Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers

• Easy Sailing for Bermuda Reinsurers During Q1, But Tides May Change

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 21, 2012

  The sun shone on Bermuda’s reinsurers during the first quarter of 2012, but regulatory changes and cat losses still lurk in the water.

• ABIR, State Farm Pull Heartland Support After Climate-Change Ad

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 14, 2012

  Prompted by a lobbying group that supports efforts to reduce global warming, three insurance companies and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) have publicly renounced their support for the Heartland Institute, a libertarian research group.

• Heartland Institute's Washington Unit Will Split from Parent on May 31

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 11, 2012

  The Heartland Institute has agreed to split off its insurance-research unit effective May 31.

• Heartland Institute's Washington Unit Mulls Split from Chicago-Based Parent

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 9, 2012

  The Heartland Institute and its insurance-centric Washington unit are negotiating a divorce, a process said to be accelerated by distress over the institute’s now-suspended ad campaign linking support for global warming with serial killers.

• ABIR, State Farm Pull Heartland Support After Climate Change Ad

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 8, 2012

  Prompted by a lobbying group that supports efforts to reduce global warming, three insurance companies and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers have publicly renounced their support for the Heartland Institute, a libertarian research group.

• U.S. Reinsurers See Red in 2011 Underwriting Results

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 16, 2012

  The U.S. reinsurance industry was hit hard by catastrophes in 2011, producing a combined ratio of well over 100, according to one survey of U.S. reinsurance property and casualty underwriters.

• Reinsurers Advise Against Protectionist Regulation

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 17, 2012

  A coalition of reinsurance trade groups warn that protectionist policies by governments on global reinsurers will ultimately backfire because of the important role global risk distribution via reinsurance plays.

• Florida Legislators, Bermuda Trade Assocs. Voice Tax Concerns

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 2, 2011

  Republican legislators from Florida and a trade group for Bermuda insurers are renewing their concerns about the potential high cost of raising taxes on offshore insurers as a means of addressing budget deficit and debt concerns.

• Insurer Groups Criticize Brazil Restrictions on Foreign Reinsurers

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 23, 2011

  The U.S. insurance industry, both property casualty and life, is urging Brazil to stop restricting reinsurance access to only domestic reinsurers in one of the world’s leading emerging markets for insurance.

• NAIC Model Law Reduces Collateral Requirements for Non-U.S. Reinsurers

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 7, 2011

  The full National Association of Insurance Commissions passed a landmark model law Sunday that seeks to reduce reinsurance collateral requirements for non-U.S. reinsurers domiciled in qualified jurisdictions.