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The onset of the first hard market in more than a decade will be one of the defining factors of 2018—but rates softening or staying the same could equally represent a problem for the industry, according to an end of year survey conducted by Bermuda:Re+ILS. 28 December 2017
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Reinsurance January rate increase expectations are slowly deflating in a late renewal season, analysts from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) suggested following investor meetings with key Bermudian re/insurers. 14 December 2017
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The former chief underwriting officer of Ariel Re and chief underwriting of specialist reinsurance at ILS Capital Management has launched a new venture on Bermuda planning and structuring marine, energy and aerospace reinsurance or retrocession programmes. 11 December 2017
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The Premier of Bermuda has welcomed the outcome of a 10 month investigation by the European Union that has excluded Bermuda from a so-called blacklist of countries that it claims are not doing enough to crack down on offshore avoidance schemes. 5 December 2017
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In light of stiff competition—from new entrants such as London as well as the more established players—Bermuda has worked hard to maintain its position as the stock exchange of choice for ILS. Greg Wojciechowski of the Bermuda Stock Exchange explains how Bermuda’s support of the asset class is continuing to evolve. 30 November 2017
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A lot happened quickly in the first half of 2017 including record issuance, but should that define the market for the quarters and years yet to come? Tom Johansmeyer of Verisk Insurance Solutions investigates. 1 November 2017
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As the size of its economy grows, Russia is increasingly vulnerable to the devastating effects of a big catastrophe hitting the country. To manage these growing risks, the country’s governments and insurers should consider the many advantages of using insurance-linked securities, say Kirill Savrassov of Phoenix CRetro, Clive O’Connell of McCarthy Denning, and Rom Aviv of IBI ILS Partners. 1 November 2017
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Arch Capital Group has announced that its mortgage insurance (MI) business has obtained $368 million of indemnity reinsurance from Bellemeade Re 2017-1, a special purpose insurer. 27 October 2017
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Hurricane Irma will test the infrastructure and financial wherewithal of some insurers doing business in Florida, particularly newcomers, as Chris Draghi and Michelle Baurkot of AM Best explain. 27 October 2017
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The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market on Bermuda is playing an increasingly important role on the Island, David Burt, Premier of Bermuda, told delegates at the beginning of the second and final day of the Convergence 2017 conference, organised by ILS Bermuda. 20 October 2017
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