Bermuda news

AXIS Capital, the specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has registered a fourth collateralized insurer class of company in Bermuda to support further expansion of its Monarch Point Re casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform in 2025.

Once again, Bermuda has shown its dominant position as a home to structures used for catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) arrangements in 2024, with companies set up for this purpose dominating registrations of new insurance and reinsurance entities in Bermuda last year.

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has maintained its position as the leading exchange in the world for the listing of insurance-linked securities (ILS) instruments in 2024, with roughly 92% of outstanding catastrophe bond issuance finding a home there as of the end of the year.

Welcoming attendees to ILS Bermuda’s 2024 Convergence event today, Jo Stanton, Chair of ILS Bermuda and Head of Finance at insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Tangency Capital explained that with hurricane Milton heading for Florida it highlights the importance of collaborations with science to drive the understanding of risk and innovation.

The life reinsurance industry in Bermuda has embraced the use of third-party capital structures and investor relationships, with sidecars now an established and growing feature of the market, Damian Cooper of PwC Bermuda explained in a recent video interview.

Hurricane Ernesto is approaching Bermuda at Category 2 strength with sustained winds of 100 mph and the large size of the tropical cyclone means the island is forecast to experience very strong winds, a storm surge and inches of rain as the third hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic tropical storm season bears down on the […]

Ernesto has now become the third hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic tropical storm season and is forecast to intensify to major Category 3 status, before weakening slightly and passing close to Bermuda as a Category 2 storm.

There are an increasing number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance formations in Bermuda that have a focus on areas of the property and casualty (P&C) market outside of natural catastrophe risks, Damian Sealy of PwC Bermuda explained in a recent video interview.

More than half of the insurance and reinsurance entities registered by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) in the first-half of 2024 were destined for catastrophe bond, collateralized reinsurance, or other insurance-linked securities (ILS) use-cases.

Appleby, the specialist global law firm and fiduciary services provider, has announced the hiring of Cathryn Minors, a lawyer with experience across insurance-linked securities (ILS), insurance and reinsurance in offshore domiciles, as a new Counsel in its Bermuda office.