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‘Every epilogue for Bermuda is incorrect’: Burt

Bermuda Premier E. David Burt says almost every innovation in re/insurance in the past 30 years has been developed in Bermuda. This is one of a number of reasons he is bullish on why it remains a hub for new ideas.   22 June 2023

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A change in cat strategy drives specialty growth at AXA XL Reinsurance

AXA XL Reinsurance (Re) has a strategy in Bermuda of rebalancing its book by writing more speciality business. To do this, it is leveraging its footprint but changing appetite in the property-cat space, Mark Twite, CEO of AXA XL Re, Bermuda, explains.   10 May 2023

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Itasca Re’s secret sauce—made in Bermuda

New Bermuda reinsurer Itasca Re will offer insurance financing solutions to buyers and owners of commercial aircraft assets. It’s niche, but its work might just become a catalyst for a lucrative new(ish) asset class—if only others could steal its secret sauce. Bermuda:Re+ILS spoke with its CEO Kostya Zolotusky.   21 March 2023

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Thinking inside the box: parametric risk and ILS

ILS Bermuda’s Convergence conference discussed parametric protection from four perspectives: buyer, seller, intermediary and public sector.   2 December 2022

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Reduce, reuse, recycle: how to use capital efficiently

The spectre of trapped capital has heightened the desire for efficiency, according to a panel discussion during ILS Bermuda’s Convergence conference.   1 December 2022

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Green giant: how AXA XL is scaling heights on climate

Andrew MacFarlane of AXA XL explains to Bermuda:Re+ILS how he plans to keep AXA in the top tier of progress on climate risk.   15 July 2022

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Catch a wave: defining the latest startups

A hard market is the traditional trigger for new capacity and new startups on Bermuda, but that’s where the comparison ends for the latest reinsurers to disembark at Hamilton.   4 April 2022

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Developing a new economic pillar for Bermuda

Bermuda has always developed the many pillars that support its economy through being proactive and innovative. Minister of Finance the Hon. Curtis Dickinson, JP, MP, explains where he sees innovation leading the Island next: towards climate risk finance.   23 December 2021

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Faries backs Bermuda to retain position at the top of ILS

Other jurisdictions are beginning to eye the ILS market as a potential growth driver for themselves, but the recently-appointed Horseshoe CEO thinks the Island is well placed to fend off the competition.   7 December 2021

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Embracing its true destiny: QBE Re commits to Bermuda

QBE Re has a renewed appetite for reinsurance business and plans to become a real force in the market—with Bermuda being at the heart of that strategy, Tracey Gibbons, head of office, QBE Re, tells Bermuda:Re+ILS.   6 December 2021

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