September 2022
Contents
Committed to nurturing local talent
Nancy Bewlay, CEO of AXA XL Reinsurance, on understanding the need for talent, why a climate change strategy is vital and the opportunities she sees in the casualty space.
Regulation and the pursuit of excellence
Craig Swan, chief executive officer of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, shares his perspective on what defines Bermuda as a world-class jurisdiction.
Sea legs: 50 years aboard HMS Catlin
The career of arguably the most successful insurance entrepreneur owes much to a love of the sea.
Terrible twins: what the climate-security nexus means
Climate change acts as a ‘threat multiplier’. A new report explains what reinsurers can do to help.
Risk-sharing now and beyond the Ukraine conflict
Finn McGuirk and Martin Blum discuss the macroeconomic impact of Ukraine’s conflict.
A bridge between talent and opportunity
The ABIC Education Awards programme is in its 45th year. Bermuda:Re+ILS spoke to its chair, administrator, two of this year’s awardees and a 2011 alumna.
Racial equity needs all of us
The Association for Corporate Racial Equity invites a collaborative effort on advocacy, education and community.
Rising Stars
An introduction to this year’s batch of up-and-comers, who explain the appeal of the insurance sector and their ambitions.
US-Bermuda reinsurers in good shape
The US-Bermudian reinsurance composite’s 2021 combined ratio improved six points, but inflation fears may put a wedge in various assumptions, says Greg Dickerson of AM Best.
Bermuda—Life
Why people say no (and what to do about it)
Changing a good product to entice reluctant buyers is the wrong approach, according to the keynote speaker at the annual gathering of Bermuda’s life re/insurers.
On the world stage: promoting brand Bermuda
BILTIR has tasked a new committee with enhancing international engagement. Committee chair John Hele spoke to Bermuda:Re+ILS.
The life sector draws on Bermuda’s unique qualities
The established talent, diverse expertise and a responsive regulator make this jurisdiction uniquely attractive to those who take a long-term view, a Bermuda Finance roundtable agreed.
Bermuda—ILS
The evolution of Bermuda’s ILS sector
ILS experts can now see just how far investor sentiment has come, a Bermuda Finance roundtable found.
Innovation and freeing trapped capital
Resolute Global co-founder Tom Libassi discussed with Bermuda:Re+ILS the ways the firm is continuing to build value for its investors.
The deepest cyber modeller is coming to Bermuda
DeNexus, which quantifies cyber risk for large industrial and critical infrastructure corporates, is bringing its DeRISK platform to the Island’s risk transfer sector.
