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Brit Ltd. Renews and Expands its Bermuda Special Purpose Insurer, Versutus

Brit Ltd. announce the renewal and expansion of the collateralized reinsurance capacity provided by the Bermuda domiciled special purpose insurer Versutus Ltd., in support of Brit’s property treaty portfolio for 2016. The special purpose insurer will be capitalised at $82.5 …

UBS Hedge Fund to Manage Money for Bermuda Reinsurer Launched by Enstar

UBS O’Connor LLC, the $6 billion hedge-fund unit within Switzerland’s biggest bank, will manage money for a new Bermuda-based reinsurance company formed by insurer Enstar Group Ltd. Aligned Re Ltd. is expected to be funded by third-party capital along with …

Xuber’s Bermuda Roundtable White Paper Summarizes Executives’ View of M&A

Xuber, Xchanging’s insurance software business, has gathered a report, which reveals that “insurance executives in Bermuda are questioning the long-term benefits of the current spate of mergers and acquisitions in the reinsurance and insurance market.” Xuber recently gathered a group …

Reinsurers’ Shopping Spree Won’t Slow Down Falling Rates – S&P Report

In a recent report Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it anticipated further mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance industry. The report – “Reinsurers’ Shopping Spree Won’t Slow Down Falling Rates” – cited the following facts to bolster its …

Tough Competition Could Pressure Global Reinsurers Ratings: S&P Report

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it will publish its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendezvous in September. The report “will provide a detailed perspective on the market, focusing on the competitive pressures that …

S&P Scores Global P/C Reinsurance Sector Risk As ‘Intermediate’

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued an intermediate insurance industry and country risk assessment (IICRA) score on the global property and casualty reinsurance sector. The report “Insurance Industry And Country Risk Assessment On The Global Property/Casualty Reinsurance Sector” gives …

Are Bermuda’s Re/Insurers ‘Victims of Their Own Success?’ S&P Report

Bermuda’s re/insurers “reaped strong earnings in 2013 despite increasing competition, persistently low investment yields, and a tepid economic recovery in the U.S. and Europe,” according to a Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services report titled “Barbarians At The Gates: Are Bermudian …

Global Reinsurer Capital at All-Time High of $540 Billion: Aon Benfield

The latest edition of the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report estimates that global reinsurer capital totaled $540 billion as of December 31, 2013, an increase of 7 percent ($35 billion) over the year, with net income up 16 percent to …