ABIR News
ABIR Names New Officer Slate for Next Two Years
The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) disclosed its new slate of elected offers for 2021-2022. They are: Chair Marc Grandisson, CEO of Arch Capital Group Ltd; Deputy Chair Pina ...
Bermuda Gains Reciprocal Status With U.S. Starting Jan. 1, 2020
Bermuda's insurance market gains reciprocal status with the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2020, something that industry and business groups there are celebrating as they countdown to the new year. Reciprocal ...
Bermuda Insurers, Reinsurers Increasingly Doing Business in the European Union
For Bermuda's global insurance and reinsurance market, European policyholders and businesses are becoming increasingly beneficial partners, according to a new study from the Association of Bermuda ...
Former NAIC Leader Huff to Take Over Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers
An ex-chief insurance regulator for Missouri will take over the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers starting in January 2018. John Huff, the immediate past president of the National ...
S&P Changes Lloyd’s Outlook to Negative; Cat Loss Tallies Continue
While affirming the A+ financial strength rating of the Society of Lloyd's, S&P Global Ratings announced said Thursday that it revised the rating outlook to negative from stable in the wake of ...
Bermuda Market Leaders Assert Their Region is a Post-Brexit Haven
Four leaders of Bermuda market groups quickly issued statements last week to allay any fears that the fallout from the UK's Brexit vote would hit their market as well. "In a global economy, Bermuda ...
EC Finds Solvency II Equivalence for Bermuda
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (the Authority) and several international insurance organizations confirmed the European Commission's publication of a Delegated Act recognizing the equivalence of ...
Bermuda Adopts Solvency II ‘Equivalency’ Measures
A bulletin from Bermuda notes that the island's parliament took regulatory action this week to align its regulatory insurance procedure. The goal: recognition by the European Commission as being ...