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2026 Bermuda International Life And Annuity Conference: Key Takeaways

The 2026 Bermuda International Life and Annuity Conference explored Bermuda's expanding role in addressing global retirement and longevity challenges, with industry leaders examining the jurisdiction's regulatory strength, growing APAC market presence, and capacity to support long-term insurance solutions. Key discussions centered on closing the worldwide retirement gap, the strategic use of private credit, and what sustains Bermuda's competitive position in the international reinsurance marketplace.

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Commingling Of Risks: The New Flavour Of The Cat Bond Market

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is evolving with multiperil structures and risk commingling becoming increasingly prevalent. As data centre build-outs present new opportunities and challenges, industry experts weigh in on whether ILS can shoulder the massive exposures ahead, while casualty sidecars continue to generate discussion despite limited transaction activity.

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Appleby

A Refusal To Stand Still

Brad Adderley, Bermuda managing partner at Appleby, reflects on three decades of market evolution and explains why the island's reinsurance sector continues to expand through innovation in catastrophe bonds, casualty sidecars, life reinsurance, and digital assets. He warns that complacency poses the greatest threat to Bermuda's competitive position and argues that regulatory speed reflects expertise rather than weakness.

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Capital Rich, Softening Rates, Big Opportunity: The Growth Dilemma

Senior executives from Bermuda's reinsurance market gathered in Monte Carlo to discuss the industry's current state and future challenges. While the market remains profitable with strong capital positions, participants debated whether underwriting discipline can be maintained amid softening rates and the pressure to deploy excess capital. The roundtable also explored emerging opportunities in complex risks like data centres, casualty ILS, and cyber insurance.

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

MGAs, Capacity And Control

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

The Long Game: How Bermuda Became The World’s Life Reinsurance Capital

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Record H1’26 Cat Bond Issuance Driven By Rising Sponsor Comfort And Diversified Risk

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Bermuda Captive Conference 2026: Key Takeaways

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Making Collateralised Fund Obligations (CFOs) And Rated Note Feeders (RNFs) Attractive To Offshore Reinsurers

Bermuda Insurance

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Walkers

Bermuda Monetary Authority 2026 Business Plan: Overview & Expertise – Insurance (Captives)

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Bermuda Monetary Authority 2026 Business Plan: Overview & Expertise – Insurance (Commercial)

Bermuda Commercial

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Appleby

Key Insurance Regulatory Updates

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Legal Services Act Fully In Force: Implications For The Cayman Islands Insurance Market

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Bermuda Insurance Litigation Guide 2025 (Chambers)

Bermuda Insurance

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Carey Olsen

Bermuda Investment Funds - Summer 2026 Update

Bermuda Finance

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Carey Olsen

Bermuda Public Companies Update — Summer 2026

Bermuda Commercial

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Conyers

BMA Consults On AI Guidance For Bermuda's Financial Services Sector

Bermuda Finance

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Walkers

The Behaviour Gap: Why Agentic AI Changes The Foundations Of Financial Regulation

Bermuda Strategy

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Carey Olsen

Bermuda’s Beneficial Ownership Exemption Order 2026

Bermuda Commercial

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Conyers

Bermuda Insurance: Recent Conference Round-up

August and September were active months for the Conyers Bermuda Insurance practice, with our lawyers engaging across significant industry events.

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Private Cat Bonds And Casualty Sidecars Gaining Momentum In ILS Space

While the bulk of Q3 2025 risk capital came from full Rule 144A deals, in terms of the number of transactions, cat bond issuance in the third quarter of 2025 was dominated by privately placed...

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Discipline Now Key As Pressures On Reinsurers Mount

The reinsurance market is in a strong position after two years of profits and covering its cost of capital.

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Built On Governance, Driven By Innovation: The Bermuda Advantage

He has watched the island's growth from the front row since 1996 and is resolute that Bermuda continues to dominate reinsurance with its innovation and sound infrastructure.

Bermuda Commercial

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Appleby

Education And Acceptance Fuel Wave Of New Sponsors In Cat Bond Market

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Conyers Coverage Issue 13 – Summer Edition 2025

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Captives Are The Grass Roots Of Bermuda Risk

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Education Has Helped Investors Get More Comfortable As ILS Continues To Grow

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Bermuda Benefits From A Strong And Capital Efficient Regulatory Regime

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Long-Term Reinsurance And ILS Are Set For Growth

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

A Comprehensive Guide To Obtaining Regulatory Approval For Long-Term Block Reinsurance In Bermuda

Bermuda Insurance

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Walkers

Regulatory Clarity: Bermuda's Approach To Long-term Block Reinsurance

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

With Everything Growing, All Of The ILS World Will Rise Together

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Bridging The $51 Trillion Gap: Asset-intensive Reinsurance In Bermuda

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

A Comprehensive Guide To Obtaining Regulatory Approval For Long-Term Block Reinsurance In Bermuda

The Bermuda Monetary Authority ("BMA") has issued clarifying guidance (the "Notice") on its approach to the prior approval scope and process for new long-term block reinsurance transactions.

Bermuda Insurance

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Walkers

Regulatory Clarity: Bermuda's Approach To Long-term Block Reinsurance

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has issued an updated notice regarding the Prior Approval of New Long-Term Block Reinsurance Transactions which expands upon the 2024 guidance...

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

With Everything Growing, All Of The ILS World Will Rise Together

It's been an exceptionally busy and record start to the year for the catastrophe bond sector, and with "everything happening" in the broader insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance markets.

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Bridging The $51 Trillion Gap: Asset-intensive Reinsurance In Bermuda

In this article, Partner Max Tetlow examines the rise and regulatory landscape of Asset-Intensive Reinsurance (AIR) in Bermuda, drawing on market intelligence and data from the Bermuda Monetary Authority's recent Insights...

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Supervision Of Asset Intensive Reinsurance In Bermuda: Recent Enhancements, What Is Still To Come And How Regulation Of Cedents Can Better Capture And Mitigate Risks

Bermuda Insurance

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Kennedys Law LLP

Navigating The Hard Market For A New Era

Discipline must remain amid worries over casualty if investors are to believe in the industry long term. That was one of the takeways from 12 senior executives from the Bermuda market...

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Constructs In Industry Loss Cat Bonds

Catastrophe bonds which use industry-loss triggers are becoming increasingly popular among ILS investors and cedant sponsors.

Bermuda Insurance

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Walkers

Women In Hamilton: Josephine Noddings

I was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2012 and worked as a corporate lawyer in England until the opportunity to relocate to Bermuda arose 2017.

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Women In Hamilton: Cathryn Minors

Appleby Counsel Cathryn Minors knew she wanted to be a lawyer from the age of 13 and that self-belief has seen her work in Bermuda, the UK and Hong Kong...

Global Insurance

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Appleby

Balancing Innovation And Stability: Bermuda Monetary Authority's Stance On Affiliate Investments

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

High-Level Overview Of Bermuda Monetary Authority's Three-Tiered Capital System

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Strength In Diversity

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Regulatory Oversight Is Key For Bermuda's Insurance Sector

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Lack Of New Players Is Supporting Strong Interest In ILS

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Looking Ahead: The Bermuda Insurance M&A Horizon In 2024

Bermuda Insurance

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Walkers

Chambers Insurance & Reinsurance Guide 2024: Bermuda

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

ILS Steps Up When Needed Most

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Cat Bond Market Momentum To Persist After Year Of Surprises

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

ILS Governance In Bermuda (Video)

Bermuda Insurance

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Maples Group

Advising Clients On Bermuda Reinsurance Structures & Bermuda Corporate Law

Bermuda Insurance

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Conyers

Removal Of An Arbitrator For Bias In A Bermuda Arbitration (According To A New York Court)

Global Litigation

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Kennedys Law LLP

Expect A Busy Year-End For Cat Bonds And Sidecars

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Reinsurance Strategies In A Hard Market

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

Bermuda's Catastrophe Bond Market Is Enjoying A Record Year

Bermuda Insurance

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Appleby

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