Electric cars now part of the Cayman Islands new Traffic Bill regulations
Everyone agrees that the Traffic Law needed to be changed and it has been. But with any new law comes Regulations, which are the linchpin in enforcing the laws. The Regulations involved have brought about very complex legal issues that…
Trio investors demand release of documents in $176 million fraud that ended up in Cayman Islands
Investors who lost their savings in the Trio Capital fraud have called for the release of documents, which they hope will expose the associates of the criminal mastermind Jack Flader. Flader was the architect of Australia’s largest superannuation fraud in…
2012 Leadership Cayman class discusses cruise and stay-over tourism
On May 23rd, the Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Cayman (LC) group had the opportunity to discuss topics relating to Cayman Islands tourism with some of Cayman’s leaders in both the public and private sectors. Invited speakers for the evening were…
Inovio Pharmaceuticals to Participate in BIO Vaccine Panel and Present at Marcum Investor Conference
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (nyse mkt:INO) announced today that Dr. Niranjan Sardesai, COO, will participate on a panel of senior vaccine experts at the 2012 BIO International Convention,the largest global event for the biotechnology industry. Dr. J. Joseph Kim, President and…
CIFAA sponsorship expands ICCI business programme
The Cayman Islands Fund Administrators Association has thrown its support behind the International College of the Cayman Islands’ fundraising initiative for an academic chair to hire a full-time professor, which will strengthen and expand its popular business programme. CIFAA is…
Be energy patient. Barbados is. Power restored there after Tomas in 16 days. Grand Cayman took 77 days after Ivan.
…in aftermath of a hurricane In the aftermath of the passage of Tomas, 30 000 customers of the Barbados Light & Power were affected. It took 16 days to restore 99 percent of the island and 30 days for full…
Accounting Made Easier at the Chamber’s Training Centre
On June 7 and 8, ten participants benefited from the skills imparted by Chamber instructor, Terry Carson, in the course “Basic Accounting Made Easier”. Over the course of two-days, participants learned to transform accounting into easily understood concepts and developed…
Missing Farmington tourism funds top $500k and included trips to Cayman Islands
Final tallies of the missing-dollar amount from Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau indicate the former executive director embezzled more than half a million dollars from the center, police reported. Debbie Dusenbery, 41, committed suicide nearly three weeks following revelations she…
US Southport Lane acquires Cayman Islands reinsurer
Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Redwood Reinsurance SPC, Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based reinsurer that provides treaty reinsurance for workers compensation and general liability insurance in the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed….
Greenlight Capital Re appoints Drake as Vice President, Business Development in the Cayman Islands
Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (Nasdaq:GLRE), a specialist property and casualty reinsurer, today announced the appointment of John H. Drake, Jr. as Vice President, Business Development. He will be responsible for maintaining productive client and broker relationships while also identifying attractive…
