Jessie Moniz Hardy

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Senior Reporter at The Royal Gazette

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Mobile optometrist Tia Crockwell makes house calls

5 days ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

Mobile optometrist Tia Crockwell has no office. Her business card reads: "Eye come to you". "I believe I am the only optometrist going directly to clients," the founder of Onsight Optometry said. "There used to be someone else but they no longer do it."The average optometrist uses 15 different pieces of equipment in their office. Ms Crockwell carts around everything in her suitcase - including tonometer, retinoscope, autorefractor, and lenses, and ten boxes of eyeglass frames.
Covid-era business gone with the wind

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

In the face of Covid-19 job loss and lockdown boredom, many Bermudians started new businesses. Five years on, many of those entrepreneurs are no longer reachable. Their telephone numbers have been disconnected and their social-media pages have not been updated in months or years. Brand and marketing expert Nikki Fagan believes some of those businesses simply reached the end of their life span. Almost half of all new businesses fail by the five-year mark.
Children fly free on BermudAir

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

Families looking to travel this summer can take advantage of the return of BermudAir's popular children Fly Free promotion. The promotion applies to bookings made from now until June 3, and for travel from June 1 to December 16. It allows for one complimentary child base fare (taxes and fees excluded) for children aged 17 and under with the purchase of a full adult return fare.
The digital finance forum raised $1m for the community

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

This month's Digital Finance Forum not only raised more than a $1 million for the community, but also exploded interest in crypto currency says one organiser. "The real impact of the event came from the education and training on digital finance," said Sean Stapley, senior partner at Penrose Partners. His Bermuda blockchain advisory firm sponsored the three-day conference along with global investment platform SALT, and firms Circle and Coinbase.
Philip Enan to lead SiriusPoint strategy

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

Philip Enan is the new chief strategy and corporate development officer at global speciality insurer SiriusPoint. He will lead the company's strategy development process, while exploring new investment opportunities and initiatives to support the near and long-term success of the group. Based in New York, Mr Enan joins SiriusPoint's executive leadership team, reporting to chief executive officer, Scott Egan.
Shipping firms merge into maritime giant

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

A merger between the Golden Ocean Group and CMB.Tech will create one of the largest listed diversified maritime groups in the world. The companies announced they have signed an agreement and plan of merger for a stock-for-stock merger, as contemplated by the term sheet previously announced last month. The firms will become CMB.Tech Bermuda Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMB.Tech.
Bank down on NYSE

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

By Jessie Moniz Hardy The RG/BSX Index remained at 2,778.39 on the Bermuda Stock Exchange with only one stock seeing activity. One hundred Allshores shares changed hands at $17, price unchanged. The total turnover was $1,700. Meanwhile, Butterfield Bank ended the day down 55 cents (1.29 per cent) on the New York Stock Exchange to close at $42.08. The volume was 86,576.
Jobs in high-income locales most at risk for AI change

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

Bermuda is among high-income countries that face a direct employment threat from artificial intelligence. More than half of all jobs in such countries, according to a new report, could be changed by the technological revolution. A quarter of jobs worldwide would be under review as a result of AI, reveals the United Nations report. Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure has been released by the UN's International Labour Organisation.
SiriusPoint welcomes revised ratings

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

SiriusPoint welcomed news that AM Best has upgraded the insurer's outlook from stable to positive, only a month after Fitch Ratings did the same. Am Best cited the firm's "very strong balance sheet". The firm's chief executive officer, Scott Egan, said the improved outlook was a reflection of the journey the insurer had been on towards stability, underwriting profitability, and becoming a best-in-class insurer and reinsurer.
Deloitte keeps up diversity efforts despite backlash

1 week ago | royalgazette.com | Jessie Moniz Hardy

Accountancy firm Deloitte may have cancelled its diversity and inclusion programming in the United States, but the Bermuda office is sticking to its guns. "We are committed to continuously enhancing our talent experience by fostering an inclusive culture that helps all our people thrive, reach their full potential and that reflects the diversity of our society," a spokesman for the firm said.