Latest Bermuda Headlines

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

Total Return Reinsurers Underperform Traditional Bermuda Reinsurers: AM Best

Aug 31 2020 // Although total return reinsurers, which like to take more risk on the investment side of their balance sheets than other reinsurers, have the potential to generate significantly higher investment returns than traditional...

Third Point Re and Sirius Group Agree to Merger in Deal Worth $788M

Aug 7 2020 // Third Point Reinsurance and Sirius International Insurance Group, a global multi-line insurer and reinsurer, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Third Point Re and Sirius Group to combine in a cash...

AM Best Reviews Credit Ratings of Enstar’s StarStone After Announced Capital Raise

Jun 15 2020 // AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the credit ratings of StarStone Insurance Bermuda and its subsidiaries as a result of the recent announcement by parent company, Enstar Group Ltd., that it was...

Cryptoasset Insurer Evertas Receives License to Operate in Bermuda

Jun 10 2020 // Cryptoasset insurer Evertas has received a license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to start operating from the jurisdiction.Evertas’ operations in Bermuda will now aim to start issuing policies for theft or loss...

Ed Broking Launches E-Trading Platform Called ‘TradEd’ in Bermuda

May 18 2020 // Ed Broking, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the external launch of its TradEd portals for carriers and clients in Bermuda.TradEd, the e-trading platform that is used in-house by BGC...

Hong Kong-Based Peak Re to Acquire Bermuda ILS Asset Manager Lutece

Apr 8 2020 // Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. has entered into definitive agreements to acquire 100% of the capital of Lutece Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiary Lutece Investment Management Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance linked securities...

Legacy Specialist Catalina Holdings Completes Purchase of Asia Capital Reinsurance

Mar 31 2020 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., the legacy re/insurance acquisition specialist, announced it has completed the acquisition of Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte. Ltd. (ACR), a Singapore-headquartered reinsurance...

Sirius International Launches Formal Process to Find a Buyer

Mar 30 2020 // Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd. (Sirius Group) announced it has launched a formal process to sell the company after a strategic review.The company said it has approved the launch of a sales process, after...

Canopius Acquires Bermuda-Based Specialty Reinsurer Multi-Strat Holdings

Mar 16 2020 // Canopius Group Ltd. has purchased a majority stake in Bermuda-based Multi-Strat Holdings Ltd.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. MultiStrat is a specialty reinsurance group that writes both prospective...

Dubai’s IGI Bermuda to Begin Writing E&S in U.S.

Mar 13 2020 // Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based International General Insurance Holdings said that its Bermuda subsidiary, International General Insurance Co., has been granted provisional approval to begin writing U.S. excess and...

Former Neon Exec Conway Joins TigerRisk’s Bermuda Reinsurance, Retro Teams

Feb 28 2020 // TigerRisk Partners LLC, the Stamford, Conn.-based re/insurance broker, announced it has appointed Christopher Conway to a newly created senior role strategically positioned across both TigerRisk’s Reinsurance and...

AXIS Chairman, Co-Founder Butt to Retire; Smith Named Chairman-Elect

Feb 27 2020 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Michael Butt, chairman of the board of directors, will retire from the company, effective Sept. 16, 2020.A co-founder of AXIS and member of the Insurance Hall of Fame, Butt is a...

IGI Gets Regulatory Nod from Bermuda After Merger with Tiberius Acquisition

Jan 31 2020 // International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. (IGI) announced it has received regulatory approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority in connection with its previously announced business combination with Tiberius...

U.K. Broker Tysers Invests in Bermuda-Based MGA, Helix Underwriting Partners

Jan 15 2020 // Tysers, the London-based broker, announced it has taken a minority investment in Bermuda’s newly formed and first independent managing general agent Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd.“As we enter the 200th year...

Ed Broking Appoints Kelley from Sompo Int’l as Head of Bermuda Liability Division

Jan 15 2020 // Ed, the global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announces the appointment of Colin Kelley as head of Ed’s new Liability Division in Bermuda. Effective immediately, Kelley will lead the professional lines,...

Ed Bermuda Taps Simons from Marsh as Head of Business Development

Dec 17 2019 // Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the appointment of Mark Simons as head of Business Development and Production, Bermuda.Simons, who joins in January 2020, will focus on developing...

Bermuda Gains Reciprocal Status With U.S. Starting in 2020

Dec 16 2019 // Bermuda’s insurance market gains reciprocal status with the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2020, something that industry and business groups there are celebrating as they countdown to the new year.Reciprocal status will make...

Guy Carpenter Appoints Bermuda Execs, Including Johnston, Komposch from Aon

Nov 12 2019 // Guy Carpenter announced the appointment of Robert Johnston as chairman of Guy Carpenter’s Bermuda operations, and Peter Komposch as head of Casualty and Specialty, Bermuda, with immediate effect.Johnston has nearly...

Aon’s Turner Appointed Chairman of Ed Bermuda

Nov 7 2019 // Ed, the reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced it has appointed John Turner as chairman of Ed Bermuda.In this newly created role, Turner will “provide hands-on support to realize the potential of the...

Ascot Taps Kenahan from AWAC as Head of Excess Casualty in Bermuda

Nov 1 2019 // Ascot announced the appointment of Patrick Kenahan as head of Excess Casualty in Bermuda. In addition, Jason Pugi, Kimberley Pursell and Michael Watkins were named senior vice presidents.The team will write excess casualty...