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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Oxbridge / SurancePlus to Attend Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: OXBR) ('Oxbridge Re'), together with its subsidiary SurancePlus, is engaged in the tokenization of Real-World Assets ('RWAs'), initially with tokenized reinsurance securities and in providing reinsurance solutions to property and casualty insurers in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The company today announced its participation in Money20/20 Europe 2025, taking place June 3–5, 2025, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Money20/20 Europe 2025 Recognized as one of the world's most important gatherings in blockchain, digital assets, and Web3 innovation, Money20/20 Europe brings together leading builders, capital allocators, protocol teams, tokenization platforms, and infrastructure providers to define the future of decentralized finance. With over 2,000 participating companies, 370+ sponsors, and 340+ expert speakers, the event offers a high-density environment for strategic meetings, deal-making, and ecosystem advancement. While at Money20/20 Europe, Oxbridge and SurancePlus will be advancing conversations with both long-standing partners and new ecosystem players - supporting our long-term vision of democratizing access to high-yield institutional-grade reinsurance investment opportunities. Oxbridge / SurancePlus 2025 Offering: EtaCat Re – 20% Targeted Annual Return ZetaCat Re – 42% Targeted Annual Return Learn more at Jay Madhu, CEO of Oxbridge, commented, 'Money20/20 Europe brings together many of the leaders shaping the future of digital finance. The conference offers an ideal setting to advance conversations with partners and ecosystem players as we pursue our mission to democratize access to high-yield, institutional-grade reinsurance investments.' Meet Oxbridge / SurancePlus at Money20/20 Europe - Amsterdam Investors and potential partners interested in Oxbridge and SurancePlus' tokenized reinsurance offerings are encouraged to connect with the team during the event. Contact details are provided Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: OXBR, OXBRW) ('Oxbridge') is headquartered in the Cayman Islands. The company offers tokenized Real-World Assets ('RWAs') as tokenized reinsurance securities and reinsurance business solutions to property and casualty insurers, through its wholly owned subsidiaries SurancePlus Inc., Oxbridge Re NS, and Oxbridge Reinsurance Limited. Insurance businesses in the Gulf Coast region of the United States purchase property and casualty reinsurance through our licensed reinsurers Oxbridge Reinsurance Limited and Oxbridge Re NS. Our Web3-focused subsidiary, SurancePlus Inc. ('SurancePlus'), has developed the first 'on-chain' reinsurance RWA of its kind to be sponsored by a subsidiary of a publicly traded company. By digitizing interests in reinsurance contracts as on-chain RWAs, SurancePlus has democratized the availability of reinsurance as an alternative investment to both U.S. and non-U.S. investors. Company Contact:Oxbridge Re Holdings LimitedJay Madhu, CEO+1 345-749-7570jmadhu@ Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'anticipate,' 'estimate,' 'expect,' 'intend,' 'plan,' 'project' and other similar words and expressions are intended to signify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties. A detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in the section entitled 'Risk Factors' contained in our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC') on 26th March 2024. The occurrence of any of these risks and uncertainties could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations. Any forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in this press release, even if the Company's expectations or any related events, conditions or circumstances in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Evening Standard
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Shibboleth by Thomas Peermohamed Lambert review: A campus satire for the modern age
I'm not sure whether the students leading the social justice charge at Oxbridge really are the Tatler Bystanderish poshos, or indeed whether someone's quarter African heritage would have such an effect on said poshos, but perhaps Lambert knows better than me. After all, it is his 'lived experience': he graduated from Oxford in 2020 and has a Zanzibarian grandfather. A character with his first name makes a brief cameo in the novel at a Mixed Heritage Society event, as the only other attendee 'who was as pasty and awkward as Edward'.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Oxbridge / SurancePlus to Participate in the '2025 Virtual Tech Conference: Discover the Innovations Reshaping Tomorrow' Virtual Conference Presented by Maxim Group LLC
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: OXBR) ('Oxbridge Re'), together with its subsidiary SurancePlus, is engaged in the tokenization of Real-World Assets ('RWAs'), initially with tokenized reinsurance securities and in providing reinsurance solutions to property and casualty insurers in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The company today announced its CEO Jay Madhu has been invited to present at the '2025 Virtual Tech Conference: Discover the Innovations Reshaping Tomorrow,' presented by Maxim Group LLC, on Tuesday, June 3rd at 1:00 PM EDT. Event Details: Oxbridge / SurancePlus CEO and Maxim Senior Analyst Fireside ChatDate: Tuesday, June 3, 2025Time: 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM (EDT)Location: This conference will be live on M-Vest. To attend, sign up to become an M-Vest member. Click here to learn more and reserve your seat. Discussion Highlights Bringing Traditional Finance On-Chain: How Oxbridge and SurancePlus are leveraging blockchain to modernize reinsurance markets Democratization of Reinsurance: Making reinsurance accessible to a much broader range of investors globally Tokenized Reinsurance RWAs: A first-of-its-kind asset class offered by a public company subsidiary, targeting 20% and 42% annual yields Jay Madhu, CEO of Oxbridge, commented: "Maxim's Tech Conference is a great platform to showcase how we are bridging traditional insurance with Web3 and blockchain innovation. At SurancePlus, we are not just creating tokenized reinsurance securities - we are expanding access to a high-yield opportunity that is uncorrelated to traditional capital markets and has been historically inaccessible to most." Oxbridge / SurancePlus will be taking part in the '2025 Virtual Tech Conference: Discover the Innovations Reshaping Tomorrow.' The rapid evolution of technology is paving the way for disruption across all industries, including healthcare, drones, consumer IoT, business solutions, gaming & entertainment, and more. In Maxim's 2025 Virtual Tech Conference, we will explore how emerging growth companies are expanding their use of Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to position themselves for the future. Maxim Senior Analysts will facilitate engaging dialogues with CEOs and key management of diverse companies who have their attention on technology and how it will impact and grow their business. About Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: OXBR, OXBRW) ('Oxbridge') is headquartered in the Cayman Islands. The company offers tokenized Real-World Assets ('RWAs') as tokenized reinsurance securities and reinsurance business solutions to property and casualty insurers, through its wholly owned subsidiaries SurancePlus Inc., Oxbridge Re NS, and Oxbridge Reinsurance Limited. Insurance businesses in the Gulf Coast region of the United States purchase property and casualty reinsurance through our licensed reinsurers Oxbridge Reinsurance Limited and Oxbridge Re NS. Our Web3-focused subsidiary, SurancePlus Inc. ('SurancePlus'), has developed the first 'on-chain' reinsurance RWA of its kind to be sponsored by a subsidiary of a publicly traded company. By digitizing interests in reinsurance contracts as on-chain RWAs, SurancePlus has democratized the availability of reinsurance as an alternative investment to both U.S. and non-U.S. investors. Company Contact:Oxbridge Re Holdings LimitedJay Madhu, CEO+1 345-749-7570jmadhu@ About Maxim Group LLC Maxim Group LLC is a full-service investment banking, securities and wealth management firm headquartered in New York. The Firm provides a full array of financial services including investment banking; private wealth management; and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivatives sales & trading, equity research and prime brokerage services. Maxim Group is a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and is a member of FINRA SIPC, and NASDAQ. To learn more about Maxim Group, visit in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Daily Mirror
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Farewell to legend behind Ab Fab, Wallace and Gromit and Colin Firth's Mr Darcy
Following the death of legendary BBC executive Alan Yentob, the Mirror's Jessica Boulton looks back on the life and career of a daring outsider remembered as a 'cultural visionary' It was 1968 when a 21-year-old Alan Yentob first joined the BBC - the only non- Oxbridge graduate on the trainee scheme that year. His application had been borderline cocksure, tinged with sarcasm. Asked about his experience, he had famously replied: 'My dramatic debut at the age of nine in The Merry Wives of Windsor was greeted with a gratifying critique: 'You ought to be a film star, cos you've got smashing legs'.' It was a daring and leftfield response for the then-notoriously-straight-laced Auntie. But it was one that worked. East Londoner Alan, a Leeds graduate and son of Iraqi Jewish immigrants, turned his back on the family textile business, broke through the cliques of his Oxbridge colleagues and began his mission: to shake up the BBC. It was one he would continue for six decades, as he became the man responsible for introducing some of television's most iconic and groundbreaking shows—from Absolutely Fabulous, Have I Got News For You, Ballykissangel, and the documentary series Imagine to Colin Firth's Pride and Prejudice and Wallace and Gromit. He launched the dedicated CBBC and CBeebies channels and (rightly or wrongly) championed a then-unknown Jeremy Clarkson for a little show Gear. Now, after his death on Saturday at the age of 78, one word is dominating the tributes: 'Visionary.' His actress wife, Phillipa Walker, mother of his children, Jacob and Isabella, said: 'Every day with Alan held the promise of something unexpected. Our life was exciting, he was exciting. 'He was curious, funny, annoying, late and creative in every cell of his body. But more than that, he was the kindest of men and a profoundly moral man. He leaves in his wake a trail of love a mile wide.' BBC director-general Tim Davie said: 'Alan Yentob was a towering figure in British broadcasting and the arts. A creative force and a cultural visionary, he shaped decades of programming at the BBC and beyond. He had a rare gift for identifying talent and lifting others up.' Among those he elevated was the duo French and Saunders, as Dawn French recognised last night. 'We've lost a top chap. He was our advocate from the start,' she said on social media. David Baddiel, who starred in Alan's series The Art Of Stand-Up, posted a picture of them together. 'Here he is backstage after one of my shows, being incredibly supportive, as he always was,' said David. 'A lovely man, and a king of TV.' The Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe were the subject of one of Alan's Imagine documentaries, which aired last year. 'Alan was a legend in British TV, responsible for some of the BBC's finest programmes,' the duo said in a joint statement. 'He was a stimulating person to spend time with.' He certainly had some stories to tell. Alan and his twin brother Robert were born in Stepney, east London, in 1947. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Iraq, who had built up a profitable textile company in the UK. The family spent a few years in Manchester before settling in a flat in London's prestigious Park Lane. His parents gave the boys the best start possible, sending them to private school. Alan would go on to graduate from Leeds University with a 2:2 in law but armed with a new passion - for drama. So while his brother went into the family business, Alan joined the BBC and worked his way from the ground up. It was in 1975 that his talent for interviews and documentaries really emerged. In his now legendary Omnibus episode, Cracked Actor, Alan chronicled the vulnerability of the cocaine-addicted David Bowie in a way that had never been seen. 'He was fragile and exhausted, but also prepared to open up and talk in a way he had never really done before,' Alan once recalled. 'Our encounters tended to take place in hotel rooms in the early hours of the morning.' His work was recognised on both sides of the pond, with US music magazine Rolling Stone calling it the 'greatest rockumentary ever'. After that, Alan's eye soon caught management's attention: He became the youngest ever controller of BBC 2 in 1988, followed by BBC One controller in 1993 and then, via other roles, BBC Creative Director in 2004. His path allowed him a chance to champion many of the standout shows of the past 35 years, including Middlemarch, the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, and Ballykissangel. Perhaps most welcome of all, he was also the man who decided to axe the much-hated soap Eldorado. Alan was not just in management. He also continued in front of the camera, mainly in his mission to make the arts accessible for all, with his documentaries for Arena and Imagine and The Late Show, a chat show devoted to art and literature. His interviewees included everyone from Billy Connolly and Mel Brooks to Maya Angelou. Such was his appeal that sometimes it wasn't clear who should be most grateful for the interview - Alan or his subjects. Richard Osman once shared this telling anecdote: 'Alan Yentob once walked into a TV green room I was in, looked around, then said 'if you see Jay-Z, tell him Alan was looking for him'.' It sums up Alan's status to a tee. But Alan's was not a life without scandal. In 2007, Imagine was accused of inserting clips of him nodding into interviews where he hadn't been present. An investigation later ruled that none of these made it to air. Alan also faced pressure after buying a £3,381 London to New York business class while filming. But his biggest controversy, by far, involved the 2015 collapse of Kids Company, the charity of which he was chairman. He was questioned over a £3m government loan that had been issued shortly before it folded and criticised for not properly overseeing its finances. Alan was then accused of trying to influence the BBC's coverage of the scandal, claims he strongly denied. But he eventually resigned from his post as Creative Director six months later, only, he said, because the story was becoming 'a serious distraction' from the BBC's other work. By last year, it was a distant memory as Alan was appointed a CBE in the 2024 New Year Honours List for services to arts and media, before conducting what would be one of his last major interviews - the exclusive with his old friend and Godfather to his children, Sir Salman Rushdie, about his 2022 assasination attempt. The pair had once arm-wrestled in the BBC satirical comedy W1A. Rushdie had yet to find the words for what will surely be a very difficult tribute last night. Yet BBC Radio 4 presenter Amol Rajan gave an unusually candid insight that Alan himself would no doubt have approved of. Amol said: 'He had his foibles and failures, but Alan Yentob was one of the most generous, influential, singular, passionate, supportive, creative and loved men of his generation. 'His shows were always brilliant, often masterpieces, sometimes seminal. That was public Alan. In private, he was magnetic, zealous, and very funny, with a mesmerising voice and mischievous chuckle. He oozed fortitude until the very last.' Perhaps - at a time when terrestrial TV faces a fight for its survival - there's one last legacy which Alan leaves the corporation - the drive to keep shaking things up. Tim Davie added: 'To work with Alan was to be inspired and encouraged to think bigger.' It's true: the trainee who began with little to boast of but his 'smashing legs' could never be accused of thinking small.
The Hindu
18-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
How Class 12 students aiming to study in India or the U.K. can navigate the year
The previous column was a guide to navigate the application process for colleges in the U.S. This time, the focus is on India and the U.K. April to June Research: Start preparing. Studythe programmes you are interested in. U.K. Universities clearly state the marks required on their websites, so you will know how much you need to score. Familiarise yourself with the testing requirements and understand the test, the deadline and registration process. Similarly, for India, narrow down your choices, research the courses, and familiarise yourself with the tests required. Build your profile: The U.K. only wants to see subject knowledge, so your UCAS personal statement must reflect how you have built skills and knowledge in that area. Complete online courses, watch videos or try job shadowing to strengthen your profile. Private Indian universities also have space in their applications for co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Read: Build your knowledge. If you are applying to Ashoka University in India, remember that the application form asks you to mention the books. IELTS: Take the IELTS English exam over the summer if you're applying to the U.K. July to August Start personal statement: Start on your personal statement for the U.K. in July. Add all the things you did over the summer too. Focus on demonstrating academic interests, plans for the future, and suitability for the course. Entrance tests: Register for required Entrance Tests for the U.K.: UCAT, BMAT, TMUA, TARA, LNAT and required Oxbridge Tests. India also has entrance tests like the CUET, SET, AAT, FEAT depending on the college. Deadlines vary depending on which round you choose to apply in. Letters of Recommendation: Most schools send a brag sheet that needs to be be filled for recommendations. If not, identify the teacher you want a letter from, give them a detailed list of the activities and projects you've done. The LoR should be as personal and specific as possible. UCAS: Create your account when it opens in August. If your school is associated with UCAS, get the Buzz Word and link your application. September to October Predicted grades: September is a good time to work with your school, as one set of exams for Class 12 is usually over. Ask for your predicted grades. Some schools may not share this, so request for an approximate idea of your grade. College list: Review your college list, narrow it down to five for the U.K., and finalise where you want to apply early in India. Oxbridge applicants: Check supplementary requirements for these applications and ensure your IELTS score has been sent officially to these universities. October 15 is the deadline for Oxbridge and Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary courses in the U.K. Applications for Ashoka and Krea open in October. Create your accounts and start working on the essays. November to January Submit regular applications: Ashoka Round 1 usually has one deadline around mid-November. Avoid controversial topics for the essay, ensure it is unique and a good representation of who you are. Practise mock tests and timed on-the-spot essays from past years. St. Andrew's in Scotland has an unofficial preferred deadline of November 30 for undergraduate applications. Azim Premji University also has a first deadline during this time. Early December is the time for the first pre-boards in India, so prioritise and work in a focussed way to balance this and applications. If you feel you can't handle both, opt for the next round of applications. Both Flame and Krea have a first round at this time. Those applying for Law in India will also have the CLAT in early December. The final UCAS deadline is January 14, 2026. Many private universities in India have Round 2 deadlines in mid-January. Interviews: If you have applied in the Round 1 in India, you may receive interview calls. Practise answering interview questions in three categories: personal (Tell us about yourself, strengths, weaknesses), goal-related (Why this subject/college, future goals), and subject matter. February to April Track responses: Check the UCAS hub for offers and check the conditions that you need to meet. Do the same with India acceptances, which will have a payment deadline to confirm your seat. Choices: For the U.K., make Firm and Insurance choice. For India, most private universities have final rounds in April/ May. Track your deadlines closely and apply. Entrance exams: Register for the CUET by the deadline. April and May are also key months for other exams such as JEE, NEET and private university entrances (Flame, Christ, Symbiosis, Krea). Ace your board exams too! May to July Visa: Once you receive a confirmed offer from the U.K. start working towards your student visa. Accommodation: Apply for housing as it tends to fill up fast. With inputs from Kritika Malhotra The writer is Founder and CEO, Inomi Learning, a Gurugram-based career and college guidance firm. info@
