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Discussions about the possible sale of PartnerRe have been confirmed by the company that owns the Bermudian-based reinsurer. Exor, the Italian investment firm controlled by the Agnelli family that paid about $6.9 billion for PartnerRe in 2016, in a s...

This is an update, 18 years later, of the original Moneywise article published in January 2002. It has now been 20 years since the ground-breaking, game-changing Bermuda National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Act 1998, a contributory benef...

Valentine’s Day is coming! Prepare yourself for an onslaught of Instagram posts featuring bright flowers, sparkling jewellery, and oversized teddy bears. Your feed is about to get #blessed. If you get to know me for more than ten seconds, you know th...

Global re/insurer Chubb saw its strongest premium revenue growth in five years in the fourth quarter of last year and its Bermuda underwriting operation saw strongly higher pricing. In a conference call with analysts, Evan Greenberg, chairman and chi...

Bermudian-based Argo Group has appointed Carol McFate to its board. “We’re honoured to welcome Carol to our board. This is a year of renewed opportunity for Argo Group, and strong, independent oversight is crucial to taking full advantage of it. Caro...

Malcolm Moller is the new group managing partner at international law firm Appleby. Mr Moller is joined on the firm’s board by Bermudian lawyer Cameron Adderley, who is global practice group head of corporate, and managing partner of the firm’s Hong ...

Bermudian-based MultiStrat has completed a $205 million casualty ILS reinsurance transaction covering prospective and retrospective general liability risks. The coverage was written by a protected cell of Garden Insurance Company of Vermont, MultiSt...

Fiduciary services provider Appleby Global Services has opened an office in the Republic of Seychelles. AGS was launched in January last year, and now has a presence in seven jurisdictions: Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Jersey, Isle of Man,...

American mortgage insurer Radian Group has obtained $488 million of reinsurance cover through a newly formed Bermuda special purpose insurer, Eagle Re 2020-1 Ltd. The insurance-linked notes issued by Eagle Re have been admitted for listing on the Be...

Bermudian-based Fidelis Insurance has promoted founder member Daniel Burrows to group managing director for the Fidelis Group, and Ian Burford has been appointed to chief executive officer for Fidelis Underwriting Limited. Mr Burrows joined Fidelis i...

Mortgage insurer Essent Group has acquired $495.9 million of reinsurance coverage from the capital markets for mortgage insurance policies it has written. The insurance-linked securities transaction was done through Radnor Re 2020-1 Ltd, a newly form...

Dear Dave, We’re debt-free except for our home, and we’ll have our fully funded emergency fund of three to six months of expenses, we’ve agreed on six months’ worth, saved up by the end of February. We’re also setting aside a little each month to buy...