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Jeffrey Elkinson, a director in Conyers Dill & Pearman’s Litigation and Restructuring department, has been asked to lead an international arbitration course for 24 judges and lawyers from around the world, to be held at Queen’s College, Oxford from S...

Blockchain initiatives are being pursued by four out of five companies that were surveyed by PwC. Insurers and reinsurers are among those exploring the technology’s potential to transform the industry. The topic was raised at the Reinsurance Rendez-V...

Bermuda could spark a “reinsurtech” revolution, which combines insurtech with the island’s reinsurance expertise, according to panellists at an industry round table of experts hosted by AdvantageGo. The panel also noted he business environment on the...

US tax reform does not mean the end for Bermuda as a reinsurance domicile — but the new tax rules have sparked changes in the way that some risks are being managed. That was one of the takeouts from the AM Best webinar on “The State of Global Reinsur...

Bermudian reinsurer RenaissanceRe has been working with insurtech firm Piprate and broker Tiger Risk Partners on a data-sharing platform based on blockchain technology. Irish company Piprate said today that it successfully completed its first commerc...

Bermudian-based insurtech start-up Envelop Risk has struck an underwriting partnership with global re/insurer MS Amlin. Envelop, a specialty cyber re/insurance analytics and underwriting firm, made the announcement at the Rendezvous reinsurance event...

I have been reviewing the latest Auditor-General report on the Audits of the Financial Statements of the Consolidated Fund of the Government of Bermuda for period between April 2012 and the end of March 2016, as tabled in February. Readers, my sincer...

A Bermudian has been recognised as one of the legal world’s leading figures. Juliana Snelling, of Canterbury Law Limited, has been included in the Who’s Who Legal Labour and Employment 2018 publication. According to the publication, Ms Snelling “st...

As insurance-linked securities head for a record year of issuance, Brian Duperreault has spoken of the huge potential ILS presents for American International Group. He said it is a way to reduce volatility for the company, and is something that will ...

Bermuda’s reinsurance market is facing multiple challenges, but it attractiveness to companies remains strong, says ratings agency AM Best. In a report on the global reinsurance sector, Best said challenges faced by the island’s flagship industry inc...

Bermudians Amanda Burns, Laura Burns, and Alexis Haynes have completed the Appleby legal trainee programme and are moving on to the next phase of their legal careers as associates in the corporate practice group. The two-year trainee programme invol...

Member companies of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers employ nearly 16,000 people in Europe and operate in 20 EU member states. The information is highlighted in a release from Abir, based on its annual economic impact survey. The su...