Author Archive: Bernews1

Lancashire Estimates Sandy Cost At $40-60M

Bermuda-based Lancashire Holdings Limited estimates the net impact on its fourth quarter financial results from Sandy is likely to be in a range of between $40 million and $60 million. This preliminary loss estimate has been derived from a combination of market data and assumptions, provisional loss advices, limited client loss data and modelled loss... Read more of this article

Partner Re Expect $240M Loss From Sandy

Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. said they expect to record a charge of between $200 million and $240 million, pre-tax, net of retrocession and reinstatement premiums, in its fourth quarter 2012 results, related to Superstorm Sandy. The Company estimates that the majority of its losses will come from accounts with commercial line exposures. A number of... Read more of this article

Tributes Pour In For Nurse Rachael Andrade

Tributes have poured in after Department of Health nurse and Breast Cancer Awareness Advocate Rachael Andrade lost her battle with cancer on Saturday – the day of her 51st birthday. Mrs Andrade was born in Paisley, Scotland and did her general midwifery studies at Perth College of Nursing and Midwifery in Scotland, and earned a bachelor of nursing... Read more of this article

Christmas Day Luncheon For Families In Need

Bermuda CableVision and The Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Church are teaming up to repeat the festive holiday event they produced last December – a Christmas Day luncheon for local families and other residents who might not otherwise be able to afford it. The Christmas luncheon will be served from 1pm until 3pm on December 25 at the Hamilton Seventh... Read more of this article

Woman Admits Using Stolen BlackBerry

Yesterday [Dec 19] in Magistrates Court, 20-year-old Jasmin Smith pleaded not guilty to stealing a BlackBerry cellphone, but did plead guilty to unlawfully receiving a BB cellphone. The Crown Prosecutor told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that the original owner of the phone had reported it as stolen. Following this the stolen phone was used to make... Read more of this article

BHB Operation Hours: Emergency/Urgent Care

Bermuda Hospitals Board today reminds the community that they can access Emergency and Urgent Care services during the following times over the holidays: Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre Monday to Friday (Including the public holidays – 25 & 26 December and 1 January): 4pm to midnight Weekends: noon to midnight KEMH Emergency Department 24... Read more of this article

Marsh IAS Donates $8,500 To Four Charities

As part of its ongoing commitment to serving the communities in which it operates, Marsh IAS has donated $8,500 to four charities in Bermuda. Photographed (left to right): Martha Dismont, Executive Director at the Family Centre; David Ezekiel, Bermuda Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies and Chairman of Marsh’s Bermuda Charity Committee; John... Read more of this article

Makai Dickerson Expected To Appear In Court

Former PLP candidate Makai Dickerson is expected to appear in Court later this month in relation to cannabis possession allegations. A police spokesperson said: “Mr. Dickerson is expected to appear in court in due course.” A statement issued last month by Makai Dickerson said: “I made a mistake. I ask my God, my family and my community... Read more of this article

Local Designer Accepted At NY Fashion Week

René Hill Originals Collection will be featured in the Small Boutique Fashion Week during the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week in February, 2013. René Hill said: “Emily’s Fair Trade Co. Ltd., incorporated in 2010, is ecstatic about the news that René Hill Originals was accepted as a participant in the Small Boutique Fashion Week (SBFW),... Read more of this article

Nahki Wells & Bradford City To Face Aston Villa

Nahki Wells and Bradford City will play Premier League side Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup Semi-Finals next month. Bradford will host Aston Villa at the Coral Windows Stadium in the first leg on Tuesday 8 January 2013. Bradford will then travel to Villa Park two weeks later on Tuesday 22 January 2013 for the second leg. After defeating Leeds United... Read more of this article

42-Year-Old Man In ICU After Collision

A 42-year-old American man is in the Intensive Care Unit following a motorcycle collision on Berry Hill Road in Paget early this morning. A police spokesperson said: “Around 2:45am on Thursday, December 20th police and first responders attended a reported serious single vehicle motorcycle collision on Berry Hill Road in Paget. “The rider,... Read more of this article

Photos: Fire At Canadian Hotel On Reid Street

Twenty-five firefighters were called out last night [Dec 19] after a blaze broke out at the old Canadian Hotel on Reid Street. The fire initially began with smoke emanating from the building, but about 1 hour after the fire started flames became visible after the fire broke through the roof. Acting Deputy Chief Lloyd Burchall from the Bermuda Fire... Read more of this article