special purpose insurer

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has confirmed that it plans to release a consultation paper in the fourth quarter of 2025 regarding the establishment of a new special purpose insurer (SPI) that will primarily focus on the use of parametric triggers.

During a panel session earlier today at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2025 conference, it was announced that the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) is currently in the final stages of implementing a new special purpose insurer (SPI) class that will primarily focus on the use of parametric triggers.

An expert panel has recommended that India develops its own insurance-linked securities (ILS) regulatory regime through its International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), which would include exploring the issuance of instruments such as catastrophe bonds.

Bermuda has continued to see strong registration numbers of new catastrophe bond, insurance-linked security (ILS) and alternative or third-party reinsurance capital related entities through the first-half of 2025, with the total rising slightly according to Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) data.

Speed to market is a key characteristic of Bermuda’s ILS market, but when setting up your ILS vehicle, it is also important to consider what happens at the end of its economic life, says Louise Charleson, Partner, Ocorian Law (Bermuda) Limited.

Recent changes made by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to improve processes specific for catastrophe and mortgage bonds, shows that the island is listening to its clients and being more adaptive in the face of growing competition, according to Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby.

Catastrophe bond sponsors looking to locate their issuance structures in Bermuda can now benefit from much faster licensing and registration of new cat bond vehicles, with the process streamlined to take just three working days by the regulator.

Data from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) reveals that the total assets of special purpose insurers (SPI’s) licensed in the region increased to roughly $34.34 billion as at December 31st 2015, while capital & surplus also increased when compared with the previous year, to approximately $4.5 billion.

Guernsey has updated its insurance-linked securities (ILS) rules in order to clarify the regulatory treatment of collateralised reinsurance transactions, add a full-featured SPI structure that can support catastrophe bonds and sidecars, and to speed up the approval to a one-day process.

Guernsey is seeking to build on its insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralised reinsurance activity by adding legislation to allow for special purpose insurance (SPI) vehicles, which could be catastrophe bond issuers, for the end of 2016.