Spring 2022
Contents
Cover story: The bigger picture: how Bermuda is preparing for net zero
The Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, Walter Roban, outlines his commitment to securing Bermuda’s green future.
Catch a wave: defining the latest startups
A hard market is the traditional trigger for startups on Bermuda, but that’s where the comparison ends for the latest reinsurers to disembark at Hamilton.
No-brainer: Bermuda is the right place for climate risk finance
Ahead of the Bermuda BDA’s inaugural Climate Risk Summit, the agency’s CEO and chairman explain why the Island is the domicile of choice for climate risk.
Telling the story of leadership
Bermuda is ready, willing and more than capable of being the centre of climate risk finance, says Premier David Burt.
Ducks in a row: Bermuda grasps ESG
ESG factors are high up the industry’s agenda, but they can also be hard to define, measure and prioritise, a Bermuda Risk Summit panel heard.
Mistaken identity: how to spot the ‘uninsurable’
Solutions can be found through public-private partnerships, experts argued at the Bermuda Risk Summit.
No fear: Pool Re CEO urges Bermuda carriers to embrace systemic risks
Outgoing Pool Re chief Julian Enoizi thanked Bermuda’s reinsurers for their support in taking terrorism risk, and encouraged them to tackle systemic risks head-on.
Mind the gap: brokers eye fresh avenues for innovation
There are deep protection gaps to fill, but these represent some fantastic opportunities for the industry, the Bermuda Risk Summit heard.
A ‘digital nuclear bomb’: the potential impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the landscape of cyber threats. A panel of experts at the Bermuda Risk Summit examined the implications.
More than cat and climate: the protection gap that cannot be ignored
Discussions about the nature of this opportunity need to extend to cyber risk and IP, Paul Scope of Ed Broking Holdings (Bermuda).
Class of 2020: Vantage
Born at the height of the pandemic, Vantage Risk saw the enforced new ways of working, not as an inconvenience, but as an opportunity.
Class of 2020: Inari
Just as we say ‘to Google’, a new tech provider on Bermuda wants re/insurers ‘to Inari’ their data.
Class of 2020: Ariel Re
The multiline specialty reinsurer tells Bermuda:Re+ILS it has a lineage that makes its prospects better than others’.
Class of 2020: Mosaic
When Mosaic Insurance launched in February 2021, it promised the market something different.
Startups and Bermuda: a perfect pairing
Bermuda:Re+ILS explores the attractions of the Island and what the future holds.
Renewals: a Bermuda perspective
The main themes of the January renewals and what they mean for Bermuda.
CEO optimism hits 10-year high
A survey of global CEOs by PwC showed optimism about continued economic resilience.
Bermuda at the forefront of emerging risks
What is the current landscape and Bermuda’s role as a centre of innovation?
Bermuda—Life
Life lessons: learnings from a decade of BILTIR
One year on from her previous interview with Bermuda:Re+ILS Sylvia Oliveira, chair of BILTIR, brings us up to date.
The good life: Bermuda’s new economic pillar
Life is the Island’s latest big success story, said a panel at the Bermuda Risk Summit.
BILTIR goes from strength to strength
BILTIR has unveiled two new members and strengthened its board, as it prepares for another year of growth.
Bermuda—ILS
Re-underwriting and de-risking in the ILS market
Rate increases are no longer a panacea for improving underwriting results, say Emmanuel Modu and Wai Tang of AM Best
Saving grace: how ESG-conscious ILS can help the uninsured
ILS is a key solution to the $1.2 trillion protection gap, according to panellists at the Bermuda Risk Summit.
Nurturing the next generation of Bermudan talent
Under an internship scheme developed by ILS Bermuda and Bermuda College a student successfully completed an internship at Integral ILS last summer.
ILS news in brief
A roundup of some of the top stories from recent weeks.
