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A group of the largest commercial re/insurers in the Bermuda market wrote nearly $100 billion in gross premiums last year. The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers released its underwriting survey, in which 21 of its 23 member companies par...

Two female industry veterans who have made it to the top in male-dominated businesses will be the speakers at an event to promote the professional development of women in the re/insurance sector. The Bermuda Insurance Institute is organising a 12-mon...

This week, Martha features the Pondstraddler Monthly Series, featuring letters from Royal Gazette readers. This month’s inquiry: “I’m a Bermudian living with my family in Australia for the past decade. We still have property in Bermuda that we are co...

The 1980s television series 21 Jump Street launched Johnny Depp’s acting career; Edward Scissorhands director Tim Burton’s dark Gothic fairytale, made him a movie star. But it was Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movies that made him rich. The origi...

Bermudian-based Limestone Re Ltd is providing nearly $700 million of capacity to US insurance giant Liberty Mutual. Limestone this week announced an issuance of $278 million in notes purchased by insurance-linked securities investors — the latest in ...

Mailboxes US Express is staking its claim to lead the internet returns market in a partnership with international courier DHL. The growth of online shopping has meant a growing market in shipping back the items that customers want to return, for vari...

Only 13 per cent of attendees at KPMG in Bermuda’s Fintech Summit last month said their company had a fintech strategy in place. However, another 46 per cent said they had a fintech strategy in development and 96 per cent believed fintech would impac...

Reinsurance rates have increased this year after last year’s expensive catastrophes but momentum is fading and could vanish heading into next year. That is the view of analysts from Standard & Poor’s, who said some Bermudian reinsurers had seen an en...

Bermudian-based Everest Re Group Ltd has launched a new transportation and logistics business segment within Everest Insurance, led by Jeff Engelbrecht. It will offer customers multiple lines of coverage, including workers’ compensation, employers’ ...

A reception to honour one of Bermuda’s captive industry stalwarts is being held on Friday. Michael Frederick Bott, who died last year, came to Bermuda in 1968 and had a long career in the captive and risk management sector. Born in the English Midla...

Bermudian-based insurance holding company Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd is to merge with asset management company Easterly Acquisition Corp. The combination will result in Sirius becoming a publicly listed company, with shares to be listed...

Two senior US insurance regulatory leaders and the chief executive officer of the UK government-backed terrorism reinsurer will be keynote speakers at a 25th anniversary leadership forum hosted by the Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers next...