The Bermuda Market is the first topic on the agenda of the Bermuda Re Underwriting: Building Professional Expertise conference held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess next year.The event, which is being hosted by the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), in conjunction with the Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII) and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), will be held on March 20 and 21.The conference will seek to enhance technical underwriting skills and knowledge through a technical programme featuring respected industry executives discussing issues important to today’s underwriters.The 2012 schedule includes general sessions on the Bermuda market past and present, what underwriters need to know about claims, an executive panel on industry hot topics, the RMS 2011 catastrophe model and a mock arbitration exercise.It will also feature breakout sessions on hydrofracking risks and opportunities, traditional retro versus insurance linked securities solutions, casualty small wind energy exposures, opportunities and underwriting considerations, property small wind energy exposures, negotiation skills and the rapidly-evolving landscape of cyber risk.The event is designed for re/insurance company underwriters and intermediaries, claims and financial professionals, attorneys and other professionals from the re/insurance industry.Members of ABIR and the BII receive an Association Partner Registration Rate, while the programme also awards CPD, CPCU and CLE credits.Sponsors for the event include Ace, Alterra, Arch Re, Aspen Re, Renaissance Re, SCOR, Towers Watson and XL Re.For more information contact Ann-Marie Mwombela at Mwombela[AT]reinsurance.org or at (1) 202.783.8385.