The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has experienced a recent uptick in re/insurance registrations. Registrations for the first two months of 2018 include 11 re/insurers and one intermediary. These re/insurers include three Class E long-term (life) commercial re/insurers and one general …
Bermuda market re/insurers are beginning to experience lower profits, a deterioration in both return on equity and combined ratio as well as the drying up of favorable reserve development. These negative trends are becoming increasingly evident for Bermuda insurers and …
Alan Schnitzer, the new chief executive officer of insurer Travelers Cos., called on U.S. lawmakers to reduce corporate taxes or risk harming business in country. “We continue to see the U.S. corporate income tax rate — the highest of any …
Jay Fishman, who built New York-based Travelers Cos. into one of the world’s biggest insurers, lamented that disparities in tax rates are pushing established rivals and industry newcomers outside the U.S. Over the past 15 years or so, “we’ve counted …
Bradley Kading, president and executive director of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), has praised an intergovernmental agreement signed by US Consul General Robert Settje and Bermuda Minister of Finance the Hon. E.T. “Bob” Richards to implement the …
