Latest Bermuda Headlines

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Willis Re in Global Reorganization

Oct 14 2009 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited, has announced a series of management changes and a new organizational structure “designed to respond to the evolving...

Ratings Recap: Singapore Re, AGF, Ansvar, White Mountains Re, Oriental, Jupiter

Oct 13 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited, both with stable outlooks. The ratings...

Taylor Moves to Non-Executive Chairman of Montpelier Re Holdings

Oct 8 2009 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. announced that Anthony Taylor will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company in a Non-Executive capacity effective January 1 following expiration of...

London: International Insurance Center

Oct 5 2009 // London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers, accountants and their adjuncts, who work together to sell “The...

London: International Insurance Center

Oct 5 2009 // London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers, accountants and their adjuncts, who work together to sell “The...

Bermuda Finance Chief Warns Nations of Risk of Overtaxing Business

Oct 2 2009 // The world’s wealthiest nations risk harming “the goose that lays the golden egg” if they overtax businesses, Bermuda’s finance minister said on Thursday, adding that her island nation had surpassed...

Bermuda Concludes Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Spain

Oct 1 2009 // Bermuda has concluded a comprehensive bilateral tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Spain, which provides for a “full exchange of information on criminal and civil tax matters.” The announcement,...

Torus Opens New Managing General Agency in Bermuda

Sep 30 2009 // Torus, a global specialty insurer, has established Torus (Bermuda) Services Ltd. as a Managing General Agent (MGA) in Bermuda for Torus Insurance (UK) Limited, to “provide enhanced service to its customers, increase...

Bermuda Monetary Authority Concludes Pact with Florida Insurance Regulator

Sep 25 2009 // The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (FLOIR).The bulletin noted that it “is the latest in a number of such agreements...

Marsh Acquires Bermuda Captive Management Advisory Company

Sep 18 2009 // Marsh Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of International Advisory Services Ltd. (IAS), the largest independent manager of captive and third-party insurance companies in Bermuda.Terms of the transaction were...

Kittleson, Hill Join Iron-Starr Excess Casualty Operation in Bermuda

Sep 10 2009 // Iron-Starr Excess Agency Limited, the joint venture between Ironshore Inc. and C. V. Starr & Co., Inc., report that Eric S. Kittleson and Mark Hill have joined the Excess Casualty operation domiciled in Bermuda....

Validus Completes IPC Acquisition

Sep 8 2009 // Bermuda-based Validus Holdings, Ltd. announced that it has completed its acquisition of IPC Holdings, Ltd., which Validus said, creates, “a leading carrier in the Bermuda short-tail reinsurance and insurance...

Ratings Recap: Dah Sing, Everest Re, Omnium, First Takaful, TATIL

Sep 4 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” to Bermuda-based Dah Sing Insurance Company Limited (DSI) with stable outlooks. “The...

Ratings: Syndicate 2003 (Catlin), La Colonial, United, Arch, Ballantyne Re

Sep 2 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2003, which is managed by Catlin Underwriting Agency...

Hurricane Bill to Pass Between Bermuda, U.S. Coast Saturday

Aug 21 2009 // Hurricane Bill became less organized Friday as it pursued a path that would take it between Bermuda and the eastern United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Bill, a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson...

Hurricane Bill Continues on Course; Bermuda on Alert

Aug 21 2009 // Hurricane Bill continues to follow the trajectory forecast by the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm remains a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of around 115 mph, 185 km/hr, with higher...

Bill Weakens to Category 3 Hurricane; Predicted Course Unchanged

Aug 20 2009 // Hurricane Bill has weakened somewhat from a category 4 storm to category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. It nonetheless remains a dangerous storm with maximum sustained winds of around 125 mph, 205 km/hr, with higher...

Hurricane Bill Could Bring Dangerous Swells, Rip Currents to U.S. East Coast

Aug 20 2009 // Powerful Hurricane Bill, a dangerous Category 4 storm with 135 mph winds, raged across the open Atlantic Wednesday, days from land but on a path that could menace Canada’s eastern provinces next week.Sweeping past...

UPDATE: Hurricane Bill Moving West-Northwest towards Bermuda

Aug 18 2009 // The latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami reports that Hurricane Bill continues to move “west-northwestward across the tropical Atlantic with little change in strength.”As of 5:00 a.m. AST...

Hurricane Bill Expected to Strengthen to Category 3; Ana, Claudette Weaken

Aug 18 2009 // Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season, revved up quickly Monday as it headed toward Bermuda, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Ana dissipated without threatening the U.S. Gulf oil patch.Bill...