Higher capital requirements for European Union-based insurers from the imminent Solvency II regulations may increase the market for global reinsurers — which could be good news for the Bermuda market....
Bermuda's status as the leading reinsurance domicile is facing a "credible threat" from the likes of Dublin and Zurich, as regulatory changes and potential tax legislation encourage companies to consi...
Argus Group Holdings Ltd.'s voluntary suspension of trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) is to continue.
The suspension has lasted six weeks after the insurer and investment company said it had...
Hundreds of the leading lights of the reinsurance industry will be guests at the 'Bermuda Reception' in Monte Carlo today.
Around 500 people, including a strong contingent from the Island's reinsuranc...
Most hedge fund investors don't care whether the entities they invest in are based in offshore or onshore domiciles.
That was one of the findings of a report by global accountancy firm KPMG, entitled:...
The Argus Group has expended its reach overseas after its Gibraltar-based insurance unit bought a business in Malta.
Argus Insurance Company (Europe) acquired Fogg Insurance Agencies for an undisclose...
Bermuda residents are a step closer to having insurance coverage for their cash in the bank.
Financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority yesterday published a consultation paper on its plans fo...
XL Insurance Bermuda Ltd. (XLIB) yesterday shone the spotlight on food product safety, in the aftermath of the recall of hundreds of millions of eggs in the US.
Around 40 people, many of them brokers,...
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services last night raised its outlook on Bermuda's creditworthiness to stable from negative.
The action lifts the immediate threat of a credit downgrade...
Alterra Capital Holdings Limited, the company formed by the merger of Max Capital Group and Harbor Point Re, has amalgamated its Bermuda operating subsidiaries.
The merging of the two units, Alterra I...
