Bermuda news

A recent report from ALIRT Insurance Research suggests that steady growth amongst Bermuda reinsurers and sidecars are responsible for a significant portion of the U.S. life insurance sector’s expansion in recent years.

Artemis has learned that Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has partnered with specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager Integral ILS Ltd. to establish the awaited cyber ILS fund operation in Bermuda.

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) continued to grow its market share of catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) in the second-quarter of 2026, ending the period with a record-high $70.5 billion of ILS related listings on the exchange.

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) continues to optimise its process for listing new insurance-linked securities (ILS), with a streamlining announced that will allow for guaranteed next day listings, with same day possible in certain cases, for previously approved insurance-linked securities (ILS) programmes.

Beazley’s investment in its recently established Bermuda operation continues at pace, while the company is also continuing to build-out its cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) capabilities and joint-venture with an established ILS manager, CEO Adrian Cox said today.

Aon has promoted long-standing Bermuda based employee Choisel Murray to a senior position as Global Chief Commercial Officer within the Aon Captive & Insurance Management business.

AXIS Capital, the global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter, reported another rise in fee income earned through strategic capital partner arrangements in the second-quarter of 2026, as insurance-linked securities and third-party capital activities continue to build and its Capacity Solutions capability contributes.

As the global financial services sector is currently undergoing a transitional shift which sees stablecoins moving from niche instruments into a key system of institutional finance, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has outlined how the island’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector is well placed to benefit from this form of cryptocurrency.

Bermuda again saw strong registration numbers of new catastrophe bond, insurance-linked security (ILS) and alternative or third-party reinsurance capital related entities in the first-half of 2026 and while the total dropped slightly compared to the prior year, first-time cat bond market entrants bolstered the total.

The extent to whether catastrophe bonds have truly become a mainstream investment product was a key discussion point during Artemis’ 2026 Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable, in which experts from across the ILS sector discussed whether rated bonds, pooled ILS offerings, and enhanced secondary liquidity are ready to unlock vast new sources of traditional capital.