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Bermuda reinsurers' wrote $61bn in 2009

17 March 2010

Global gross premiums written by Bermudian reinsurers remained flat in 2009, according to data released today by the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR).

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Global gross premiums written by Bermudian reinsurers remained flat in 2009, according to data released today by the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR).

The ABIR said that its 23 members wrote $61bn in...


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