank of Bermuda is registrar and transfer agent[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4] M[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Magician Industries (Holdings) [/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MAK Capital Fund LP[/td] [td]By MAK GP LLC.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MDL Active Duration Fund[/td] [td]formed by MDL Capital in 2002[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mandana International Youth Foundation (USA)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1672, Hamilton HM GX. Phone 297-9111[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mandarin Oriental International[/td] [td]C. H. Wilken, Secretary[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group[/td] [td]Part of the Bermuda-registered Jardine Matheson Group. Manages the Elbow Beach Hotel in Bermuda and hotels in Hawaii, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London and Macau.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Man Sang International[/td] [td]Represented by Codan Services Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Manulife International Holdings[/td] [td]Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mapely Steps[/td] [td]A subsidiary of UK-based Mapely Ltd. In late 2002, the UK Inland Revenue sold Mapely 600 UK properties worth over 100 million pounds sterling, then leased them back.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marvell Technology Group[/td] [td]Bermuda company of American chipmaker organization.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marcuard Capital (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Run by investment banker Han-Joerg Rudloff.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marine Management Services[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1543, Hamilton HM FX. Hemisphere House, 9 Church Street West, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 292-6622. Fax 292-8555.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]March International Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Martin Currie China A Share Fund[/td] [td]Administered by Citigroup Forum FD Services Bermuda [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Marvell Technology Group[/td] [td]
Hamilton. The maker of chips for Apple Inc.'s iPod media player. Co-founder and former chief operating officer Weili Dai, of Los Altos Hills, California, founded the company in 1995 with husband Sehat Sutardja.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mearbridge LLC[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 292-8725. Fax 292-2216.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mass Mutual Finance Group[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 299-8828. (441) 299-8813. Other Bermuda-based companies include Mass Mutual International (Bermuda) Ltd and Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Meridian Capital Ventures[/td] [td]P. O. Box 215, Devonshire DV BX, Bermuda[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Meditor Capital Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]79 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-5946. Fax 296-4999.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Merck Sharp and Dohme (International)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1429, Hamilton HM FX. Bermuda office of Merck & Co Inc, a major USA research-based pharmaceutical company of Rahway, New Jersey. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]MF Global[/td] [td]
erivatives broker. USA head office is the largest brokerage of exchange-traded futures contracts.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MGD Holdings[/td] [td]Owned by Bermuda-based Canadian millionaire Mr. Michael DeGroote. Through it, he holds 44% of the shares of the Atlanta based solid waste services company Republic Waste Industries Inc.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Michelin Investment Holding Company[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mid Ocean Ship Management[/td] [td]69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 292-5845[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Millennium Sense Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation[/td] [td]C/o Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MPRI International Services[/td] [td]
American corporation, Virginia-based, with a Bermuda shell company since April 2005. Won a multi-million-dollar US government contract to train police officers in Iraq. Was accused in April 2008 of using its Bermuda shell company to shield itself from US taxes. The Boston Globe reported that the Bermuda office appeared to have no staff, telephone number, or website. Said by it to be one of the offshore entities to avoid US taxes, even as they profit from lucrative federal contracts.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]MTS Bermuda[/td] [td]Wholly owned subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Montpellier International[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mundipharma Pharmaceutical Company[/td] [td]Par-la-Ville Place, Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton. Phone 295-6480[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Munich-American Global Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td]45 Reid Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 204, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 292-5794. Fax 292-5592. International management company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Mutual Risk Management[/td] [td]Church Street, Hamilton. Now owned by IAS Park.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]N[/h3]
[table][tr][td]Nabors Industries (NBR)[/td] [td]Relocated its corporate HQ from Delaware to Bermuda in early 2002, to save on US taxes. World's biggest land-based drilling contractor. The Houston-based Nabors Group owns, operates and manufactures drilling equipment and provides oilfield support in most of the significant oil, gas and geothermal markets in the world. Chairman and CEO is Gene Isenberg. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nam Hing Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]N2H2 Inc[/td] [td]Founded in 1995, based in Seattle. With 16.5 million users overseas and an office in Bermuda. An Internet access management company specializing in fast and scalable filtering solutions.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Neo-Tech Global[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nephila Capital[/td] [td]Since 1998. In May 2008 had 25 employees and oversees bout $2.4 billion in assets under management. Now partly owned by the Man Group, one the world's largest publicly traded hedge fund managers. Has a Caymans-domiciled investment vehicle, Gamut Reinsurance.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]NetJets[/td] [td]Website Netjets.com. Bermuda-based, private jet aviation. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway group.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]News Publishers[/td] [td] Rupert Murdoch-owned, hugely profitable.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]New Skies Satellites Holdings [/td] [td]New Skies Satellites B.V. is its main operating subsidiary. Australian-owned, it is one of only four fixed satellite communications companies with global satellite coverage, offering data, video, Internet and voice communications services to a range of telecommunications carriers.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nexen Petroleum Offshore Yemen[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1736, Hamilton HM GX. Phone 295-2949. Fax 292-9740[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nexen Petroleum Operations Yemen[/td] [td]See above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nexus Capital[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 292-0795. Fax 296-0008[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nexus Services[/td] [td]See above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ngai Hing Hong Company[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nomad[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nomad Trading[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nomura Securities (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Chesney House, 96 Pitt's Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. Or P. O. Box HM 3354, Hamilton HM PX. Phone 296-4050. Fax 296-4061. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nordic American Tanker Shipping[/td] [td]Topped $1 billion for the first time reflecting the growth in the company's fleet of tankers from four in 2004 to 12 at the end of 2006.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Northern Offshore[/td] [td]A Bermuda-based Norwegian company, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Assets include oil rigs.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Northern Investment Company[/td] [td]53 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-6349. Fax 292-4682[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nottinghill Resources[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Novartis Capital[/td] [td]Merged with Befico Ltd [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Novartis International Pharmaceutical[/td] [td]Hurst Holme, 12 Trott Road, Hamilton. PO. Box HM 2899.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Novy Left II[/td] [td]Investment[/td] [/tr][tr][td]NWS Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]0-Q[/h3]
[table][tr][td]139 Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ocean Grand Chemicals Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oceanwide International[/td] [td]Corner House, Church Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-9626[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ocean Wilson Holdings[/td] [td]Shipping and towage[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Occidental (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Boyle Building, 31 Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-1489. Fax 292-5892.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]OHP Investors (Bermuda) MGM LP[/td] [td]Exempted limited partnership, c/o Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Old Mutual Group Services[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 3085, Hamilton HM NX[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Old Mutual Asset Managers[/td] [td]See above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Oil Management Services[/td] [td]A Bermuda-registered and managed mutual management company for insurers in the petroleum industry. P. O. Box HM 1751, Hamilton HM GX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Active in Bermuda[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Olympia Capital International (Bermuda)[/td] [td]William's House, 4th Floor, 20 Reid Street, Hamilton, or by mail at P. O. Box HM 2431, Hamilton HM JX. Since 1990. Alternative investment funds administrator, acquired in 2007 by CACEIS, a leading European institutional securities servicing provider with $1.3 trillion in assets under administration. Administers approximately $69 billion in assets for funds domiciled in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Ireland and the US. Oskar Lewnowski, founder and chairman. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Onyx Capital Asset Management[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Optima Fund Management[/td] [td]73 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-8658. Fax 292-6274[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Optimum Risk Research (Bermuda)[/td] [td]12 Warwick Lane, Warwick WK 02. Phone 236-7931[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Opsis Technologies International Holdings[/td] [td]The Symmetron, 129 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-6141. Fax 292-7963[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Orbis Investment Management[/td] [td]34 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-3000 or fax 296-3001.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Orient-Express Hotels[/td] [td]A subsidiary of Sea Containers, below. The company owns and operates 50 deluxe hotels, restaurants, tourist trains and inland cruise ships in 14 countries.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Orient Overseas (International)[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Orient Power Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Bank of Bermuda Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ORN European Debt Fund LP[/td] [td]Was ORN European Distressed Debt Fund LP. C/o Citco Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pacific Century Cyberworks[/td] [td]In 2000, Australian telecom giant Telstra Corp Ltd sealed a pan-Asian alliance and created an Internet Protocol network company, a regional wireless group and an international data center company. Then it registered its joint ventures with this Hong Kong-based (but Bermuda-registered) firm.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pacific Boxers[/td] [td]C/o Lynda Milligan-White & Associates[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pacific Fund Systems[/td] [td]Offshore funds[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pak Fah Yeow International[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pangea[/td] [td]Owns fiber-optic cabling systems in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Paradigm Consulting[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Paramount Television International Services[/td] [td]Owned by Bruce Gordon, Australian. He purchased for US$ 7 million and lives on Wreck Hill, Somerset, former Bermuda real estate of Robert Stigwood.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Paul Y-ITC Construction Group[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Peace Mark (Holdings)[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Peaktop International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Peking Apparel International Group[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]People's Food Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Perfectech International Holdings[/td] [td]Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Playmates Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Plus Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ports Design[/td] [td]C/o Reid Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Prime Management Ltd[/td] [td]Has a diverse portfolio of hedge fund clients. PM Box HM 3348, Hamilton HM PX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Primus Guaranty[/td] [td]The only publicly traded company that makes most of its money from credit-default swaps. The company also entered the market for credit-default swaps on asset-backed securities including mortgages. The latter were conceived a decade ago to protect bondholders against default and pay the buyer face value in exchange for the underlying securities should the company fail to adhere to its debt agreements. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Prism Master Fund LP[/td] [td]By Professional Risk Management Partners LLC.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]ProServe Bermuda[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Promisant[/td] [td]An international provider of enhanced payment services.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Protostar[/td] [td]
Formed to acquire and operate high-power geostationary satellites optimized for satellite television in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2008 launched a satellite it hopes will expand its footprint in the Asian telecommunications business. Has subsidiary operations in San Francisco and Singapore.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Proview International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quality Healthcare Asia[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quanta Capital Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quest Management Services[/td] [td]Scandia International House, 16 Church Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-2185. Fax 292-8637. Affiliated with Quest Insurance Solutions Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Questor Partners Bermuda[/td] [td]It acquired in 2002 the Italian aluminum company Teksid SpA. from Fiat.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Quilmes International (Bermuda)[/td] [td]A joint Bermuda venture between the Dutch brewer Heineken and Quilmes Industrial SA in Latin America.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]R[/h3]
[table][tr][td]Rathgar Capital Management (Bermuda) [/td] [td]Fax 295-4927. Investment management. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]RC Group (Holdings)[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Resource Finance & Investment[/td] [td]Seeks acquisition opportunities[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Refco Capital Markets[/td] [td]Owned by commodities broker Refco Inc. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Refco Global Finance[/td] [td] As above[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Revir[/td] [td]Acquired in 2001 several Bermuda-based or overseas-based insurance companies.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]R& H Trust Co (Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1556, Hamilton HM FX. Canadian.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Richina Pacific[/td] [td]New Zealand-based, with tanneries in China. Leather goods world-wide.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Right Management Consultants LP[/td] [td]Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rising Development Holdings [/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ritchie Capital Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Road King Infrastructure[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Roche International[/td] [td]37 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-3391[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rockfield Holdings [/td] [td]22 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM11[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Roly International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rosedale Hotel Group[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rose Management LP[/td] [td]H&F International Rose Investors Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ross Capital Markets[/td] [td]65 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-1537. Owned by Austrian national Wolfgang Flottl whose wife is Dwight D. Eisenhower's granddaughter. His father is a Viennese banker.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rothschild N. M. Services (Bermuda)[/td] [td]15 Queen Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1565, Hamilton HM MX. Phone 295-8591. Fax 295-3201. Also with Rothschild Trust (Bermuda). Since 1996 in Bermuda but in May 2008 announced its 12-person Bermuda office is closing although its Bermuda-registered corporations are staying.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Royal Dutch/Shell Group[/td] [td]In the top 5 of the largest corporations in the world, with operations in more than 150 countries. It is a world provider of oils, gas and chemicals. It sells these in Bermuda also, but gasoline in Bermuda is US$6 a gallon, one of the highest costs in the world. Shell has about 70 employees in Bermuda in a variety of local and international companies, at Shell House, Ferry Reach, St. George's Parish. One international company manages the pensions of all qualifying Shell employees worldwide. Only Shell and its rival Exxon are allowed to retail gasoline (petrol) in Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]S[/h3]
[table][tr][td]SDI Inc[/td] [td]4 Cavendish Road, Pembroke HM 19. Phone 296-0773[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Saffron Services[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Safinvest International[/td] [td]31 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-4646[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SageCrest Holdings[/td] [td]
Affiliate of a bankrupt Connecticut-based hedge fund, in August 2008 filed for bankruptcy protection. It said in a petition filed in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that it has as many as 49 creditors and assets and debt of $100 million to $500 million. The company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which provides shelter from creditors while a company reorganizes.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sagem (Bermuda) [/td] [td]Crawford House, 23 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 298-9940. Fax 298-9930[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sagitta Northwood Fund LP[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Saguenay Shipping[/td] [td]Hamilton. Phone 295-5214. Canadian. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Said Holdings[/td] [td]Sun Life House, 31 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-8104. Fax 292-3143[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Same Time Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors[/td] [td]
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney served as president and sole shareholder for four years. Has no office or staff on the Island but set up in October 199, registered at a lawyer's office in downtown Hamilton.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SAS Dragon Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scandinavian Finance[/td] [td]4th Floor, 22 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-2528. Fax 295-4614[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Schlumberger Global Resources[/td] [td]14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 296-0767[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Schlumberger Holdings (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-6766[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Schroders (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Washington Mall, 22 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1368, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 292-4995. Fax 292-2437. UK's largest independent securities company and investment bank, it has Bermuda-based Schroders (Bermuda) Limited, Schroder International Trust Company Limited and Schroder Venture Managers Limited. Schroders (Bermuda) Limited's staff members represent Schroder Investment Management Limited. Also represented is Schroder Wertheim in New York.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Seaboard Overseas[/td] [td]3 Gorham Road, Pembroke HM 08. P. O. Box HM 2007, Hamilton HM HX. Phone 295-0925. Fax 292-6343. A global leader in the agribusiness and shipping arena. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sea Carriers Inc.[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sea Containers[/td] [td]A container leasing, hotels, passenger, shipping and transport company with global interests. In the USA, it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Its Bermuda office is minimally staffed. Main offices are in London, England, New York and York, England. It's other services include fast ferry service between Scotland and Northern Ireland; Hoverspeed, the English Channel's fast ferry; the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company; and the famous Orient Express train. In April 1996, it acquired via privatization the section of the British rail system once known as the Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) but was stripped of it in December 2006. National Express East Coast (NXEC) took it over.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SeaDrill [/td] [td]Oil-drilling and oil rig maker, set up by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen. Also operates mobile drilling fleets specializing in deepwater and harsh environments and has about 5,000 employees. Often touted as a potential suitor for US-based offshore drillers. Operated from Norway, it owns Norway's Smedvig ASA. Incorporated in 2005 by Norwegian shipping billionaire and oil tanker magnate John Fredriksen. After the acquisition of Smedvig, the company became managed from Stavanger on Norway's southwest coast. Has sold its West Prospero rig to ship owner Ship Finance International for $210 million and leases it back for 15 years.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sea Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sealift[/td] [td]Since January 2007, spun-off from Frontline. It converts ageing crude-oil tankers into rig transporters, sells shares to the public is listed on the Oslo stock exchange.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SCMP Group[/td] [td]c/o Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Seaview Trading Partnership (Bermuda)[/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman. Owned by two Malaysian entities[/td] [/tr][tr][td]The Scott's Cove Fund[/td] [td]Hedge fund, by Optima Fund Management.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sedona[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold LLP[/td] [td]Website sdma.com. International attorneys. Mercury House, 4th floor, 101 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 441 296-9276. Fax 441 296-9277. Also with offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Newark, Orange County CA, Paris, San Francisco and Zurich.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Serafina Holdings[/td] [td]An investment vehicle primarily owned by private equity firm BC Partners Ltd which owns 71 percent of Serafina, and therefore have a controlling interest in Intelsat (see above). The largest single investor in Serafina, through its investment in BC Partners' funds, is the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. It owns about 11.5 percent of Serafina.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Shell Overseas Trading [/td] [td]Ferry Reach, St. George's[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SHEP[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ship Finance International[/td] [td]Multi-billion dollar entity. Most of its vessels are leased to Frontline Ltd., the world's biggest oil-tanker operator by capacity. It was spun off from Frontline in June 2004.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Shore Capital[/td] [td]Run by Lowenstein, a member of the Bloomberg board of directors[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Signet Jewelers[/td] [td]
Bermuda-domiciled since 2008. Jewellery giant in UK and USA, was London-based until then, operates nearly 2,000 retail stores, Kay Jewelers and Jared, etc in the USA and H. Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis in the UK. Also moved its primary listing to the New York Stock Exchange. It relocated to Bermuda to make the stock eligible for inclusion in US domestic stock indexes with a primary stock listing on the New York Stock Exchange the natural next step in its evolution, given most of its shareholders are American. Signet stock had a market value of about £776 million ($1.5 billion) in mid 2008.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Singapore Hotel PP (Ber) LP[/td] [td]Formed by Lehman Brothers Offshore Real Estate Associates II[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SKN Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Lines Overseas Management[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sky Games International[/td] [td]Incorporated in February, 1995, it developed a sophisticated remote-control gaming entertainment system marketed by Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (IEL), the company's joint venture with casino operators Harrah's Entertainment Ltd. It provides airlines and their long-haul passengers with popular casino games including bingo, blackjack, draw poker and Keno. The electronic boards weigh about 14 ounces. Their use is confined to flights in international air space[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SL Holding, LP[/td] [td]Formed by LSF4 Global Management Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Smartone Telecommunications Holdings [/td] [td]C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SNP Lee Fung Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]South Sea Holding Company [/td] [td]C/o Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Southern Cross Cable Network[/td] [td]Suite 781, 48 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. A Bermuda-based international telecommunications provider, a market-leading bandwidth wholesaler.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Soundwill Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sphynx (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Made early 2006 headlines for its bogus oil trades. With Bermudian directors. Owned by Denis Gokana, president of Congo's state oil company Société Nationale des Petroles du Congo (SNPC), a special adviser to President of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Spitfire Oil[/td] [td]Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stanley Works[/td] [td]This hardware manufacturer, an S&P 500 company, is a worldwide supplier of tools and doors and related hardware products for professional, industrial and consumer use. On May 9, 2002, the corporation voted to re-incorporate in Bermuda after 159 years in New Britain, Connecticut, for tax savings estimated at US$30 million. A newly formed Bermuda corporation, The Stanley Works, Ltd., was to become the parent company of The Stanley Works. The idea was hugely controversial. John M. Trani, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated: " This will strengthen our company. An important portion of our revenues and earnings are from outside the United States, where nearly 50 percent of our people reside. An increasing proportion of our materials are being purchased from global sources. This change will create greater operational flexibility, better position us to manage international cash flows and help us to deal with our complex international tax structure." But on August 3, 2002, after huge publicity in the USA, it was reported that Stanley Works had decided not to re-incorporate in Bermuda after all. It has $ multi-million US Defense and Homeland Security contracts. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Star Asset Management[/td] [td]It has more than $750 million in funds under management. A family-run operation, it is managed by chairman Jack Crystal, together with his sons David and Zev. In August 1998, it brought more than 60 executives from top global investment banks to Bermuda for golf and recreation. They included individuals from Bankers Trust, Barclays Capital, Bear Stearns, BMO, CFSB, DLJ, Dresdner, ING, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Nomura, Paribas, Santander and UBS.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Starlite Holdings[/td] [td]c/o Butterfield Fund Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Steamship Mutual Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stockton Holdings[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stolt Tank Containers Leasing Ltd (STCLL)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 3143, Hamilton HM NX. Member of the Stolt-Neilson S. A. Group.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Styland Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Bank of Bermuda Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Suffolk County[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton HM EX. Arranges leases and sales of US manufactured property to be used predominantly outside USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sugra Bermuda[/td] [td]A private holding company owned by Toronto-based Ravelston Corp Ltd, said to be controlled by Conrad Black [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sulby Partners LP[/td] [td]Represented by Appleby Spurling & Hunter. Its general partner is Wellbridge Maritime Ltd. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sun East Technology[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sun Innovation Holdings Ltd[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sun Hing Vision Group Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Sutton Oil (Bermuda)[/td] [td]On its page 5 of 12 January 2007, the Northern Times weekly newspaper of Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, revealed this company owns the 14-bedroom historic Altnaharra House Hotel (originally a drover's inn), in Altaharra, Sutherland via a subsidiary company the Altnaharra (Sporting) Hotel Ltd. It was put on the market in 2006. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]SW Kingsway Capital Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]SwissRe Investments (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Owns 30 St. Mary Axe (Bermuda) LP[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Synopsis International[/td] [td]At Conyers Dill & Pearman.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]T-U[/h3]
[table][tr][td]TBS International[/td] [td]Bulk carrier shipping company which went public in 2005. With more than 25 vessels. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]T. A. Taft & Co[/td] [td]Windsor Place, Hamilton[/td] [/tr][tr][td]30 St. Mary Axe (Bermuda) LP[/td] [td] Owned by SwissRe Investments (Bermuda) Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]TW Securities[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tanrich Financial Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tate & Lyle Management & Finance [/td] [td]Bermuda company of major English sugar company. Jardine House, 33-35 Reid Street, P. O. Box HM 337, Hamilton HM BX.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Teekay Tankers[/td] [td]
Has two other entities here, Teekay GP LLC and Teekay LNG Partners LP. In 2008 acquired two liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Teleglobe International[/td] [td]Acquired for $239 million in 2005 by Indian long distance telephone company Videsh Sanchar Nigam.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tewksbury Capital Management[/td] [td]Formerly Trout Trading Management Company Ltd. P. O. Box 1172, Hamilton HM EX. Phone 299-2900 or fax 299-8383. Owned by Monroe Trout. About 70 employees in Bermuda.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tewksbury Investment Fund [/td] [td]Affiliate of above, also a Bermuda-based company.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Terrebonne Investors (Bermuda) LP[/td] [td]Owned by Wellington Global Holdings Ltd and Wellington Global Administrator Ltd. C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Texaco Angola Natural Gas [/td] [td]From 2003. P. O. Box HM 2082, Hamilton HM HX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Texaco Exploration Africa Regional Pathfinding Inc.[/td] [td]From 2003. P. O. Box HM 2082, Hamilton HM HX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Texaco Exploration Asia Regional Pathfinding Inc.[/td] [td]From 2003. P. O. Box HM 2082, Hamilton HM HX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Texaco Exploration Eurasia Regional Pathfinding Inc.[/td] [td]From 2003. P. O. Box HM 2082, Hamilton HM HX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Texaco Exploration Latin America Regional Pathfinding Inc.[/td] [td]From 2003. P. O. Box HM 2082, Hamilton HM HX. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Thyssen-Bornemisza Group[/td] [td]Enormously wealthy (about US$2.7 billion) private investment business owned by family of the late Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. It cost US$100 million to settle its grievances in Bermuda in 2001-2002. Hans-Joerg Rudloff is a board member.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]TIP (Bermuda)[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]TMX [/td] [td]Gibbons Company Building, Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-1687.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Top Form International[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]TPV Technology[/td] [td]C/o Reid Management Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tracer Petroleum Corporation[/td] [td]This large Canadian oil company has formed two Bermuda-based businesses in 2001. One is a petroleum company with projects in Kazakhstan and Iran. It is known as Tepco. The other will deal with crude swaps and petroleum trades and is known as Tracer Trading Ltd.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Trafalgar Tours International[/td] [td]International Travel Group. Suite 343, 48 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]TNS International Holdings[/td] [td]Owned by Transaction Network Services Inc of Reston, VA[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Transport-Provider[/td] [td]C/o Hollis & Co.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Transworld Oil[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1252, Hamilton HM FX. Owned by John Deuss.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Transworld Payment Solutions[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tremont (Bermuda)[/td] [td]4 Park Street, Hamilton. (441) 292-3781. Fax (441) 296-7194[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Trout Trading Management Co.[/td] [td]Owned by Monroe Trout, a prominent Bermuda based commodities futures trader who owns and operates Hamilton Fund Ltd. Has a brother, Timothy, who once owned part of the company. The Bermuda operation does not come under the rules and regulations of the USA based Securities and Exchange Commission. It is now a US$ 2 billion fund. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tricon and WestLB[/td] [td]Germany's 4th largest credit institution[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Trident Holdings[/td] [td]Owned by Enstar USA [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tsakos Energy Navigation[/td] [td]An oil-tanker owner, one of the world's largest owners of tankers capable of navigating icy waters.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tyco Holdings (Bermuda) # 15[/td] [td]As below[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tyco Electronics[/td] [td]World's biggest maker of electric connectors, public safety/land mobile radio systems, radio-frequency components and sub-systems. Spun off as part of the break-up of Tyco International Ltd. Brought in about $500 million in the fiscal year 2007, representing 56 percent of the total sales recorded by Tyco's wireless-systems sector.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tyco International[/td] [td]Zurich Centre, 2nd Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. Phone 292-8674. Fax 295-9647. In the top 100 of Federal contractors. Has $ multi-million US Defense and Homeland Security contracts. Formerly based in Exeter, New Hampshire. Bermuda headquartered here for tax reasons on July 1, 2001. Operating headquarters in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. It is a huge corporation in the USA and elsewhere, about 117 in world ranking, the world's largest fire and security systems provider and second-biggest in health care supplies. It also owns Bermuda-based international company ADT and Tyco Submarine Systems.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tyco Submarine Systems[/td] [td]Owned by Tyco International[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tycom Ltd[/td] [td]Address as above for Tyco, phone 298-9770. Fax 298-9777. World leader in undersea technology development. It has provided practical and financial help for a Bermuda exhibition at the Smithsonian Libraries exhibition in Washington DC, in the National Museum of American History. It is titled" The Underwater Web: Cabling the Seas. " Neil Garvey is the president and CEO.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tyler International Funding [/td] [td]2 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-5004.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Tyndall International Group[/td] [td]1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-2268.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ubam International Management (Hamilton)[/td] [td]Sun Life House, 31 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-8339. Fax 295-8682.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]UBP Asset Management (Bermuda)[/td] [td]4th Floor, Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 2572, Hamilton HM KX. Phone 295-8339. Fax 295-8682. Wholly owned subsidiary of Union Bancaire Privee, one of Switzerland's largest privately owned banks specializing in private and institutional banking. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]UFG Russia Select Fund[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ultimate Holdings[/td] [td]An investment company, with a registered office at Milner House, 18 Parliament Street, Hamilton, at the law firm of Cox, Hallett and Wilkinson. Believed to be owned or controlled or both by Adnan Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian arms dealer who was reported on page 1 of the Royal Gazette of October 10, 2001and Ireland's Sunday Business Post of October 7, 2001 as having business ties with Osama bin Laden.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]United Food Holdings [/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]United Pacific Industries[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Unocal[/td] [td]A large US oil company. In 1990s it set up dozens of companies in Bermuda to cover its companies worldwide. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]USA Petroleum Bermuda)[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1549, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 295-4566.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]USA Risk Group Offshore Management[/td] [td]P. O. Box HM 1838, Hamilton HM AX. Member of the USA Risk Group.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Utilicorp (Bermuda) Holdings[/td] [td]This and the one below have merged with Utilicorp (North Shore) Ltd of Delaware. C/o Cox Hallett & Wilkinson[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Utilicorp (Bermuda) Power[/td] [td]See above[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h4]V[/h4]
[table][tr][td]Value Capital LP[/td] [td]Bermuda-based $570 million hedge fund backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Viatel Holding (Bermuda)[/td] [td]A fiber-optic telecommunications company that has been struggling with bankruptcy. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Victory City International Holdings[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Video Networks International[/td] [td]Wakefield Quin[/td] [/tr][tr][td]VistaPrint [/td] [td]Provides marketing products for small businesses worldwide.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Vodatel Networks Holdings[/td] [td]Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Voyager Group of Companies[/td] [td]Now in liquidation. Penthouse, 128 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Comprising Voyager Financial Services Ltd., Voyager Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Voyager Securities Ltd. Claim to be full-service financial services companies but not licensed in Bermuda as investment companies. Their Bermuda-based executives Paul Lemmon and Andrew Proctor were arrested in North America in August 2002.[/td] [/tr][/table]
[h3]W-Z[/h3][table][tr][td]Wah Sang Gas Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wai Kee Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Warner Chilcott[/td] [td]Pharmaceuticals, focuses on women's health care and dermatology.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Weatherford International[/td] [td]Bermuda company of USA oilfield services company, moved to Bermuda from Delaware in 2002 to save on US taxes. Its business HQ will remain in Houston.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wellbridge Maritime [/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wellington Global Administrator[/td] [td]Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wellington Global Holdings[/td] [td]Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Westbury (Bermuda)[/td] [td]Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 292-9480. Fax 292-9485. An investment company owned by Canadian billionaire Michael DeGroote.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]West End Capital Management [/td] [td]Crawford House, 23 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-8272. Fax 295-4927. Mark Byrne, CEO. A hedge fund company managing about US$600 billion for billionaire Warren Buffett.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]WestLB Tricon Foraiting Fund[/td] [td]Owned by Tricon and WestLB[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Westport Trust Company [/td] [td]Formed 26 March 2003[/td] [/tr][tr][td]West Siberian Resources[/td] [td]A Russian oil producer recently valued at US$680 million, pumping thousands of barrels a day. [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Weatherford International[/td] [td]Owned by Weatherford International Inc of USA.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]WP Stewart & Co.[/td] [td]A substantial asset management company. Its shares are traded under the symbol "WPL" on the New York Stock Exchange. The chairman and CEO is William Stewart. The Stewart Group which includes WP Stewart and other subsidiaries, has operations on the USA, Europe and Asia and currently manages over US$11 billion in assets for high net worth individuals, trusts, partnerships and corporations.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wing Lee Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wing On International Holdings Ltd[/td] [td]c/o Butterfield Fund Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wong's International (Holdings) [/td] [td]C/o Codan Services Ltd[/td] [/tr][tr][td]WorldInvest (Bermuda)[/td] [td]129 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-4547.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]World Jet Trading [/td] [td]Fritholme Main House, 12 Fritholme Gardens, Paget PG 04. Phone 296-0033. Established in 1978 by Kristian L. Hougaard, who had accumulated a significant base of knowledge of the aircraft industry as a Boeing 707 captain. Since this time World Jet Trading has sold and purchased corporate jet aircraft on a worldwide scale to a diverse set of clients including large corporations, high net worth individuals, public institutions, and governments. From its business locations in Bermuda and Copenhagen, Denmark it has a solid global coverage, working with clients in the Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, Europe, and North and South America.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]World Shipholding[/td] [td]Owned by Norwegian shipping billionaire John Fredriksen[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Worldsec[/td] [td]c/o Appleby Spurling & Hunter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]World-Wide Shipping (Bermuda)[/td] [td]7 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 11. PO Box HM 1862, Hamilton HM HX. Phone 295-3370. Fax 295-3801[/td] [/tr][tr][td]WW Management[/td] [td]1 Crow Lane, Pembroke HM 19. Phone 295-1144. Fax 295-0097[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Wyeth (Ireland)[/td] [td]Gibbons Building, Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-4610.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]XL Capital Partners Corporation[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr][tr][td]Yucatan Express[/td] [td]Currently offers a ferry service from Tampa to Yucatan, Mexico, etc.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Zhu Kuan Development Company[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Zongda International Holdings[/td] [td]C/o Codan Services[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Zurich Global Energy[/td] [td]Zurich Centre, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. Hamilton HM PX. Phone 298-1800. Fax 292-4194.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Zurich International[/td] [td]Zurich Centre, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08 Hamilton HM PX. Phone 294-2400. Fax 294-2401.[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Zurich Investment Services [/td] [td]Zurich Centre, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08. P. O. Box HM 2566, Hamilton HM KX. Phone 298-1800. Fax 292-4194.[/td] [/tr][/table]

 

[tmukg21]

What did you want MR. Blue Lambo so say about those offshore activities? He probably will use those same resources after he gets superpaid

 

[ittakesalittlebitmore]

Originally Posted by itz rOLLi

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by MexicanSoul

Originally Posted by ittakesalittlebitmore

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by MyTsharp

Originally Posted by CadillacFLOW

After seeing how everybody is soo excited last night and today, I now think it was good that Obama was elected. But.......

I'm just curious to what kind of change everyone thinks he's going to bring?

Its not about the "physical change". Its the mindstate, I'm only 25 years old but I have never seen people in cities dancing in the streets. Honking their horns and and cheering from their cars. People partied in DC last night. Its the feeling of excitement and relief that it brings. That's what 'change' is about. My-T.

The only change is the amount of melanin the president has.

To expand upon that, I believe what we have here is not so much that people have made the right choice...rather, it is the illusion of choice that has many dancing in the streets. Do you think even for one second that those in power, I mean those in real power, the ones not discussed as much as the visible figures in the dailies, would for one moment entrust the planets most powerful government & possibly the fate the mankind to someone who wouldnt follow or would dismantle all their aims in one swift stroke?

If you ask me, we're living in the times of the Matrix, where things simply arent as they appear....I simply dont trust it yet.

In our history, we've witnessed a criminal lead our country for eight years who will leave office richer and clear of any crime. Bush took over the country and now Obama will do some spring cleaning and get this country back on track. Can I get an AMEN!

I sincerely hope you are right but in my heart of hearts I am convinced that you (and many with you) are totally wrong. Obama is such a likeable guy and I wish for him to do every he can to make the world a better place. But I know there are certain things we are not privy too, mechanations that we're not so aware of, people and groups that have an infite more sway over what happens than us voting (which is illusionary in itself).

They want you to feel happy, empowered, that you've 'done the right thing', that we're moving forward, progress if you will. But I would bet my life that in my lifetime things are NOT going to get better, things wont REALLY change, and that anyone who inherits the hotseat of the White House isnt really as much of the 'own person' as you guys seems to think....

you dont think things will get better in your lifetime? i feel sorry for you.

I dont think it will, I know it wont. Some call it a downward spiral, I call it inevitabilty. Do you think your lifestyle is sustainable? The US alreadyconsumed enough of the earths resources that could if allocated sustain 4 Earths. Also, you think Earth can survive the rise of consumption in the east(China), the unwillingness for the US to effectively change environmental policy and sustainability (if it isnt too late already), the declining naturalresources (an oncoming 'resource ransoming'), the flawed, corrupt and dishonest money markets, politicians, corporations and legal system? I haventeven started on the psychological effect of modern life on our overloaded psyche yet. What you think, feel, know, are they totally your own or are they reallyChannel Zero's? Add all this up, the varying grotesque vagaries of human nature and you have one big FAIL that no man can save, not even the son of Jor-El(as Obama nicely seduced you with). The only difference between you and me, if you were honest, is that I believe it will all end in my lifetime (or not toodistant future).....so no I'm not celebrating a US Presidents win, and NEVER will....

They are all in actuality the same, and to summise..any real choice was made before you even got there

 

[craftsy21]

a lot of random thoughts...

People hated on christians (self included) for voting based on "morality" issues which had little to do with true politics and governing a countrywhich is supposed to be free of religion in the state - i feel people who voted for Obama just because he's black are just as guilty in this case.

I think it's been funny listening to many republicans come up with reasons to hate Obama which have nothing to do with his actual policies... peopleworking at McDonald's crying about this term that's been raped lately, "redistribution of the wealth" - like uh, hey... it's not going tohurt you bud, not sure what you're crying about.

I think this entire election was SO devoid of actual policies being talked about, and that's kind of scary. I heard so many less people the past few weekstalking about actual issues-driven voting than I did who they "liked" better as a speaker or who trashed who better. I will admit I didn'tfollow things too closely this time around because I sort of learned my lesson about doing that the last two elections - but I followed it closely enoughyou'd think I would've heard more people talking about actual issues, and they just didn't... any issues they spoke of were just buzz words beingput out by campaigns. Voters seemed relatively MORE uneducated than they normally are, in my experience.

Sarah Palin making it as far as she has now in politics is about equally as sad as Obama being elected is hopeful. Maybe this just goes to truly show howlittle the president actual means at this point, beyond being a figurehead.

Despite many people feeling like Obama getting elected is a sign of progress in this country, I can't help feeling like we are MORE divided as a countrytoday than we were 4 years ago, and it will only get worse the next 4 years.

Lastly - I hope someday I can feel as hopeful and inspired by a candidate as some of you (the ones who truly followed him and believe in him, not just cheeredhim because he was black) did/do by Obama - somebody who actually stands for all the things I believe in. I really am envious of that sort of hopeful feelingfor the world.

 

[wawaweewa]

Btw, the NYC commercial RE market (the strongest commercial RE market in the nation) plunged by 61% according to a report in yesterday's papers.

Yesterday was a big info dump day so I suggest everyone carefully go through the papers to find "interesting" aka bad info.