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"Charman replaces Cash as Endurance CEO"

Bermudian David Cash has stepped down as Endurance’s chief executive officer and as a member of the board, with former Axis Capital CEO John Charman replacing him. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer Endurance Specialty Holdings has ele...
May 28, 2013
International Business

"Opportunity knocks for student interns"

Bermudian students who are considering careers in the insurance field began a three-week summer intern programme with the Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies yesterday. Now in its 13th year, the BFIS initiative is designed to give the students ...
May 28, 2013
International Business

"Legislation to tax Bermuda reinsurers resurrected in US Congress"

The offshore reinsurance tax debate has been revived with the introduction of two new bills in the US Congress. Two American lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would end a tax break they say favours foreign insurers — including those based...
May 27, 2013
International Business

"ILS Capital Management adds specialty reinsurance team"

Bermuda-based ILS Capital Management, Ltd, an investment management company that specialises in investing in collateralised reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS), has announced it is expanding and adding a specialty reinsurance team. ILS...
May 23, 2013
International Business

"MetLife to repatriate Bermuda reinsurance unit"

MetLife, the largest life insurer in the US, is to repatriate a Bermuda offshore reinsurance unit. The move to bring Exeter Reassurance back to America would make its business more transparent and it pleases US regulators. MetLife said it plans to me...
May 23, 2013
International Business

"Oklahoma tornado losses could top $2 billion"

The massive tornado that tore through the town of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday afternoon did an estimated $2 billion in damage, putting it on track to become the most expensive tornado in US history. That’s according to the preliminary damage estimate ...
May 23, 2013
International Business

"MetLife to repatriate Bermuda reinsurance unit"

MetLife, the largest life insurer in the US, is to repatriate a Bermuda offshore reinsurance unit. The move to bring Exeter Reassurance back to America would make its business more transparent and it pleases US regulators. MetLife said it plans to me...
May 22, 2013
International Business

Brown & Brown acquires Beecher Carlson, may grow Bermuda office

NYSE-listed Brown & Brown is to acquire insurance broker Beecher Carlson Holdings, which could mean an expansion of its Bermuda office. “The Bermuda office of Beecher Carlson will definitely continue as part of this transaction,” Robin Mehta, executi...
May 22, 2013
International Business

Bermuda’s Endurance hires Alterra casualty E&S team

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. said that Alterra’s excess and surplus (E&S) lines excess casualty team is joining the company this week. The members of Endurance’s new team all moved from Alterra Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda-based entity, w...
May 21, 2013
International Business

"$1.6 billion in new cat bonds issued in first quarter: Willis"

The first quarter of 2013 saw $1.6 billion in new catastrophe bond issuance through five deals, including three that closed at the beginning of the second quarter, according to new a report from Willis Group Holdings PLC’s Willis Capital Markets & Ad...
May 21, 2013
International Business

"Seven new insurance registrations"

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has recorded seven new insurance registrations during April. Among the new registrations is Ace’s new $95 million special purpose vehicle (SPI), Altair Re. Altair, along with fellow SPIs, Kiskadee Re ad Sanders Re, als...
May 17, 2013
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