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![‘Bermuda Has Made Itself Obsolete’ ‘Bermuda Has Made Itself Obsolete’](https://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-content/themes/wp-clear/scripts/timthumb.php?src=uploads/2010/12/1bermuda_flag_stock.jpg&w=120&h=120&zc=1)
‘Bermuda Has Made Itself Obsolete’
Bermuda’s decision to seek equivalency with the new European Union Solvency II requirements harmonising insurance regulations will make the island “obsolete” as an off-shore domicile says an American industry veteran. Jeff Mulholland, who runs insurance and pensions services for Societe Generale in the Americas, told the “Caymanian... Read more of this article
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Webinar: Solvency II’s Impact On Captives
A panel of analysts from A.M. Best Europe will review the potential impacts of Solvency II on the captive sector — including Bermuda’s role as the leading international domicile — during a one-hour public webinar being held on Tuesday, 21 February. Although the captive sector reported widespread growth in 2011, the approach of Solvency... Read more of this article
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Swiss Rules Tougher Than Solvency II
Switzerland is continuing efforts to blunt the island’s competitive edge as the leading catastrophe re/insurance domicile by rolling out new regulatations even more stringent than the European Union’s Solvency II rules the Bermuda Monetary Authority is working to gain equivalence with. Bloomberg reports today [Jan. 31] the new solvency... Read more of this article