Third Point Re News

SiriusPoint Announces Resignation of Chairman and CEO Sankaran

SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based international specialty re/insurer, announced that Siddhartha (Sid) Sankaran, chairman and CEO, has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities. The board has named Daniel Malloy as interim chief executive officer while the board initiates a …

Malloy Departs SiriusPoint, a Year After Company’s Launch

Dan Malloy has left SiriusPoint Ltd., a year after the company was formed from the merger of specialty reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance and Sirius International Insurance Group, a multi-line insurer and reinsurer. On April 6, 2022, SiriusPoint Ltd. entered into …

Specialty Re/insurer SiriusPoint Launches with More Than $3 Billion in Capital

SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has launched today with more than $3 billion in initial capital. The company was created from the merger of specialty reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. and Sirius International Insurance Group …

Third Point Re Announces Appointments to SiriusPoint Leadership Team

Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. has announced additional executive and senior underwriting roles at SiriusPoint Ltd., the new company created as a result of the anticipated merger of Third Point Re and Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. The leadership team announcements …

Third Point Re and Sirius Group Get Shareholder Nod for $788M Merger

Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. and Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. announced that their respective shareholders have voted to approve the merger of the two companies. Specialty reinsurer Third Point Re, and Sirius International Insurance Group, a multi-line insurer and reinsuer, …

Formation of More ‘Class of 2020’ Reinsurers Unlikely

The Class of 2020 already has a new member, but it’s not a true startup, the chair of the company said recently. Speaking at the KBW Insurance Conference in early September, Sid Sankaran, chair of Third Point Re, was referring …

What Ever Happened to Hedge Fund Reinsurers?

The latest group of reinsurers to emerge in the Bermuda market is starting to look different. Even the name that once described the cohort has changed in the past five years. And at least one member of the group of …

How Insurance Industry Might Respond if a Pandemic Is an Act of Terror

Imagine a scenario where COVID-19 was manufactured in a lab and was released as an act of terror. Tracey Gibbons, senior vice present, Underwriting, at Third Point Re, considers this possibility during a presentation for Carrier Management’s new series of …

What to Expect in 2021: Reinsurance Market Moving From ‘Timid’ to ‘Hard’

Speaking at one of the many virtual conferences that took place in early September, Dan Malloy, chief executive officer of Bermuda-based Third Point Reinsurance, offered an anecdotal view of the reinsurance market from a broker he knows. “It isn’t a …

Arcadian Risk Starts New Underwriter in Bermuda With Third Point Re Backing

Arcadian Risk Capital is launching as a new underwriting operation based in Bermuda that will initially underwrite excess casualty and professional lines insurance. Arcadian said it has received its license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority and will operate as a …