Latest Bermuda Headlines

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The World Insurance Forum Set for Feb. 21-23 in Bermuda

Feb 9 2006 // The World Insurance Forum, set for Feb. 21-23, is an industry hosted conference for world insurers, reinsurers, risk managers, regulators, financiers and brokers.It is a biennial event held in Bermuda and provides a...

Platinum to Name Porter CEO-Bermuda

Jan 27 2006 // Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. announced that Robert S. Porter will be appointed chief executive officer of its Bermuda reinsurance subsidiary, Platinum Underwriters Bermuda, Ltd., pending approval of...

RI3K Head Warns Lloyd’s of Need to Reform to Survive

Jan 26 2006 // In a speech to the Insurance Institute of London yesterday, Jan. 25, Alex Letts, the Chief Executive of RI3K Ltd. – the London-based provider of platform technology infrastructure for the reinsurance industry,...

Sovereign Changing Ownership Structure; XL to Exit Joint Venture

Jan 23 2006 // Sovereign Risk Insurance Ltd., a joint venture between ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd. and XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., reported that effective Feb. 1, 2006, it is intended that the company will become wholly owned by ACE and...

A seriously shaken reinsurance industry rebuilds

Jan 23 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...

Reinsurance Outlook

Jan 22 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...

Lloyd’s Launches “Optimal Platform” to Meet Foreign Competition

Jan 17 2006 // Lloyd’s has launched a new three-year plan to keep the London market healthy in the face of growing foreign competition, especially from Bermuda. The plan, called the Optimal Platform, outlines a “package of...

Lloyd’s Amlin Upbeat on 2005/2006

Jan 10 2006 // Lloyd’s insurer Amlin plc has issued a very positive assessment of its 2005 results and is equally upbeat about prospects for 2006. Amlin said it “expects that, in the absence of unforeseen circumstances, its...

S&P Assigns Lloyd’s Assessment Rating to Amlin’s Syndicate 2001

Dec 23 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its interactive Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) of ‘4’ (low dependency) to U.K.-based Amlin Underwriting – Syndicate...

Best Assigns ‘A-‘ Ratings to Bermuda Start-Up Flagstone Re

Dec 21 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Bermuda- start-up Flagstone Reinsurance Limited, and has given the...

Best Assigns ‘A-‘ Ratings to Bermuda Start-up Lancashire

Dec 20 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to Bermuda-based Lancashire Insurance Company....

Best Rates U.K.’s Hiscox, Lloyd’s Syndicate, Bermuda Start-Up

Dec 19 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has announced its credit ratings on U.K. specialist and Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox plc. and its operating entities. It affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and the...

Best Assigns Amlin’s New Bermuda Company an ‘A-‘ Rating

Dec 16 2005 // Following its affirmation of the parent company’s ratings (See previous article), A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating...

Chubb Corp. Finalizes Sale of Bermuda Reinsurance Unit

Dec 15 2005 // The Chubb Corporation has completed the strategic transaction that created a new Bermuda-based global reinsurance company, Harbor Point Limited. Chubb has received from Harbor Point $200 million of 6 percent convertible...

Best Assigns FSR to Validus Re

Dec 13 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Validus Reinsurance Ltd. (Validus) (Bermuda). The ratings have a stable outlook.Validus will...

Cash, Izard Eyed for Promotions with Endurance Following BDI Approval

Dec 12 2005 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a global provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, reported that David Cash would be promoted to the position of chief underwriting officer and Daniel...

Association of Bermuda Insurers Names Kading President

Dec 8 2005 // The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers has hired Bradley L. Kading to be its first president and executive director. Kading is a well known and respected industry leader having served for 14 years as senior...

News Briefs

Dec 4 2005 // Willis Expands in China, Latin America: In a breakthrough agreement, global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited, has received written approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to increase...

International Newsbriefs

Nov 21 2005 // New Bermuda Insurers Formed: As the proverb says: “It’s an ill wind that blows no man good.” Even Katrina, one of the “illest” winds of all time, has brought some good fortune to the...

News Briefs

Nov 20 2005 // New Bermuda Insurers Formed: As the proverb says: “It’s an ill wind that blows no man good.” Even Katrina, one of the “illest” winds of all time, has brought some good fortune to the...