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A new insurance firm set up with the help of Bermudian companies to provide microinsurance in the developing world is to launch its first venture in Zimbabwe. And Blue Marble Microinsurance, set up by eight major players, plans to expand the business...

Fifteen catastrophe bonds that provide protection from hurricanes to a variety of insurers could incur losses as a result of Hurricane Matthew. That is the warning from S&P Global Ratings as the Category 4 hurricane moved towards Florida last night. ...

Insurers in the UK are looking to set up in Bermuda as Britain pulls out the European Union, a top lawyer said yesterday. Chris Garrod, a director in the corporate department at law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, said: “As a result of the volatility ca...

Brian Duperreault told an audience of tech entrepreneurs how his Bermuda insurance company is using data science to improve underwriting. The Hamilton Insurance Group chairman and chief executive officer was a featured speaker at the first-ever Insur...

Reinsurance prices in the Middle East and North Africa are expected to increase after a series of major insured losses in the region during the past 12 months. That is the finding of the annual MENA Reinsurance Barometer report, which polled executiv...

Intrepidus Insurance Services, an insurance broker, has appointed Bermudian Edward “Eddie” Gouveia-DeSousa as broker. Intrepidus is a full-service independent insurance broker firm created to assist individuals and businesses in understanding, evalua...

Stephen Catlin is taking a lead role in an international public-private partnership aimed at increasing access to insurance for people living in developing countries vulnerable to catastrophes. Mr Catlin, the deputy executive chairman of Bermudian-ba...

Bermudian-based Qatar Re has been granted a licence to operate a branch office in Singapore. The company, which is headquartered in Hamilton, also has branch offices in Zurich and Dubai, and a representative office in London. The reinsurer previously...

The Dive In Festival for Diversity and Inclusion in the insurance industry in Bermuda and around the world wraps up today. The three-day festival, sponsored by XL Catlin and other companies in the industry, attracted a diverse group of attendees, in...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Former American International Group chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg says he got personally involved in an “insignificant” business deal at the insurance giant 18 years ago to teach some managers a lesson. Now, that deal is pa...

American International Group, Hamilton Insurance Group (Hamilton), and affiliates of Two Sigma Investments, LP today announced they have reached agreement to form Attune, a technology-enabled platform to serve the $80 billion US small to medium-sized...

Bermuda’s bid to attract more business from Latin America could put visiting business chiefs at risk from kidnapping, an expert warned yesterday. Elman Myers, managing director of Bermudian-based Hiscox’s special risks agency for the Americas, said t...