Latest Bermuda Headlines

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Assoc. of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers Elects Arch Capital’s Grandisson as Chair

Jan 7 2021 // The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) announced its biennial election of officers for 2021-2022.New ABIR officers elected to Bermuda’s leading international insurers and reinsurers industry...

W. R. Berkley Corp. Launches Special Purpose Reinsurer in Bermuda

Dec 28 2020 // W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Lifson Re Ltd., a special purpose reinsurer registered in Bermuda and licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.Lifson Re has been capitalized with more than $250 million of...

ILS Capital’s Prospero Re Gets Bermuda Regulator Nod to Write Traditional Reinsurance

Dec 3 2020 // Prospero Re Ltd., a reinsurance company wholly owned by ILS Capital Management with $250 million in statutory capital, has received Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) approval of its amended business plan, allowing it to...

Update: Bermuda-Based Reinsurer Conduit Holdings’ Stock Rises After $1.1B London IPO

Dec 2 2020 // Conduit Holdings Ltd. rose as the Bermuda-based reinsurer started trading in London after an 826 million-pound ($1.1 billion) initial public offering.The stock climbed as much as 7% to 534.9 pence from the offering price...

AmWINS to Acquire Bermuda-Based International Specialty Brokers Ltd.

Dec 1 2020 // AmWINS Group Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire International Specialty Brokers Ltd. (ISBL), a Bermuda-based P&C wholesale...

Hamilton Launches New Bermuda Special Purpose Insurer Called ‘Ada Re’

Nov 23 2020 // Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. announced the launch of Ada Capital Management Ltd., a Bermuda-regulated insurance agent authorized to underwrite on behalf of Ada Re, a new Bermudian special purpose insurer.Ada Re has...

How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing Today’s U.S. Casualty Insurance Environment

Nov 19 2020 // Today’s Lloyd’s of London market for casualty insurance is marked by rising prices, reduced capacity, and buyers embracing more self-insurance, according to underwriters at Lloyd’s.It is also marked by...

HSCM Bermuda Takes Majority Stake in Florida Insurer Southern Fidelity After Merger

Nov 18 2020 // After a tumultuous year that included double-digit rate increases, an intervention by the state regulator and a merger, Florida-based insurer Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. (SFIC) and its affiliated entities have ceded a...

Specialty Re/insurer Chaucer Launches Bermuda Reinsurance Branch for U.S. Business

Nov 16 2020 // Chaucer, the London-based specialty re/insurance group, announced the launch of a reinsurance branch in Bermuda to provide U.S. clients with greater access to its underwriting expertise and capacity. This follows the...

Hurricane Epsilon Bypasses Bermuda and Heads into North Atlantic

Oct 23 2020 // Bermuda has been spared the worst of Hurricane Epsilon, which passed 200 miles to the east of the island and is heading , according to a report from Weather Underground.However, Epsilon’s large size, at times,...

Hurricane Epsilon, 10th of Season, Expected to Approach Bermuda Tonight

Oct 22 2020 // Hurricane Epsilon, the 10th of this very busy Atlantic season, was moving toward Bermuda on Wednesday.Epsilon is expected to make its closest approach to the island on Thursday night, and there is a risk of a direct...

Hiscox Appoints Former Hamilton Executive Reardon as CEO of Hiscox Re & ILS

Oct 21 2020 // Hiscox Ltd., the international specialist insurer, announced the appointment of Kathleen Reardon as CEO of Hiscox Re & ILS, subject to regulatory approval. Reardon succeeds Mike Krefta, who, as announced in August,...

Tropical Storm Epsilon Grows in Strength as It Heads Toward Bermuda

Oct 20 2020 // Tropical Storm Epsilon has formed in the central Atlantic and will move northwest, probably growing into a hurricane as it nears Bermuda late this week.Epsilon’s winds have reached 40 miles (64 kilometers) per hour...

Formation of More ‘Class of 2020’ Reinsurers Unlikely

Sep 25 2020 // The Class of 2020 already has a new member, but it’s not a true startup, the chair of the company said recently.Speaking at the KBW Insurance Conference in early September, Sid Sankaran, chair of Third Point Re, was...

What Ever Happened to Hedge Fund Reinsurers?

Sep 25 2020 // The latest group of reinsurers to emerge in the Bermuda market is starting to look different. Even the name that once described the cohort has changed in the past five years.And at least one member of the group of...

What to Expect in 2021: Reinsurance Market Moving From ‘Timid’ to ‘Hard’

Sep 18 2020 // Speaking at one of the many virtual conferences that took place in early September, Dan Malloy, chief executive officer of Bermuda-based Third Point Reinsurance, offered an anecdotal view of the reinsurance market from a...

Paskin Named CEO of Convex Re, Bermuda; Butt Named CEO of Convex Insurance UK

Sep 18 2020 // Convex Group Ltd., the specialty insurer and reinsurer, announce that Matt Paskin has been appointed as CEO of Convex Re Ltd. (Bermuda) and Theo Butt has been appointed as CEO of Convex Insurance UK Ltd. (London).These...

Arcadian Risk Starts New Underwriter in Bermuda With Third Point Re Backing

Sep 17 2020 // Arcadian Risk Capital is launching as a new underwriting operation based in Bermuda that will initially underwrite excess casualty and professional lines insurance.Arcadian said it has received its license from the Bermuda...

Meteorologists Tracking Potential Storm Threats Across Atlantic

Sep 11 2020 // While a tropical storm approaches Bermuda, the threat of more powerful systems is expanding across the Atlantic, from the Gulf of Mexico to Africa.Tropical Storm Paulette probably will become a hurricane on Sept. 13 as it...

Fitch’s Reinsurance Outlook Remains Negative, Despite Entry into Hard Market Phase

Sep 11 2020 // Fitch Ratings said yesterday its ratings outlook for companies in the global reinsurance sector will continue to remain negative as a result of hefty coronavirus claims and low interest rates.The good news for companies,...