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It was seven years ago this month that Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. If you’ve never been affected by such a disaster, you may not appreciate how it can change one’s life. Brad Fortier understands. Fortier, a certified financial plan...

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings last night reported net income of $96.4 million for the second quarter and comfortably beat analysts’ expectations. The Switzerland-based re/insurer with substantial operations in Bermuda posted operating earni...

Canopius Bermuda’s planned merger with US insurer Tower Group will have no impact on the UK-based insurer’s Bermuda operations, Canopius said yesterday. As reported in yesterday’s business section, Tower late on Monday announced it had decided to ta...

A group of Bermudian university students who got a taste of the insurance industry this summer say the experience was invaluable. The 12 students, who are majoring in everything from actuarial science and risk management to geography and zoology, we...

Tower Group is to acquire Canopius Group’s Bermuda-based reinsurance business, a move which will enable the US insurer to create a Bermuda-based holding company. The New York-based Tower Group, said last night in a statement that it was exercising a...

There’s more proof that investors are continuing to deploy capital into the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector. A study released by Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurer Aon Benfield, shows the volume of c...

I've always believed that to whom much is given, much is required. So I was intrigued by a situation a reader raised in a recent online discussion. It made me think about how little we are trained in how to help individuals we believe are in need. T...

Montpelier Re Holdings said second quarter profit jumped to $65.5 million from $23.6 million in the same period last year as pricing improved. The Bermuda-headquartered reinsurer said gross premiums written increased by 17 percent in the quarter, to...

A new scholarship has been created to honour the memory of an insurance executive who died after being paralysed in a car accident. Zurich has funded the $15,000 one-year scholarship named after Shernelle Outerbridge, the former CEO of Zurich Invest...

Thirteen of Bermuda’s top students who are planning to attend university abroad and one day pursue careers in the insurance industry have been awarded scholarships by the Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies (BFIS). The scholarships range from $...