Bermuda Insurance Institute luncheon tomorrow outlining the potential for risk securitisation.

Centre Re has been a leader in the push for the securitisation of risks. Mr.

Hamer previously ran Centre Re's London and Dublin operations and this summer was named president of Centre Re's new subsidiary, EpiCentre Re, spinning off a hundred million dollars in property catastrophe premiums.

Prior to joining Centre Re in 1992, Mr. Hamer was with J.P. Morgan for 15 years.

One of the fastest growing reinsurance companies in the world, Centre Re reported $3.9 billion in total assets and more than a billion dollars capital and surplus at year-end 1995.

Based in Bermuda, with subsidiaries in New York, London and Dublin, Centre Re is a full service provider of customised reinsurance, insurance and finite risk management products.