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By Keith Archibald Forbes (see About Us) exclusively for Bermuda Online
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In April 2008 it was reported that Bermuda's insurance industry is worth a staggering $6.8 million per person, if its total aggregated assets of $440 billion were distributed among the Island's population of 64,000.
The latest report by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) reveals that the Island's insurance sector is in good shape despite a softening global market after boosting its aggregate total assets by 33 percent, while increasing its gross premiums written to the tune of more than $15 billion. The BMA's findings show that the Island's insurers reported aggregate total assets of $440.4 billion over the past year, compared to $329.9 billion the previous year. Gross premiums written totaled $115.8 billion for the year, surpassing the $100.7 billion written the prior year. Of these amounts, captives accounted for $72 billion in total assets and almost $22 billion in gross premiums written. A total of 71 new insurance and reinsurance companies were established in the Bermuda market during 2007, compared to 82 in 2006, the BMA reported. The fall in registrations reflected the generally softer market conditions globally, which saw a slowing of captive incorporations. In such conditions, companies typically are able to purchase reinsurance coverage at competitive rates in the traditional commercial markets. According to the BMA, the majority of the new Bermuda market entrants for 2007 were once again Class 3 insurers, a combination of captive and commercial companies. With respect to the commercial sector, 2007 saw the formation of two Class 4 companies. This reflected the general inactivity in the property and casualty market, and the relative lack of major catastrophic events during the year, resulting in the likely record profitability of existing insurers and a sufficiency of global capital in the property/casualty sector.Bermuda, for the time being, remains the leading single top offshore risk financing center. Many Lloyds of London insurers and reinsurers have re-domiciled from London to Bermuda. More than 13 of the world’s top 40 reinsurers are based in Bermuda, and Bermuda is the fourth largest reinsurance market in the world after Germany, the US and Switzerland. Bermuda-based reinsurers’ total net written reinsurance premiums exceeds those of London-based reinsurers.
The capitalization of Bermuda's reinsurance industry rose more than 20 percent to reach $129 billion by the end of the third quarter of 2007.
That is greater than the 2006 gross domestic product of many countries, including Pakistan and New Zealand and oil-producing Nigeria, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) figures. In 2007 lack of catastrophes enabled the Island's reinsurers to pay out less in claims and retain more of their earnings. Reinsurers managed to return $9.4 billion to shareholders in 2007, a 200 percent increase over 2006. In addition, more than $2 billion in share repurchases were executed. Reinsurance rates for January contract renewals had fallen by nine percent world-wide, driven by excess supply and fuelled by a combination of strong profits and low losses.On July 20, 2007 Bermuda's leading role in providing reinsurance cover to the USA was underlined by the latest report from the Washington DC-based Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). It reported the US ceded $54.7 billion in premiums to offshore reinsurers in 2006 and ceded recoverables of $114.2bn. The largest markets for unaffiliated premiums ceded and recoverables due were Bermuda, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Germany, Cayman Islands, Switzerland and Barbados. One concern raised by the RAA is the possibility that US companies may be at risk because of offshore reinsurance deals. "It is especially important in light of the current public policy debate regarding the reduction in collateral requirements for unlicensed, unauthorized reinsurers that are not subject to US regulatory and solvency requirements," states the RAA. "The outcome of this policy debate could have significant implications to the solvency of US companies, as reinsurance recoverable from offshore companies continue to increase." The RAA has prepared a comprehensive report, entitled the Offshore Reinsurance in the US Market: 2006 Data, which tracks trends in the buying of reinsurance as it impacts the US and aims to provide policymakers and the public with data and analysis about the US reinsurance market. Figures show there has been a 11.9 percent decrease in the level of premiums ceded from the US to offshore reinsurers between 2005 and 2006, and a 7.8 percent decline in recoverables. "Offshore companies' share of US unaffiliated reinsurance premium increased to 53.1 percent from 51.8 percent, while the market share of offshore companies and US subsidiaries of offshore companies decreased to 84.5 percent of US unaffiliated reinsurance premium from 85.4 percent," said the RAA. The organisation notes that total US premiums ceded to affiliated offshore reinsurers decreased by 16.3 percent to $32.5m while net recoverables due from affiliated offshore reinsurers increased 2.8 percent to $70.8bn. The RAA warns: "Data suggests the current US regulatory environment and 100 percent collateral requirements for unauthorized reinsurers is not a significant barrier for offshore companies as they account for more than half of the US unaffiliated reinsurance market. "An offshore company can participate in the US market by becoming licensed in the states in which it does business, by establishing a US affiliate licensed in the states in which it does business or by posting collateral in the US. In 2006, offshore companies and US subsidiaries of offshore companies accounted for 84.5 percent of the US reinsurance market."
But on March 27, 2007 it was reported Bermuda has lost out to the likes of Guernsey and Ireland when it comes to attracting captives linked to UK companies. A survey showed Bermuda’s share of the UK-generated captive market declined from 19 percent to 15 percent, while Guernsey and Ireland increased their share of the market significantly. The reason for the changing fortunes appears to be down to the ability to secure the same benefits in offshore jurisdictions much closer to mainland UK. Also, Malta is expected to increase its number of captive formations as it benefits from its membership of the European Union. The report on the growing popularity of captives with UK companies surveyed 94 of 350 identifiable captives owned by UK companies. In the 11-year period used for comparison Guernsey’s share of the market increased from 42 percent to 50 percent and the Republic of Ireland’s from two percent to eight, by contrast Bermuda’s decreased by four percent, the Isle of Man’s share dropped from 31 to 21 percent and Jersey and Gibraltar remained on one percent. The two other significant jurisdictions of Vermont and Cayman both dropped from two percent to one percent in the survey.
Please note the following:
All Bermuda-based insurance companies shown below are incorporated with limited liability. They all have "Ltd" in their official corporate name. Purely to save space, the author avoids showing "Ltd" in each and every case.
No UK laws apply in Bermuda to Bermuda-registered companies. There is no equivalent to the UK's Companies House. To research any particular company, or any not shown below, ask the Registrar of Companies or the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), both of the Bermuda Government, under whose jurisdiction they fall. Please do NOT ask this author.
Bermuda companies can incorporate and set up shop quickly. Advantages include no income taxes (but there is a growing Employment tax payable by employers and employees, based on employment income) and few restrictions as to how Bermuda companies can invest their assets and deploy capital, not to mention the island's close proximity to the largest insurance market in the world, the USA. These factors, along with the current favorable market conditions, have contributed to the robust financial performance of the Bermuda insurance and reinsurance market. They are exempted from Bermuda's domestic company requirements of being at least 60% beneficially owned by Bermudians. They can trade anywhere in the world except as a local company in Bermuda (They cannot write any business for Bermuda residents, only with other international or exempted companies). The regulatory environment is exceptionally favorable to them in Bermuda - so much so that many international businesses, including insurers, now have their Bermuda-incorporated and Bermuda-based companies as their registered offices and their companies beyond Bermuda as their subsidiaries. Unlike in the USA from where the vast majority of companies come for corporate inversions in Bermuda, there is no legal requirement in Bermuda for their CEOs to personally certify their company's financial results if of the requisite size, but some of the better ones do so on a voluntary basis. Insurance Business Fees are as shown.
They come mostly - but not solely - from the USA. There has been much publicity from the USA about this, especially from unions and certain Democrats. But reasons to relocate to Bermuda as corporate inversions arise out of the USA's own tax code. Amending it would be the best way to remove such unintended incentives.
Bermuda-based but USA-owned or USA-operated companies can sue or be sued in the USA following a US Supreme Court ruling. Also, from 2003, if relocating to Bermuda from the USA or owned by US investors, they may soon have to tell shareholders they may face capital gains taxes in the USA.
Some prominent American-owned insurance companies do not mention on their websites that they have an office in Bermuda. One reason for it is that they are not allowed to do in Bermuda what they are allowed to do in the UK, Britain, Asia, etc, namely to operate and sell local insurance products to local customers either in their own corporate name or through local subsidiaries and branches. In some countries - again, not Bermuda - they also offer products to small-to-medium sized businesses as well as life and health products.
Bermuda-based American International Ltd, a leading international insurer. Photo by author Keith Archibald Forbes solely for Bermuda Online.
Bermuda's insurers are in four classes of capital and surplus. They are mentioned in more detail below. They all have specific reporting requirements, solvency margins and actuarial certification. Insurance (and other) companies can be incorporated either by registration using the provisions of the Companies Act or by private Act of Parliament. Incorporation by registration normally takes about two weeks but in exceptional circumstances can be accomplished in a matter of days. Private Acts of Parliament usually apply when the company requires special objects, powers or abilities substantially different from the menu in the Companies Act.
The latter is responsible for processing applications and recommending to the Ministry of Finance that companies be incorporated, partnerships be formed, collective insurance schemes be established and permits be issued to effect an accredited business presence in Bermuda. When the application has been reviewed by all parties, the BMA will present the application to the Ministry of Finance with the appropriate recommendations with regard to the Minister issuing a consent to register the company. The Minister may, at his discretion, impose any terms or conditions on a consent to register a company.
More Bermuda-based international insurance companies. Photo by author Keith Archibald Forbes solely for Bermuda Online.
| Name | Details |
| AAA Risk Solutions | |
| Aberdeen Assurance (Bermuda) | Formed 13 May 2003. Class 1. |
| ABIC Insurance | Formed 20 October 2003. Class 3. |
| Acadia Life International | P. O. Box HM 2064, Hamilton HM HX. |
| Acadia Life | As above |
| Accord Re | 28 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-4006. Fax 292-3865. |
| Accord Underwriting Agency | Continental Building, 25 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-4006. |
| Ace Group of Companies | Rated A+. World HQ in Bermuda. Ace Building, 30 Woodbourne Avenue, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-5200. Fax 295-5221. P. O. Box HM 1015, Hamilton HM DX, Bermuda. Subsidiaries include ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd; ACE Capital Re International Ltd (phone 292-2603); ACE Risk Management International Ltd; ACE Tempest Life Reinsurance Ltd; ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. Regional headquarters are Bermuda, London, including Lloyd's Syndicate 2488, Stamford and Dublin. |
| Ace Tempest Re Group | the reinsurance division of the Ace Group of Companies. In 2007 established an underwriting presence at Lloyd's Reinsurance Company (China) Limited, Lloyd's new licensed reinsurance company based in Shanghai. Offers all lines of property and casualty facultative and treaty reinsurance to the Chinese market, fully supported by Ace's existing Lloyd's Syndicate 2488. |
| Advent Re | Formed December 2006 |
| AEGIS Electric & Gas Insurance Solutions | Incorporated 1January 2002. Class 3. |
| Aetna Life and Casualty (Bermuda) | |
| AFC Re | Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. 292-1361. Fax 299-8813 |
| Affiliates Insurers | Formed 23 October 2002. Class 3. |
| Agatha Re | Incorporated 28 November 2001. Class 3. |
| AIG Cat Excess Liability | P. O. Box HM 152, Hamilton HM AX. Formerly Starr Excess International. Has between 500 and 600 clients in Bermuda. A property and casualty subsidiary of AIG providing catastrophic excess liability products, services and solutions plus capability to offer policies on an admitted basis. |
| Airline Mutual Insurance | Managed by Thomas Miller (Bermuda) Ltd |
| Airways Assurance | C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman |
| Aggcap Insurance | Incorporated 15 March 2002. Class 2. |
| Alea Group Holdings (Bermuda) | Crown House, 3rd Floor, 4 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Or P. O. Box HM 2983, Hamilton HM MX. 296-9150. Alea Bermuda Ltd. is a property and casualty insurance company. Also with offices in Bahrain, Basle, Jersey (CI), Kuala Lumpur, London, New York, Norwalk (CT), Rocky Hill, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo and Tunis. Now owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC, which manages private equity and hedge funds. |
| Alea (Bermuda) | P. O. Box HM 2983, Hamilton HM MX. A member of the Alea Group. Underwriting for Aviation and Space, Finite and CAT. |
| Aelous Re | Incorporated June 2006. Another post-Hurricane Katrina start-up with a capital base exceeding $1 billion. The bulk of the investment came from two private equity investors, Warburg Pincus and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. Founded by Peter Appel and David Eklund as the reinsurance unit of Aelous Ltd. Provides fully collateralized property catastrophe protection to insurers and reinsurers on both an ultimate net loss and industry loss warranty basis. |
| AlfaStar Insurance Group | formerly Stirling Cooke Brown. Chairman Stephen Crane. |
| Allianz Risk Transfer (Bermuda) - (ART) | 55 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. 295-4722. Fax 295-2867. Allianz is the leading insurer in Germany and Austria. |
| Allied World Assurance Company - (AWAC) | Bermuda Commercial Bank Building, 43 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 278-5400. Fax 296-3428. P. O. Box 3010, Hamilton HM MX.. A commercial property, casualty. reinsurance and specialty lines insurer. Incorporated 13 November 2001. Property and catastrophe insurance and reinsurance. With US$1.5 billion in capital. A joint venture between American International Group Inc, Chubb Corporation, GS Capital Partners 2000 LP, an investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs & Co. Class 4. Also in Dublin. |
| Alternative Reinsurance | C/o Conyers Dill & Pearman, Bermuda. |
| Amerimed Insurance | Incorporated November 6, 2002. Class 1. |
| Amlin Bermuda | 2005. Class 4. Largest independent Lloyd's insurance group. Parent is Amlin plc of UK. With total capital in the region of $1 billion. |
| American Senterfitt Insurance Company | Incorporated 30 October 2001. Class 1. |
| American Fire & Marine | 48 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 295-6986 |
| American General Life of Bermuda | A subsidiary of American General Corp. In 2001, it took over and renamed Templeton General Life of Bermuda Ltd. Taken over in 2001 by AIG |
| American Indemnity Insurance Company | Belvedere Building, Pitt's Bay Road, Pembroke. Phone 292-7569 |
| American International Underwriters Group (Bermuda) | 29 Richmond Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 295-2121. Fax 292-6735. Owned by American International Group, world's largest insurer by market value, founded in Shanghai, China, in 1919. New York-headquartered but with a prominent Bermuda office. |
| American Investors Insurance (Bermuda) | |
| American & Overseas Reinsurance Management Company | |
| American Safety Insurance Holdings | (770) 485-4310. Toll free: (800) 388-3647. Fax: (770) 952-7507. |
| Amerisure Re (Bermuda) | Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton. |
| Amlin Bermuda | Incorporated 24 October 2005. A new $1 billion reinsurer being formed by Amlin, one of the largest UK-listed Lloyd’s insurers. |
| Anderson Hill Insurance | |
| ANECO Reinsurance Co | The first publicly held reinsurance firm in Bermuda. |
| Annuity & Life Reinsurance | Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 98, Hamilton HM AX. Lawrence S. Doyle. Arrived 1998. A subsidiary of Annuity & Life Re America, formerly Capitol Bankers Life Insurance Company. Provided annuity and life reinsurance to insurers through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Annuity and Life Reassurance, Ltd. and Annuity and Life Reassurance America, Inc. |
| Aon (Bermuda) | Phone (441) 295-0265. Top floor, Cumberland House, Victoria Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 2450, Hamilton HM JX. Specialist insurance, broking, reinsurance expertise and consulting. One of the first in Bermuda. |
| Aquila Energy Re | Aquila Inc. of the USA is a leading wholesaler of electric power and natural gas. It was seriously buffeted by the Enron fiasco. As a result, the Bermuda company is wound down its operations. It closed its Bermuda office and reduced its staff to 1. |
| Arcata National Insurance | Incorporated 13 December 2001. Class 2. |
| Archimedes Risk Solutions | Incorporated 3 June 2002. Class 2. |
| Arch Reinsurance | Craig Appin House, Wesley Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. Telephone (441) 296-8240. P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. Broad-based multi-line reinsurance. Originally Risk Capital Reinsurance Company. Capital US$ 1 billion. Moved to Bermuda from Delaware on November 8, 2000 to avoid US taxes. Part of Arch Capital Group of USA. Arch Capital Group Bermuda and Arch Merger Corporation were formed in July 2000. More than 25 percent is owned by XL Capital. In 2000, Arch acquired Hales, a private American merchant bank specializing in insurance. Class 4. |
| Ardra Insurance Company | Owned by Richard and Jean DiLoreto of USA. |
| Argo Group International Holding | Formed by the 2007 merger between PXRE and US insurer Argonaut Group, 110 Pitts Bay Road, formerly the office of PXRE. An international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in niche areas of the property and casualty market. |
| Argus Insurance Company | Local. 12 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1064, Hamilton HM EX. Telephone 295-2021. Fax 292-6763. Argus expanded its property and casualty portfolios with the acquisitions of Bermuda-based Aviva Plc. and the Gibraltar property and casualty company, Norwich Union International Insurance. |
| Argus International Life Bermuda | see above |
| Ariel Re | Incorporated 2005 by by former ACE executive Don Kramer and investors. Queen Street, Hamilton. The company took over the infrastructure and offices of reinsurer Rosemont Re, a Bermuda company owned by troubled UK parent, Goshawk Insurance Holdings Plc., that is now effectively in run-off. |
| ARIA Ltd | Incorporated 21 January 2002. Class 3. |
| Ark Syndicate Management | 2007. A Bermuda-based holding company, with investors including Swiss Re and Lehman Brothers, as a new Lloyd's of London underwriting vehicle. Approved by Britain's Financial Services Authority and Lloyd's, it underwrites a diversified book of insurance and reinsurance in marine, energy, property and casualty classes. |
| Arlington Insurance Company | Formed 9 October 2002. Class 3. |
| Armitage International Insurance | Incorporated September 21, 2001. Class 1. |
| Arrow Capital | Incorporated 24 October 2005. Owned by investment firm Goldman Sachs Group, and is an addition to Arrow Re. |
| Arrow Reinsurance Co | 2005. Class 4. Wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc of New York. |
| Artex Underwriting Managers | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (Bermuda) Ltd, Sofia House, 48 Church Street, P. O. Box HM 2000, Hamilton HM HX. |
| Arthur J. Gallagher Intermediaries (Bermuda) | Sofia House, 48 Church Street, P. O. Box HM 2000, Hamilton HM HX. A subsidiary of Arthur G. Gallagher & Co. Ltd, 4th largest insurance brokerage in the world. |
| Ascend Financial Services | Incorporated 2004 as an imported financial guaranty reinsurer to Bermuda |
| Ascend Guaranty | as above |
| Ascend Insurance Group | as above |
| Ascendant | Formed late 2005 |
| Asco Bermuda | Incorporated 22 March 2002. Class 1. |
| Aspen Insurance | P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. Incorporated late 2002. Commenced operations in Bermuda in December 2002 as a Class 4. Property and casualty. Capitalized at US$200 million. |
| Aspen Insurance Holdings | Holding company of above, formally known as Exali Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. Also owns Wellington Reinsurance Ltd, based in London. |
| Asset Alliance Reinsurance | Incorporated 30 October 2001. Class 3. |
| Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services (AEGIS) | One of the principal Bermuda companies. |
| Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers | A trade group representing the major entities, with a list of their members and other principal links. |
| Assured Guaranty | Incorporated 2003 when ACE Limited spun off its financial guaranty arm. Its US direct financial guaranty insurer is Assured Guaranty Corp. |
| Assurex Global Reinsurance | 3 October 2003. Class 2. |
| Atlantic Star Insurance | Formerly Stirling Cooke Brown. |
| Atrax Medical Group | |
| Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society (Bermuda) | Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. 0. Box HM 1289, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 292-9989. A large mutual insurance company providing professional liability coverage to member USA law firms. US operations include ALAS in Chicago. |
| Aviva Plc | See under Argus |
| AWCI Insurance Company | 17 October 2003. Class 2. |
| Axa Insurance PLC | 75 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Telephone 296-3600. Fax 295-6209. |
| Axa Financial (Bermuda) | Formed 25 November 2003. Long Term. As above |
| Axa Re | Owned by above |
| Axis Capital Holdings | See below. John Charman is CEO/President/Director of Bermuda-based Axis Capital Holdings Ltd and Axis Specialty Ltd. |
| Axis Specialty | Mayflower Building, Par-la-Ville and former Partner Re Building, Pitts Bay Road. Incorporated 8 November 2001. Property, aviation, war and other insurance. Formed by March & McLennan Cos. Inc. with US$1.6 billion in capital. Class 4. |
| Banyan Re | Formed 25 April 2003. Class 3. |
| Barmas Insurance Co. | Incorporated 1 October 2001. Class 1. |
| Bay Point Re | Incorporated May 29, 2006. Harbor Point’s so-called ‘side car’ vehicle. As a sidecar, it provides reinsurance for short-tail business to Harbor Point. |
| BB&T Insurance Company | Incorporated 15 November 2001. Class 3. |
| B&C International Insurance Company | Incorporated 3 July 2002. Class 3. |
| BF&M Insurance Group | Local. 112 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 06. Telephone 295-5566. Fax 292-8604. |
| Bejar Indemnity (Bermuda) | Incorporated 2 May 2002. Class 3. |
| Bellago Insurance | |
| Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp | A Warren Buffet company. 2007. His Berkshire Hathaway investment company, also Bermuda owned, injected $5bn into to this bond insurance company. |
| Bermaco Insurance Company | Chevron House, Hamilton. Phone 295-2187 |
| Bermuda Life Insurance Company | Local. Part of the Argus Group. 12 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1064, Hamilton HM EX. Telephone 295-2021. Fax 292-6763. |
| Bermuda Provident Company | Local. Armoury Building, Reid Street, Hamilton. Telephone 295-3758. Fax 292-1210. |
| Benfield Grieg (Bermuda) | Wessex House, Reid Street, Hamilton. Incorporated June 2002, initially with capital of US$12,000 but now increased to $2.6 billion. World's largest exclusive reinsurance broker. UK-based. Also has non-insurance subsidiaries. US operations are Benfield Blanch Inc. UK operations are Benfield Group PLC. Benfield Grieg remains the trading name for reinsurance broking operations outside the USA. |
| Biomet Insurance | Formed 17 June 2003. Class 3. |
| Blue Ocean Reinsurance | 2005. Due to a $133 million investment by Montpelier Re Holdings. It offers retrocessional protection, or reinsurance for reinsurers, in the property catastrophe market and does so to parties other than Montpelier. |
| Blue Reinsurance | Formed 6 June 2003 |
| Bott & Associates | |
| Bridge Re | |
| British American Insurance Company | Local. 133 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Telephone 292-2020. Fax 295-6124. |
| BrokerageAmerica LLC | Of New York, with a Bermuda office. |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Insurance Co. | Incorporated 22 May 2002. Class 2. |
| BW Assurance Corporation | Incorporated 23 September 2002. Class 2. |
| Cahow Insurance | Incorporated 22 July 2002. Class 1. |
| Canada Life Insurance Company | Represented in Bermuda by Kitson & Company. 20 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11. Telephone 295-2525. |
| Canada Life Financial Corporation | Established in 1999, holding company for Canada Life. |
| Canopy Assurance | Incorporated 15 November 2001. Class 1. |
| Captech Reinsurance Company | C/o Trott & Duncan |
| CARE Ltd. | Incorporated 4 September 2002. Class 2. |
| Carter Insurance Company | Incorporated 25 November 2003. Class 1 |
| Carolina Re | Collapsed following investigation of US-based Fortress Re. |
| CastlePoint Holdings | Since November 2005. A Hamilton-based holding company that provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance products and services primarily to small insurance companies and programme underwriting agents in the US. Tower Group Inc., a New York-based specialty property and casualty insurance company, was CastlePoint’s sponsor, has a 16% interest and is the company’s largest customer, according to the prospectus filed in 2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| CastlePoint Re | See above |
| Castle Re Insurance Company | Incorporated 7 November 2001. Long Term. |
| Castlewood | Subsidiary of Castlewood Holdings Ltd. |
| Castlewood Holdings | Incorporated in November 2001 with Trident Holdings and a group of investors known as Castlewood Principals to manage and acquire insurance and reinsurance companies including those in liquidation and to provide management, consulting and other services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton. |
| Castlewood Risk Management (CRM) | P. O. Box HM 2267, Hamilton HM JX. One of the above companies. Changed its name from Powerscourt Group Ltd - established by Irish resident John Kane - which had taken its name from the mansion, gardens and business operations of Powerscourt in Ireland owned by the Slazenger family. A privately owned professional insurance services company headquartered in Bermuda. Castlewood also has offices in the Lloyd's Building in London and Guildford near London. |
| Catlin Insurance Company (CICL) | Swan Building, Victoria Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1287, Hamilton HM FX. Incorporated by WestGen. Lloyds of London insurer and reinsurer. A member of the Catlin Group. Rated A by AM Best. |
| Catlin Westgen Group | Owners of above. |
| Cat Pool Re | Incorporated 1 October 2001. Class 3. |
| CATRisk | A holding company and reinsurance operating company that has assumed 50% of the business of St. Paul Travelers CATRisk operation pending its acquisition by affiliates of San Francisco private equity investors Hellman & Friedman LLC and Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC. A specialty property and casualty insurer providing coverage for clients with significant catastrophe exposures. The company provides non-admitted homeowners insurance primarily in Florida and Texas and admitted residential earthquake in California and Washington. It operates through three interrelated specialty insurance companies: residential earthquake insurers, GeoVera Insurance Company and Pacific Select Property, and surplus lines carrier, USF&G Specialty Insurance Company. |
| Centre Solutions (Bermuda) | Rated A. One of Bermuda's top reinsurers. Since 1988. Waterfront, Zurich Centre, Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke. (441) 295-8501. (441) 295-3705. Name changed from Centre Re in 1998. Bought by Zurich in 1991 for a reported US$ 7 billion. Parent is Zurich Financial Services. Many offices overseas. |
| Centurion Insurance Services | Local. Part of the Argus Group. Craig Appin House, 8 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. Telephone 296-2000. Fax 295-8637. |
| CFM Insurance Managers | 3rd Floor, 44 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 296-1051. |
| CFTS Bermuda | Incorporated November 2003 |
| Champlain Insurance Company | Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 292-6357. (441) 292-1893. Voice mail extension 229 at (441) 295-3550. |
| Charles Taylor & Company (Bermuda) | |
| Chelsea Insurance Co | Incorporated 1 May 2002. Class 3. |
| Chevron International | |
| Chiquita International | |
| Chubb Atlantic Indemnity | Belvedere Building, 69 Pitt's Bay Road, Hamilton HM 08. (441) 292-7343. (441) 296-1728. Owned by Chubb in USA. There is also Chubb Re, Inc. |
| CIFG Holding and CIFG Guaranty | A $1.4 billion French insurance and reinsurance organization that moved its headquarters to Bermuda in 2007. It's CIFG Europe will stay a French-resident entity and CIFG Assurance North America will remain a New York-domiciled company. It provides insurance and reinsurance for investment grade transactions in the structured finance, public finance and project finance markets in the US and Europe. A major shareholder is Natixis, offering a range of business activities and services in the retail, commercial and investment banking sectors. |
| CIG Re | September 2004. Suite 1774, 48 Par la Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11. A Citadel hedge fund company, as the result of pressure to put new investment money to work. |
| CIS | Incorporated in Bermuda 27 September 2001. Class 3. |
| Citygroup Inc | CEO Sanford Weill. |
| Citycorp International Insurance Trust | Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 298-6666. (441) 298-6611 |
| CNA Butterfield & Son | 1 Park Road, Hamilton HM 09. Telephone 295-5519. Fax 292-7972. |
| CNA Risk Services | |
| Colonial Group International Company | Jardine House, 33-35 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. Or P. O. Box HM 1559, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 296-3700. |
| Colonial Insurance Group | As above. Local. |
| Colonial Medical Insurance | As above. Phone 296-3200. |
| Colonial Private Trustee | As above |
| Commercial Guarantee Assurance | Craig Appin House, 8 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. Phone 296-3165. |
| Commercial Risk Partners | Subsidiary of French reinsurer SCOR. |
| Commercial Risk Reinsurance Co | The Waterfront, 96 Pitt's Bay Road, Pembroke HM 12. Phone 292-9744. Fax 292-9743. Established by Commercial Risk Partners. |
| Compass | |
| Concord Re | AIG's $730 million Bermuda-based sidecar set up in August 2006 to reinsure US property risks written by AIG subsidiary Lexington Insurance Co. |
| Converium Holdings AG | Since October 2001, assumed third party reinsurance business operations of Zurich Financial Services. A global lead reinsurer for all major lines of non-life and life insurance organized around four underwriting hubs. |
| CRM Holdings |
US compensation insurance specialist, New York subsidiary is Compensation Risk Managers |
| Cross Bay Capital Re | 2007, Class 3 |
| Crown Colony Insurance Company | Formed 18 September 2002. Class 1. |
| CTFS Bermuda | Formed 25 October 2003. Class 3 and Long Term. |
| Curelife | Incorporated 22 November 2001. Long Term. |
| Cyprus Reinsurance | |
| Cyrus Re | Formed late
2005, after the industry was hit by billion dollar claims from heavy
hurricane activity. With lead investor Highfields Capital, a
Boston-based hedge fund company, to provide reinsurance under a
quota-share treaty to XL.
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| Cyrus Reinsurance 2 | A sidecar of XL Re Ltd |
| Danish Re Bermuda) | A Bermuda-registered global insurer underwriting at Lloyds of London |
| Danube Insurance | |
| D'Artagnan Re Bermuda | Incorporated September 2002. Class 4. |
| D'Artagnan Holdings | Incorporated 5 August 2002 by a group of former Axa Re directors to hold the above. |
| Da Vinci Re | Incorporated in Bermuda 21 December 2001. Renaissance House, 8 Crow Lane, East Broadway, Pembroke. P. O. Box HM 2547, HM GX, Bermuda. CEO James Stanard. Property catastrophe and casualty cover on a world-wide basis. With US$500 million in capital by Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. and State Farm Mutual Reinsurance Company. Managed by Renaissance Underwriting Managers Ltd. 55 staff in Bermuda, all in offices of Renaissance Re. No staff work specifically for Da Vinci Re. Class 4. |
| Durham Casualty Company | Incorporated in Bermuda 24 October 2001 after September 11, 2001 World Trade Center loss. Class 1. |
| Eastport Insurance Company | Windsor Place, 18 Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-5425. |
| Electronics Technology Insurance Company | Incorporated November 2003. Class 2 |
| Element Reinsurance | |
| Elwood Insurance Limited | |
| Emlico | General Electric's Bermuda-based captive, in liquidation |
| Empyrean Re | 2007. Capitalized with $150 million of equity capital, by the London-based Man Group plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Man Group Holdings Ltd., the asset management division of Man Group plc. Operates as a Bermuda-based reinsurer writing direct, reinsurance and retrocessional short-term trade credit coverage produced through the broker market. Empyrean Re’s assets will be partially invested in high quality, short-term fixed income securities and partially invested in a fund of funds, namely RMF Four Seasons, a diversified portfolio from a Man Group plc subsidiary. Man Group plc is a global provider of alternative investments products and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EMG: LN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100. |
| Endurance Specialty Insurance | Incorporated 26 November 2001. Zurich Centre, 90 Pitt's Bay Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone (441) 278-0400. Fax (441) 278-0401. Major investors include Aon Corporation, Zurich Financial Services, Capital Z Financial Services, Fund II, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Texas Pacific Group and Perry Capital. Offers business including property/casualty reinsurance, excess workers compensation reinsurance, aviation liability, D&O insurance and excess general liability. Class 4. |
| Energy Risk | Since April 2005. Class 1. |
| Enhance Reinsurance Bermuda | |
| Enron Re | The reinsurance unit of Enron Corp in USA that applied for bankruptcy protection. It has assets including US$7.9 million and a reported $8.93 million in liabilities. It was one of 7 Enron Bermuda-registered subsidiaries. |
| Enstar Group | A 2006 holding company of Enstar USA based in Georgia, USA, operating several equity affiliates in the financial services industry. Together with Trident Holdings and a group of investors known as Castlewood Principals, it formed Castlewood Holdings in Bermuda in November, 2001 to pursue the management and acquisition of insurance and reinsurance companies, including companies in run-off, and to provide management, consulting and other services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. AMP Limited, Australia's biggest life insurer, sold its Cobalt-Gordian reinsurance businesses to Enstar Group for A$585 million ($518 million) in late 2007. |
| Enterprise Re | Purchased by Imagine Re in June 2001 |
| Eon Group | January 2008. Class 2. |
| ESG Re | A supplier of reinsurance, specializing in life accident and health product development, as well as direct insurance to financial institutions. Although Bermuda-based, it also has offices in London, Dublin, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. |
| E-Trade Re | Formed 23 October 2002. Class 3. |
| Equator Reinsurances | Bermuda-based, incorporated by Act of Parliament 20 March 2002 |
| European Insurance Company of Zurich | P. O. Box HM 1767, Hamilton HM GX. |
| European Finance Reinsurance | Incorporated 2002. Class 3 and Long Term. |
| Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda) | Rated A+. One of Bermuda's top reinsurers internationally. Formed in 2000. Writes primary and excess property insurance for US Fortune 500 firms and global accounts. |
| Evergreen Insurance Co. | P. O. Box HM 2775, Hamilton HM LX. (441) 296-2977. (441) 296-4565 |
| Exporters Insurance Company | Ace Building, 30 Woodbourne Avenue, Hamilton HM 08. (441) 296-1745. (441) 292-8662. Trade credit insurer. |
| FGS (Bermuda) | Incorporated 17 September 2001. Class 1. |
| Falvey Insurance Co. | Incorporated 28 February 2002. Class 2. |
| Financial Security Assurance International | XL House, 1 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1272, Hamilton HM FX. Phone 292-6683. Fax 292-4338. |
| Finance & Risk Services | |
| Fine Art Insurance Co. | Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 292-3433. (441) 297-9787 |
| Fitzwilliam Insurance | Incorporated 15 March 2002. Class 3. |
| Flagstone Re | Incorporated December 2005 in the wake of the devastation of hurricanes Wilma, Rita and Katrina on the US by Bermuda hedge fund management company West End Capital and based out of the latter's Church Street offices. Writes property, property catastrophe and specialty and casualty reinsurance. While its main underwriting office is in Bermuda, its data centre and back officer work is done in Halifax, Nova Scotia and part of its catastrophe modeling and risk analysis is done in the low cost jurisdiction of Hyderabad in India. The company is also building up a separate European underwriting platform in Switzerland, while its international reinsurance marketing is carried out in London. It has a 28.5 percent stake in Cayman Islands-based insurer Island Heritage Holdings Ltd. Employs 95 people globally, of which around one-third work at its Church Street offices. The others are spread out, mostly in Canada and India, but also at small offices in London and Switzerland. "The company realised that in certain jobs it is hard to get the locals to do the work because of limited availability, so rather than try to have those jobs in Bermuda where you have to get the people through immigration and there is the high costs, we decided to have them from the very beginning somewhere else. So what we have is access to lots of big talent pools and no immigration problems because they are working in their own country.” Flagstone has accountancy, legal claims, and IT support and networking based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while in Hyderabad, India, it has a catastrophe modeling team, development operation and research and development group. The cost of bringing someone in (to Bermuda) is very high. It’s hard for them to make a career move because they can’t stay here forever, so it’s much easier to employ someone in their own country with lower cost base where there is no issue about them getting a job and they can stay with us as long as they want. Payroll tax does increase the cost of doing business here and is one of the factors that people look at when they are doing business. It costs a lot for lots of good reasons; it’s a small Island with limited resources and limited labour pool and that tends to drive up prices. I’m not complaining about, it’s just a fact. The higher those costs get the more people will start looking for alternatives like we chose.” |
| Flatiron Re | Incorporated December 14, 2005 as a limited-life, special-purpose Class 3 reinsurance company set up specifically to offer reinsurance to Bermuda-based Arch Reinsurance Ltd. |
| Fortress Insurance Company | Conyers Dill & Pearman |
| Freisenbruch-Meyer Group | Local. 75 Front Street, Hamilton. Telephone (441) 296-3600. Fax (441) 295-6209. |
| Freisenbruch-Meyer Insurance | Incorporated 26 April 2002. Class 3. |
| GC Insurance | Incorporated 12 December 2001. Class 1. |
| GeneralCologne Re (Bermuda) | Continental Building, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 295-8879 |
| General Security Insurance Company | Incorporated 10 October 2003. Class 1. |
| GeoVera Insurance Holdings | A supplier of specialty residential property insurance products in hurricane-prone markets such as Florida, South Carolina and Texas, and earthquake-vulnerable states such as California, Oregon and Washington. Provides specialty residential property insurance products, focusing on two lines of business, specialty homeowners and residential earthquake. Fairfield, California, is its primary place of business. |
| GFC St. George | Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 296-8891. (441) 296-8892 |
| Glencoe Insurance | Renaissance House, 8-12 East Broadway, Hamilton HM 19. (441) 296-3235. Fax (441) 295-4029. Owned by Renaissance Re. |
| Goshawk Insurance Holdings | Incorporated 26 November 2001. Par-la-Ville Place, Hamilton. Owned by UK insurer Goshawk Holdings PLC - which owns and manages Syndicate 102 at Lloyd's of London.. Class 4. |
| Global Reinsurance Capital | Formed 17 June 2003. Class 3. |
| Goodhealth Worldwide | Acquired in September 2007 by health care benefit provider Aetna. Underwrites international private medical insurance that offers expatriate benefits to individuals, small and medium enterprises, and large multinational clients around the world. Owned until take-over by international insurance business Primary Group. Has more than 55,000 members and 170 employees with offices also in Miami, London, Dubai, Jakarta, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Now a unit of AGB, Aetna's international business for expats. |
| Goshawk Reinsurance | Incorporated August 2002. Subsidiary of above. |
| Governance Re | Formed October 20, 2007 |
| Grand Central Credit Insurance | Formed 1 May 2003. Class 3. |
| Grand Central Re | Established in May 2001 as a joint venture between Germany's second-largest bank HypoVereinsbank and Bermuda-based reinsurer Max Re. Class 4 |
| Greenlight Capital Re | 2005. Capitalizes on growing demand for insurance products. A hedge fund based company. |
| Greif Insurance Company | Formed 16 October 2002. Class 1. |
| Greenwich Knight Insurance Company | Incorporated November 2003. Class 3. |
| Guaranteed Finance Co. | Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 296-8889. (441) 296-8890 |
| Guaranteed Weather Re | Formed 5 May 2003. Class 3. |
| GX Insurance | Incorporated 12 December 2001 as a direct result of the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events. Class 1. |
| Guaranty Direct Insurance Co. | |
| Guy Carpenter & Company | P. O. Box HM 2444, Hamilton HM JX. Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton. Reinsurance. Since 2000. One of the Marsh and McLennan companies. In 2006, it placed in excess of $4 billion in premiums with Bermuda-based companies. |
| Hannover Life Re (Bermuda) | 2007. 50 Parliament Street, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda, or by mail at P. O. Box HM 2373, HM JX, Bermuda. Phone 294-3110. Fax 296-7568. Subsidiary of Hannover Re, fifth-largest reinsurance company in the world. |
| Hanseatic Eastern Insurance Company (Bermuda) | Windsor Place, 18 Queen Street, Hamilton. Phone 295-5425. Incorporated in Bermuda in 2002 under the Hanseatic Insurance Company (Bermuda) Ltd. Act 2002. |
| Harbor Point Re | 2005. Class 4. A $1.5 billion global reinsurer formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Set up by investments from private equity fund Trident III, L.P. and insurance giant Chubb Corporation. With Chubb's reinsurance business. Chubb has 16%, with staff from Chubb. Shares office space with Chubb Atlantic Indemnity in the Belvedere Building on Pitts Bay Road. |
| Hardy Re | Formerly Melchester Re. Incorporated October 17, 2007. |
| Hardy Underwriting |
$200 million-capitalized insurance and reinsurance company. It re-domiciled from London to Bermuda in 2007/2008. Class 3 reinsurance unit with a holding company. |
| Harrington International Insurance | P. O. Box HM 3210, Hamilton HM NX. |
| Hartford Insurance | |
| Healthstar Indemnity | Incorporated November 20, 2002. Class 1. |
| Heddington Insurance | The captive for ChevronTexaco |
| Helicon Re Holdings |
Started by investors to insure White Mountains after the record 2005 hurricane season boosted demand for coverage. |
| Helmsman Insurance Group | May 2002. Class 3. |
| Henner Insurance | October 2001. Class 3. |
| Hillcot Holdings | Formed in 2003 by Castlewood Holdings Ltd and Japan's Shinsei Bank Ltd. to buy the UK subsidiary of Japanese insurer Toa Reinsurance Company for $46 million. |
| Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda) | 2005. Class 4. Owned By Hiscox PLC, one of the UK’s largest specialty insurers, formerly at Lloyd's of London, but now moved to Bermuda tied in to other Hiscox insurers abroad. One of the UK's leading insurers of higher value homes and also one of the most expensive of medium-value homes .In August 2007 (and to be repeated in February 2008) it launched a TV and print media advertising campaign across most of the UK The majority of affluent homeowners in the UK still choose to buy standard insurance policies, unaware of the benefits of buying specialist higher value home insurance products. |
| HSBC Insurance Solutions (Bermuda) | Continental Building, 25 Church Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 3033, Hamilton HM NX. Established by HSBC Insurance Brokers. One of the world's largest banking and insurance groups, headquartered in London, with 5,000 offices in 80 countries. Opened in 2002. |
| HSBC Life (International) | As above |
| HTH Re | May 2003. Class 3. |
| Hudson Reinsurance Company | Formerly a subsidiary of Amphion Holdings Inc., now Castlewood Holdings Ltd |
| IAS Park | Formerly - until April 2003 - Mutual Risk Management Ltd. 48 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. (441) 295-5688. (441) 292-1867. P. O. Box HM 2064, Hamilton HM HX. It owns Valmet, based in the Isle of Man. Robert Mulderig has left, replaced by David Ezekiel as CEO. Part of MRM Global Captive Group Ltd |
| IES Reinsurance | Incorporated 28 January 2002 as a direct result of the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events. Class 1. |
| Imagine Insurance Company | Wholly owned subsidiary of the below company. Had a very successful 2002. |
| Imagine Reinsurance Holdings | A finite risk reinsurance enterprise delivering structured insurance and reinsurance solutions to clients. Has a Dublin office. 100 percent owned by Trilon Financial Corporation & Management, a Canadian financial services company. Purchased Enterprise Re in June 2001. |
| Inpex Insurance | January 2008. Class 1 |
| Independent Agents Insurance Company | Established in 2001, owned by Leading Edge Holdings, also Bermuda-based, established by the Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York |
| ING Risk Management (Bermuda) | P. O. Box HM 1978, Hamilton HM HX. |
| Inner Circle Insurance Company | Since April 2005. Class 3. |
| Insurance Services (Bermuda) | Since April 2005. Class 1. |
| Insurance Solutions | Since April 2005. Class 3. |
| Insure-Rite | |
| Insured Ventures | Incorporated 5 December 2001. Class 3. |
| Integro Bermuda | May 2005. Provides risk management and brokerage services to companies with complex risk. Bermuda HQ, also with offices in London, Toronto and USA. Founding partners were Robert Clements, Roger Egan and Peter Garvey to serve the complex insurance and risk management needs of large institutional risks. New York-based insurance brokerage. Some employees are Bermuda-based. Maxwell Roberts building, Par-la-Ville Road. |
| Inter-Ocean Holdings | A specialist insurance and low-retention finite reinsurance company since 1990. Until 2003, owned in part by the Argus Group of Bermuda. |
| International Advisory Services (IAS) | P. O. Box HM 2274, Hamilton HM JX. A leading insurance management company and part of MRM Global Captive Group Ltd |
| International Property Catastrophe Reinsurance | American International Building, 29 Richmond Road, Hamilton HM 08. P. O. Box HM 152, Hamilton. Phone 295-2121. |
| International Risk Management (Bermuda) | Belvedere Building, Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke. Phone 295-0713 |
| International Tanker Indemnity Association | 44 Church Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone292-3580. Fax 292-5898 |
| Inter-Ocean NA Insurance Co | Incorporated 9 August 2002. |
| Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company | Wessex House, 4th Floor, 45 Reid Street. Hamilton. Phone 292-5794. Fax 292-5552. Parented by Inter-Ocean Holdings, now partly owned by GMAC Insurance Holdings Ltd. One of the principal Bermuda companies. |
| IPC Re | American International Building, 29 Richmond Road, Pembroke HM 08. Phone 298-5100. Fax 292-8085. Owned by IPC Holdings Ltd. |
| Ironsure Insurance | Owners of Ironsure Re. |
| Ironsure Re | Incorporated October 2006 by Robert Clements, co-founder of Bermuda giants Ace Ltd. and XL Capital. With more than $1 billion in capital. A subsidiary of Ironshore Inc. Class 4 insurer, created in response to crisis conditions in the United States property catastrophe insurance markets. Specializing in the latter in wind-exposed parts of the USA. Staff are based in Bermuda, 3rd floor, Swan Building, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Its US subsidiary, Ironshore Holdings (US) Inc., completed in October 2007 the acquisition of Stockbridge Insurance Co., a US-based admitted insurance company, from Folksamerica Reinsurance Co. |
| Jackson National Life (Bermuda) | Formed 15 April 2003 by Appleby Spurling & Kempe. Long Term. With its own Private Bill Act. |
| Jericho Financial Guaranty Re | January 2008. Class 3 |
| JLT Risk Solutions (Bermuda) | See below. Fax 292-4496 |
| JLT Risk Solutions Management (Bermuda) | Vallis Building, 3rd Floor, 58 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton. P. O. Box HM 1838, Hamilton HM HX. Captive Management. |
| Keyport | Incorporated May 10, 2000 |
| Kaith | Incorporated 13 March 2002 as a direct result of the tragic September 11, 2001 World Trade Center and related events. Class 3. |
| Kiln PLC | 2007. Class 4. The fourth largest operator in the Lloyd's market moved its headquarters from London to Bermuda and set up a $309 million reinsurance subsidiary here. May use its Bermuda base to expand in the USA. In the UK it provides energy, marine, property and aviation cover but told the Daily Telegraph newspaper in its 07/07/07 report that it will reduce its underwriting capacity in the London market from 2008 amid increased competition and falling premiums. |
| Kitson Marine and General Insurance Company | |
| KM Insurance Ltd | Since 2005. Class 2. |
| Lancashire Holdings | Parent company of October 2005 start-up Lancashire Insurance. A $1.38 billion capitalized international insurer, now also listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. |
| Lancashire Insurance (Bermuda) | 2005. 5 Par-Ka-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08. Phone 441-278-8950. Fax 441-278--8951. website lancashiregroup.com. Class 4. Formed by Richard Brindle and Capital Z Financial Services Partners. Began with about $1 billion in capital. Sells marine, energy and other short-tail risks. |
| Lansdowne Insurance Company | Incorporated by Act of Parliament 20 March 2002. Windsor Place, Church, Queen and Reid Streets, Hamilton. |
| Lantana Insurance | Incorporated 31 July 2002. Class 3. |
| Latin American Reinsurance Company | XL House, 1 Bermudiana Road, Hamilton HM 12. |
| Latitude Insurance | January 2008. Class 3. |
| Lavida | Since 6 February 2002. Class 3. |
| LCI Insurance | Since 2 October 2002. Class 1. |
| Leeward Insurance Company | Formed 23 May 2003. Class 3. |
| Lehman Re | Ram Re House, 2nd Floor, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12. (441) 294-0000. (441) 296-8452. Subsidiary of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers. |
| Le Mans Re | A joint Bermuda-based venture formed in 2001 of XL Capital Ltd and Les Mutuelles du Mans Assurances Group (MMA) |
| Lexington Insurance | A new (2007) part of the giant American International Group, based at the AIG offices on Richmond Road. |
| Libre Insurance Company | Since 18 September 2002. Class 3. |
| Liberty Mutual Management (Bermuda) | 3rd Floor, 73 Front Street, Hamilton. Phone 296-2131. Fax 296-8846. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Mutual in USA. |
| Life Sciences Insurance Co. | Since May 1, 2002. Class 1. |
| Lockton Cos | Owned by Global insurance broker Lockton Cos. Inc, Kansas City-based company. |
| Longtail Re | Since 12 December 2001. Class 3. |
| Lonmin Insurance | Since 21 September 2001. Class 1. |
| Lucent Insurance Ltd | Since April 2005. Class 2. |
| Magna Carta Insurance | Incorporated in Bermuda 19 November 2001. Long Term. |
| Manulife International P&C | 3rd Floor, 73 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12. Phone 292-4876. Fax 296-8846 |
| Manulife International Reinsurance | As above |
| Manulife Reinsurance | Formed 4 November 2003. Long Term. As above |
| Marathon Insurance Company | Incorporated in Bermuda 25 March 2002. Class 1. |
| Margent Aviation Reinsurance Group | |
| March Global Broking (Bermuda) | P. O. Box HM 2444, Hamilton HM JX. |
| Marsh Global Markets (Bermuda) | P. O. Box HM 2444, Hamilton HM JX. |
| March International Holdings II | See above. |
| Marsh Management Services | As below |
| Marsh & McLennan Properties (Bermuda) | Victoria Hall, 11 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 11. P. O. Box HM 1826, Hamilton HM HX. (441) 296-3508. (441) 292-1685 |
| March Management Services (Bermuda) | See above |
| MaRI | Incorporated in 2007 by Marsh & McLennan, the world’s largest insurance broker, to bring as much as $1 billion in new insurance coverage to clients in disaster-prone areas in 2007 and beyond. Investors include Lehman Brothers Holdings and will offer much-needed property coverage to Fortune 1000 companies in vulnerable parts of North America. It will pay out any claims from hurricanes and earthquakes, and partner ACE Ltd., also based in Bermuda, will cover other losses. This new facility provides large corporate clients of Marsh with access to insurance capacity intended to fill gaps that are creating instability and shortfalls in property catastrophe risk coverage. Traditionally, this form of extra risk capital – a “sidecar” – allows reinsurers to offer more capacity to their clients, the retail insurers. What makes MaRI innovative is that it provides Marsh clients with direct access to the capital markets through a highly-rated ACE delivery vehicle. |
| Mass Mutual International (Bermuda) | Now owned by the Argus Insurance Group of Bermuda and operated by its Argus International Life Bermuda.. Until March 2008 one of the companies owned by this Massachusetts-based Mass Mutual Financial Group. Wesley Street, Hamilton HM 11. (441) 299-8828. (441) 299-8813. Established in 1851, MassMutual is a provider of life insurance, fixed and variable annuities, disability income insurance, retirement planning products, money management, mutual funds and other financial security products for individuals and small business owners, as well as for corporate and institutional markets. MassMutual has more than 1,200 sales offices throughout the United States, and international operations in Chile, Argentina and Luxembourg. |