Archive

  • Third Point launches Cayman-based life reinsurer

    03 May 2024

  • AIG's life sale could fund repurchase of half its stock by 2025, Third Point says

    09 February 2023

    Hedge fund took stake in US giant last quarter

  • How to make a SiriusPoint

    26 April 2021

    Third Point Re's merger with Sirius has created a big new Bermudian reinsurer. The former hedge fund reinsurer's chiefs talks to Sarfraz Thind about abandoning its volatile old ways and creating a more balanced life

  • Bermuda's hedge fund reinsurers move away from failing formula

    17 February 2021

    High investment return strategy has not worked, says Fitch

  • Third Point Re in $788m takeover of Sirius

    07 August 2020

    The combined company will be called SiriusPoint

  • Winners of InsuranceERM Americas Awards 2020 unveiled

    24 June 2020

    The 20 awards recognise the very best in insurance risk management serving the Americas

  • Is a Pandemic Re the answer in a post-Covid-19 world?

    15 June 2020

    Experts have debated the need for a pandemic insurance risk backstop, what it should cover and how it should be funded. Ronan McCaughey reports from the latest of InsuranceERM's Covid-19 webinar series

  • Generali sends lung ventilators amid Covid-19 emergency

    30 March 2020

    The Italian insurer's €100m fund to fight the virus paid for the equipment

  • Insurers rally in Covid-19 response

    27 March 2020

    Examples of positive action from US, Bermudian and UK insurers

  • Hedge funds bring risk and return to reinsurance business

    24 June 2014

    Hedge funds are changing the nature of reinsurance. The heavy emphasis on investment returns might serve them well in declining reinsurance markets, but there are risks involved with this approach. Sarfraz Thind reports