Bermuda: Corporate and Company Law

Group captive insurers offer organisations a collaborative approach to risk financing by pooling capital, diversifying risk, and leveraging collective purchasing power.

This comprehensive guide examines how five major offshore jurisdictions—Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, and Jersey—approach close-out netting and set-off provisions in insolvency scenarios. The analysis explores the enforceability of ISDA Master Agreements and the critical distinctions between statutory frameworks and contractual arrangements across these financial centers.

The Registrar of Companies (RoC) has recently published a Consultation Paper, Legitimate Interest Access to Bermuda's Central Register of Beneficial Ownership (CP). The Bermuda Government plans to establish a legislative framework and supporting electronic system for legitimate interest access to the central register of beneficial ownership information by July 2026 (Framework).

Having reviewed the BMA’s 2026 Business Plan (Plan), the BMA is already on a journey where it is progressing items in many areas and the key going forward is how it will look to build on that generally, and on a sector specific basis

The Plan provides important insight into the BMA’s regulatory direction, supervisory priorities and emerging developments that will shape how insurers operate going forward and how Bermuda continues to strengthen its regime. We have highlighted key developments that are outlined in the Plan as they relate to the insurance sector and what they mean for insurers conducting business in Bermuda.

Bermuda operates a highly integrated regulatory architecture under which the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) exercises consolidated oversight across insurance, banking, investment business and funds, trusts, corporate service providers, money services and digital asset activity.

His Lordship therefore directed that the petition continue as a proceeding between the limited partner petitioners and the general partner (GP) as required by section 33(1) of the Exempted Limited Partnership Act (ELPA).

One of the most notable innovations in the Beneficial Ownership Act 2025, which was passed last month in the House of Assembly, is the introduction of an enforcement process...

Employers must more clearly state in work permit applications why a Bermudian, spouse of Bermudian, or PRC holder was not selected over a work permit applicant, specifying the skills or experience lacking.