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…
Cayman Island investors in Grand Island Funds fraud to receive dividend
Investors who were defrauded out of approximately US$19 million by four Cayman Islands-based hedge funds known as the Grand Island Funds received an initial dividend of 57 cents in the dollar last month from the liquidators, with the prospect of…
Cayman Islands based jewellery design house unveils new designs in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas jewellery market is sparkling in 2012, thanks to retailer confidence and upticks in consumer sales. Inside the Grand Canal Shoppes, the Bernard K. Passman Gallery has been quietly making travellers into repeat customers throughout the mall’s existence….
Cayman Hosts Crime Fighters Workshop
Cayman hosts the newly formed Caribbean Association of Prosecutors’ first meeting, with a forensic workshop as its highlight, on Thursday and Friday, 14-15 June at the Marriott Resort on Grand Cayman. Thirty-nine delegates from the Caribbean British Overseas Territories and…
Secretary Appointed to Tribunal
With the establishment of Cayman’s first Gender Equality Tribunal (GET) that hears and determines discrimination complaints under the Gender Equality Law (2011), the Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing confirms the appointment of Ms Aubrey Bodden in the dual…
Cayman Islands take part in RBC Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships
For the second consecutive year, RBC Royal Bank is the title sponsor of the Caribbean’s premier golfing event, the 56th Annual RBC Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships. The tournament, hosted by the OECS Golf Association, tees off on August 6 and…
Maples and Calder’s Co-Founding Partner Passes
Further to our sad story yesterday (12) concerning the death of Lord John Maples, Maples and Calder have issued the following press release: Maples and Calder regrets to announce the passing of its co-founding partner, Lord John Maples, a stalwart…
