Latest Bermuda Headlines

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New York, Bermuda Sign Regulatory Working Pact

Oct 20 2008 // Insurance regulators in New York and Bermuda have agreed to closer cooperation in overseeing insurance matters. New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo and Matthew Elderfield, chief executive officer of the...

Aon: Bermuda Markets Introduce Single Excess Follow Form

Oct 13 2008 // Aon Corp. announced that key general liability insurance markets in Bermuda have for the first time agreed to accept a single excess follow form from Aon. The form will provide Aon’s clients “with greater...

ACE Bermuda Increases Capacity for Core Excess Liability Product

Oct 10 2008 // ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd. has announced an increase in its Integrated Occurrence capacity from $100 million to $150 million effective immediately. This additional capacity is available under ACE Bermuda’s core...

Best Upgrades/Affirms Arch Re, Arch Europe Ratings

Oct 9 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) of Bermuda-based Arch Reinsurance Ltd. and...

To Tax or Not to Tax – Battling Coalitions Dispute Bermuda ‘Loophole’

Oct 6 2008 // Whatever goes around comes around, and in an election year it was almost inevitable that somebody would reintroduce legislation to “close the tax loophole” that they maintain offshore insurers enjoy at the...

Ratings Recap: Flagstone Re, Lehman Re, Lonpac, Allianz Suisse, Sunderland Marine, Ansvar

Oct 3 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Flagstone Reassurance Suisse SA, as well as the ICR of “bbb-”...

New York Signs Regulatory Pact with Bermuda

Sep 30 2008 // Insurance regulators in New York and Bermuda have signed an agreement that calls for closer cooperation between the two agencies in overseeing insurance matters.New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo and...

Bermuda’s Argo Buys lllinois-Based Professional Liability Manager Insight

Sep 30 2008 // Bermuda’s Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in the property and casualty market, has acquired privately held Insight Insurance...

Biden Hits McCain Over ‘Bermuda Loophole’ for U.S. Insurers

Sep 25 2008 // Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Republican John McCain protected offshore tax shelters worth billions of dollars to U.S. insurance giants.In a trip to the battleground state 0f Virginia this week,...

Sovereign Risk Appoints Demeyer as New Senior Underwriter

Sep 24 2008 // Bermuda-based Sovereign Risk Insurance Ltd. announced that Sophie Demeyer will join the Company as a Vice President and Senior Underwriting Officer. She will replace Nila Davda, who is relocating to open Sovereign’s...

Lister Joins AXIS Capital Board

Sep 23 2008 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that Cheryl-Ann Lister has been appointed to its Board as an independent director. She will serve as a Class II Director and as a member of the Audit Committee of the...

Organizations Opposed to U.S. Insurance Tax Bill Issue Statement

Sep 22 2008 // The Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates, which groups a number of organizations that oppose to the latest attempt to amend U.S. tax laws on foreign insurers, has issued a bulletin outlining the reasons why they...

Best Affirms Hiscox Lloyd’s Syndicate 33 ‘A’ Ratings

Sep 18 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 33, which is managed by Hiscox Syndicates Limited...

Best Upgrades Hiscox Ratings to ‘A’

Sep 18 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength ratings (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICRs) to “a” from “a-” of Hiscox...

Bermuda Association Explains Reinsurance Risk Spreading Role

Sep 15 2008 // “The global reinsurance market plays an integral role in spreading US hurricane risk around the world,” said a bulletin from the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR). “Without it, the...

Allied World Names D’Orazio Chief Underwriter; Bell Operating and Admin.

Sep 11 2008 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings has announced two senior management promotions.Frank D’Orazio has been named Chief Underwriting Officer of Allied World Assurance Company, its Bermuda insurance subsidiary,...

Reinsurers Seeking Sidecars to Ride Out Next Big Storm

Sep 10 2008 // As Hurricane Ike takes aim at the Gulf of Mexico, triggering memories of 2005’s devastating storms, reinsurers see temporary underwriting vehicles as the solution to their capital needs in the event of “the Big...

Allied World to Open Swiss Branch

Sep 9 2008 // Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced that it will open a branch office in Zug, Switzerland that offers reinsurance products throughout Europe and beyond. The office, located at Lindenstrasse 4,...

Lloyd’s Oxygen Opens Bermuda Subsidiary Company

Sep 9 2008 // Oxygen Insurance Brokers, a Lloyd’s accredited London Market insurance intermediary, announced the expansion of their specialist reinsurance division, Oxygen Re, with the incorporation of Oxygen Insurance (Bermuda)...

Ratings: Hull Club, Lloyd’s Syndicate 623/2623, Flagstone Re, First Net

Sep 8 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on marine mutual insurer Norwegian Hull Club (NHC) to ‘A-‘ from...