Bermuda-based re/insurer AXIS Capital Holdings has announced that the company’s board of directors has authorised the repurchase of up to $750 million (£499 million) of the firm’s common shares. 8 December 2015
Insurance broker Ironshore International has announced an expansion strategy to establish a locally-driven presence in selected Continental European markets. 8 December 2015
Insurance firm ACE has announced the future accident and health (A&H) insurance leadership team it will appoint for the company’s overseas general insurance division. 7 December 2015
Catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has announced the continued adoption of its Touchstone platform across the insurance and reinsurance industries, including specialty markets and the Lloyd’s market. 7 December 2015
Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) has invited Canadian oil, gas and mining corporations to listen to a captive insurance webinar. 4 December 2015
Bermuda will be the base of a new hedge fund reinsurer backed by money from insurer Enstar Group and managed by UBS O’Connor, the hedge-fund within Swiss bank UBS. 4 December 2015
Aspen Insurance has appointed Karl Mayr to its board of directors as a Class III director and as a member of the board’s risk committee. 3 December 2015
