Charman on the move at Sompo

RenaissanceRe and PGGM reveal new reinsurer

A potentially $1 billion reinsurance company has been unveiled by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd and major pension fund manager...

Catalina acquires Zurich run-off portfolio

Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd has agreed to acquire a $2 billion run-off portfolio of employers’ liability policies from...

Hiscox names new UK CEO

Hiscox has named Bob Thaker as its new UK chief executive officer, effective March 2019, subject to regulatory...

S&P improves Axis’s ratings outlook

Axis Capital Holdings’ credit ratings outlook has been upgraded by Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings to stable from...

Hong Kong aims to build ILS market

Hong Kong is aiming to create an insurance-linked securities market — a sector in which Bermuda is the global...

Axa XL donates to seven charities

Axa XL has donated more than $7,000 to seven Bermuda charities. The funds were raised through an internal sale of old branded...

Enstar in $470m joint venture

Enstar Group Ltd is partnering with German insurance giant Allianz and investment manager Hillhouse to launch a new Bermuda...

Brokerage Ed to open Bermuda branch

Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, plans to open an office in Bermuda.

The operation,...

Hamilton Re assigned A rating by KBRA

Hamilton Re’s ability to take underwriting and investment risks in a “measured and balanced way” is one of the reasons cited...

Sompo sets up US cyber team

Bermudian-based Sompo International Holdings Ltd has set up a team in the US to focus on cyber insurance.

Their...