Archive

  • The thorny regulatory issue of PE and Bermudian re/insurers

    23 September 2024

    The BMA has its sights set on parent-originated illiquid investments in the GAs of Bermuda's underwriters

  • BMA reveals private credit investment weightings among Bermuda's asset-intensive re/insurers

    06 September 2024

    Alts allocations not uniformly higher than across all Bermuda's commercial long-term re/insurers

  • Bermuda regulator assesses the risks and rewards of insurers' private credit holdings

    06 September 2024

    Watchdog found over 80% of private placement and 90% of CLO holdings are IG among funded re/insurers

  • Everest bolsters institutional investment links with Mt Logan CM platform launch

    22 July 2024

    Bermudian group already has $1.5bn of third-party capital

  • S&P welcomes increased scrutiny of funded reinsurance from PRA and BMA

    06 June 2024

    Warning recapture of ceded exposures could push some BPA writers into negative solvency ratios

  • BMA regulatory reforms get thumbs up from Fitch

    01 May 2024

    Agency says changes support insurer credit profiles, while cautioning against regulatory arbitrage

  • 777 Re demoted again as illiquid asset problem lingers

    19 February 2024

    AM Best wants decrease to affiliated investments to boost 777 Re's capitalisation

  • Investments in private alternatives and related structures "not necessarily bad", BMA says

    26 October 2023

    Bermuda's regulator was speaking at Insurance Risk and Capital Bermuda 2023 conference

  • Comment - As Blackstone helps Clive Cowdery invest, watch Resolution Life's market risk

    25 January 2023

    Blackstone's existing portfolio for Bermudian Harrington Re suggests a very active approach to origination and reallocation of GA

  • Unbundling risk, liquidity and alternatives in Bermuda

    14 December 2022

    On the back of the regulator's announcement of its intention to ramp up scrutiny on Bermudians' illiquid investments, insurers discuss their approach to alternative asset classes and the 'loose' concept of illiquidity. Vincent Huck reports