Latest Bermuda Headlines

All the headlines from our Bermuda Topic Page, ordered by recency.

ACE Appoints Bonneau Global Re Exec; Furby as Europe Head

Jul 7 2005 // Bermuda-based ACE Limited has announced that Jacques Bonneau, CEO of ACE Tempest Re USA, has been appointed president & CEO of the ACE Tempest Re Group. He will be based in Bermuda and report to Ace President and CEO...

International Newsbriefs

Jul 4 2005 // EU Leaders Fiddle While Europe Burns: The crisis in the European Union, provoked when French and Dutch voters rejected the EU Constitution, is being largely ignored by Europe’s leaders. Instead of a bit of...

ACE Tempest Re Appoints Swayne as Chief Underwriting Officer-International

Jun 16 2005 // ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd., the ACE Group’s Bermuda-based property and specialty catastrophe reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Guy Swayne to the position of Chief Underwriting Officer,-International.He...

The British Are Coming! No – They’re Already Here

Jun 6 2005 // Over 200 years ago Paul Revere rallied the Minutemen with the cry: “The British are coming!” He’d be somewhat surprised to learn of today’s more benign invasion by a number of British insurance...

Best Affirms All Catlin Ratings; Downgrades Syndicate 2003 ICR

Jun 3 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of the bermuda-based Catlin Insurance Company Limited (CICL) and...

Best Affirms Ratings Platinum and Subs; Removes from “Under Review”

May 30 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of the reinsurance subsidiaries of Bermuda-based Platinum...

S&P Raises Ratings on 7 Insurance Holding Companies

May 30 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and debt ratings on seven unregulated insurance and reinsurance holding companies. S&P also raised its...

Crisis in Medical Professional Liability Diminished, PLUS Panelists Say

May 23 2005 // States with meaningful tort reform are seeing stabilization in the medical professional liability arena from three years ago. Despite the decrease in claims frequency, however, severity persists and insurers must maintain...

Fla. Insurance Commission Subpoenas 17 Reinsurers

May 23 2005 // Investigative subpoenas have been issued by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty probing the dealings of 17 reinsurers selling finite risk policies.The companies on the receiving end of the subpoenas, including...

Crisis in Medical Professional Liability Diminished, PLUS Panelists Say

May 23 2005 // States with meaningful tort reform are seeing stabilization in the medical professional liability arena from three years ago. Despite the decrease in claims frequency, however, severity persists and insurers must maintain...

S&P Reports on 5 Bermuda Property Catastrophe Reinsurers

May 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report, entitled “Peer Comparison: Bermuda Property Catastrophe Reinsurers,” which examines the differences between five of the island’s...

Best Affirms Ratings of PXRE

Apr 29 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings of “a” of the reinsurance subsidiaries of the PXRE Group Ltd. (PXRE) (Bermuda). PXRE’s reinsurance...

Fla. DOI Sets June 1 Hearing for Sirius Intl. Case

Apr 29 2005 // A June 1 hearing date has been set for a reinsurance unit of Bermuda-based White Mountains to meet with Florida regulators following allegations the unit was selling insurance in the state without a license.According to...

Best Comments on Rating for Island Heritage

Apr 27 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) of Island Heritage Insurance Company Ltd. (Island Heritage) (Cayman Islands) remains unchanged following the recent announcement that ACE...

Best Affirms Rating of TT Club; Revises Outlook to Positive; Assigns ICR

Apr 19 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B++” (Very Good) of Bermuda-based Through Transport Mutual Insurance Association Ltd. (TT Bermuda) and its wholly owned subsidiary...

JLT Risk Solutions (Bermuda) Ltd. Licenses CATEX Pivot Point Service

Apr 14 2005 // The Catastrophe Risk Exchange International Inc. (CATEX), a provider of web-based trading and back-office services to the international insurance and reinsurance market, announced that JLT Risk Solutions (Bermuda) Ltd., a...

Bermuda Insurers Receive Subpoenas

Apr 11 2005 // Two of Bermuda’s leading reinsurance companies – RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. and PartnerRe Ltd. – have acknowledged that they have received subpoenas from both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

Insurance Accounting Probe Spreads; Munich Re Questioned; Bermuda Opens Investigation

Apr 7 2005 // The accounting investigation swirling around AIG has now spread out across the ocean to reach Bermuda and Germany, as authorities questioned Munich Re about its relations ships with AIG and Island regulatorsd launched...

AIG Halts Removal of Documents in Bermuda; CEO Sullivan Sends Letter to Shareholders

Apr 3 2005 // American International Group has reiterated its intention to cooperate with all investigations and acknowledged it had to stop efforts to remove documents from its Bermuda building, in a letter to shareholders.“AIG...

Best Places Platinum’s Ratings Under Review, Downgrades Credit, Debt Ratings; Company Comments

Apr 1 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has placed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of the reinsurance subsidiaries of Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. under review with negative...