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  • Bermuda's hot life reinsurance market draws the crowds

    11 October 2024

    Last month's Biltir conference in Bermuda was busier than ever, with participants discussing everything from private equity's role, regulatory communication and Manchester United's fax machines. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Bermuda's growing cyber insurance market shows continued stability

    13 September 2024

    The island now accounts for 57% of the global cyber insurance market, BMA finds

  • Some Bermudian life re/insurers found to have liquidity shortages

    02 September 2024

    BMA says the sector overall is resilient to liquidity shocks

  • Kindley Re reveals seeking approval to use Bermuda's SBA

    02 August 2024

    Kuvare/Davidson Kempner sidecar reports income of $27m in 2023

  • Bermudian P&C insurers more reliant on individuals to manage ESG risk

    13 May 2024

    The island's regulator said the market had achieved a "good starting point" in addressing ESG risk

  • Bermuda's tax bomb is a boon, says Karel Van Hulle

    26 February 2024

    From new tax rules to an ever-expanding life market, Bermuda is in a transformational phase. Karel Van Hulle, the father of Solvency II and a BMA board member, tells Sarfraz Thind why these changes will do the market good

  • Bermuda Monetary Authority lays out insurance priorities for 2024

    25 January 2024

    The watchdog stressed the market in Bermuda remains well-capitalised

  • Bermuda regulator stalls R&Q's deals to investigate reserves and capital

    22 December 2023

    BMA was investigating R&Q's strategy after the planned sale of Accredited division

  • Top re/insurance regulatory priorities in the US and Bermuda

    27 October 2023

    Major regulatory developments are facing Bermudian and US re/insurers, and the key areas of supervisory focus on the horizon were discussed earlier this week at InsuranceERM's Bermuda conference. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Bermuda rewrites the rulebook

    27 September 2023

    The BMA's regulatory revamp for the island's insurance industry is set for liftoff. It could remove one of the key advantages insurers have sought setting up there, as Sarfraz Thind reports