Latest Bermuda Headlines

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Brit Launches Bermuda-Based Collateralized Reinsurer Sussex Capital

Dec 13 2017 // Brit Ltd., the London-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, has launched a Bermuda-domiciled collateralized reinsurance platform, Sussex Capital.Sussex Capital, through Sussex Re, a newly established Bermuda-domiciled...

Brit Ltd. to Relocate Gibraltar-Based Reinsurer to Bermuda

Dec 8 2017 // Brit Ltd. announced it is relocating its Gibraltar-based reinsurer, Brit Insurance (Gibraltar) PCC Ltd., to Bermuda.The process is expected to be completed by the end of the year, following which Brit Insurance (Gibraltar)...

Ex-NAIC Head Huff Succeeds Kading at Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers

Dec 5 2017 // An ex-chief insurance regulator for Missouri will take over the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers starting in January 2018.John Huff, the immediate past president of the National Association of Insurance...

Ascot Group Launches Bermuda Reinsurer; Berger Appointed CEO

Nov 27 2017 // Ascot Group Ltd. has launched Ascot Reinsurance Co. Ltd., after receiving approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).Ascot Re has received an additional injection of $1 billion of funds and has been given an...

Factbox: Growing List of Insurers Decide on Post-Brexit EU Headquarters

Nov 21 2017 // Sompo International Holdings, a Bermuda-based unit of Japanese insurer Sompo, said it will set up a subsidiary in Luxembourg, in case Britain does not have access to the single market after Brexit.Below are insurers’...

Lockton Taps Davies from JLT as SVP, Property, in Bermuda

Nov 3 2017 // Lockton, the world’s largest privately held insurance broker, has appointed Gareth Davies as senior vice president, Property, in Bermuda.He will focus on growing the business, particularly in the property area, in a...

GOP Tax Plan Jeopardizes Bermuda Reinsurer Loophole

Nov 3 2017 // U.S. money managers with reinsurance companies in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands could lose a valuable loophole under Republican proposals to overhaul the tax code unveiled on Thursday.The plan includes a 20 percent excise...

Ironshore’s New Iron-Excess MGA Is Based on Iron-Starr Excess Agency Model

Sep 26 2017 // Using a Bermuda joint venture between Ironshore and C.V. Starr & Co. as a model, Ironshore announced the launch of Iron-Excess on Monday.Ironshore, a Liberty Mutual company, describes Iron-Excess as an expansion of the...

Papadopoulo to Succeed McElroy as CEO of Arch Worldwide Group; Rajeh Moves to CEO Worldwide Reinsurance

Sep 20 2017 // Arch Capital Group Ltd. announced that Nicolas Papadopoulo will become chairman and CEO of Arch Worldwide Insurance Group and chief underwriting pfficer for Property & Casualty operations.Papadopoulo, who joined Arch...

Sciemus Partners with HSCM Bermuda and Is Renamed Argon Underwriting

Sep 13 2017 // Sciemus, a specialty Lloyd’s MGA, is forming an investing partnership with HSCM Bermuda, a firm that invests in reinsurance and insurance-linked assets across all lines of business. The deal also calls for Sciemus to...

How ‘Bermuda High’ Threw Irma and Damage Estimates Off Course

Sep 12 2017 // Twenty miles may have made a $150 billion difference.Estimates for the damage Hurricane Irma would inflict on Florida kept mounting as it made its devastating sweep across the Caribbean. It was poised to be the costliest...

JLT Re Taps Bardon as Bermuda Partner, Working with Industry Loss Warranty Team

Aug 21 2017 // JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, has appointed Nicolas Bardon as a partner in JLT Re’s Bermuda operation reporting to Guy Hengesbaugh.Bardon will work closely with Gary Reynolds and others...

JLT Re Appoints Chubb’s Williams as Partner in Bermuda Operation

Jun 23 2017 // JLT Re, the global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed Deanna Williams as a partner in JLT Re’s Bermuda operation. She will report to Charles Withers-Clarke, partner, JLT Re in Bermuda, who...

Hamilton Announces New Responsibilities for 2 Execs in Bermuda Business

Jun 20 2017 // Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda-based holding company for insurance and reinsurance operations in Bermuda, the U.S. and at Lloyd’s, has announced two senior role changes in its Bermuda operations.Keith Bernhard...

Bermuda Can Withstand Trump’s U.S. Tax Plans, Says Premier Dunkley

May 24 2017 // Bermuda Premier Michael Dunkley said the nation will be able to attract businesses even as U.S. President Donald Trump plans to reduce tax rates to help keep companies onshore.“One of the things that I find very...

Hamilton Taps Freda as Chairman, Brown as Interim Group CEO, After Duperreault Resigns

May 15 2017 // Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda-based holding company for property and casualty insurance and reinsurance operations in Bermuda, the U.S. and at Lloyd’s, announced that William C. Freda has been appointed to...

Bermuda Re/Insurers Hit by Ogden Rate Change, Higher Nat Cats: S&P

May 12 2017 // A big change in the Ogden rate in the UK and higher natural catastrophe losses are dampening a wide range of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer results in the 2017 first quarter, Standard & Poor’s said in a new...

Catalina Buys Hartford Financial Products Int’l, Downlands Liability Management

May 11 2017 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Catalina Holdings UK Ltd., has completed its acquisition of Hartford Financial Products International Ltd. and Downlands Liability Management...

Hiscox Taps Sompo’s Szakmary to Lead Bermuda Underwriting; Smith to Lead Specialty at Hiscox Re

May 4 2017 // Specialist global insurer Hiscox has announced the appointment of Adam Szakmary as director of underwriting for Hiscox Insurance Company Bermuda, subject to immigration and regulatory approval. Szakmary replaces Damien...

Liberty Mutual Completes Ironshore Acquisition; Will Use Ironshore Brand for U.S. Specialty Business

May 2 2017 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has completed its acquisition of specialty insurer Ironshore Inc., creating a global specialty business with approximately $6.5 billion in net written premium.Liberty Mutual announced last December...