Three leading executives from UK-listed Bermuda insurers top the bill in a new event for the Island's re/insurance calendar later this month.
Barbara Merry, chief executive of Hardy Underwriting, joins Hiscox Bermuda CEO Charles Dupplin and Lancashire Holdings Ltd. president Neil McConachie for the Bermuda Reinsurance Club, sponsored by Reinsurance magazine.
The half-day event at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess will be opened by Bermuda's Deputy Premier Paula Cox and will feature three discussions: the first on the New York Stock Exchange and what it will mean to Bermuda and London markets; a look at the Class of 2005 five years on; and panel on the age-old debate on Bermuda vs London and whether the rivalry is still there. The event takes place on the morning of March 17, the day after the influential World Insurance Forum finishes.
AM Best's Senior Vice President of ratings Matt Mosher,
Reinsurance Magazine is today announcing the launch of a new event for the Bermuda reinsurance and insurance calendar - the Bermuda Reinsurance Club, on the morning of March 17th, 2010.
"We are very excited about this new event," said Katherine Blackler, editor of Reinsurance Magazine. "We have timed the event to take advantage of so many people being in Bermuda for the World Insurance Forum at the start of the week. We hope to have an exciting and interactive morning which we believe could become an annual fixture on the Bermuda conference calendar."
The Bermuda Reinsurance Club event will be chaired by Mrs Blackler and Mairi Mallon, managing director of specialist public relations company rein4ce. The panellists include: Barbara Merry, chief executive of Hardy Underwriting, AM Best's Senior Vice President of ratings Matt Mosher, Charles Dupplin, Chief Executive Officer of Hiscox Bermuda and Neil McConachie President of Lancashire Holdings Ltd, and Brad Kading, President and Executive Director of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR).
Ms Mallon, a former Bermuda Sun and Royal Gazette reporter, said: "We are aiming for some lively panel discussions. I'm particularly looking forward to the discussion on the proposed New York Insurance Exchange and what threat this might pose for Bermuda and for London markets."
