The Bermuda Society Newsletter

The Bermuda Society Newsletter

The Bermuda Society Winter 2013 / Spring 2014 Newsletter - Issue 18 IN THIS ISSUE In Memoriam Summary of Company Results y/e 2013 Summary of Company Results 1Q2014 Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) Report 2013 ABIR 2013 year-end figures Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) – Captive Insurers Lloyd’s FY2013 Results Society Events ➣ 2014 Calendar ➣ Bermudian Students – Dinner 2013 ➣ BFIS Students – London Visit – July 2014 ➣ Bermudian Students Internship Programme ➣ BNT-UK and NMB event – September 2013 ➣ David Burns Speech - Guildhall – October 2013 ➣ Brendan McDonagh Speech - House of Lords – November 2013 ➣ Matthew Elderfield Speech – Guildhall – February 2014 Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art ➣ The Charman Prize 2013 ➣ The Masterworks Collection Prize 2013 The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) ➣ Deepgliders: The Next Frontier in Ocean Exploration In Memoriam Sir Richard Ground, OBE The Hon. Sir David Gibbons, KBE, JP 17 December 1949 – 22 February 2014 15 June 1927 – 30 March 2014 Sir Richard was born in Stamford, England and educated Sir David was Premier of Bermuda from 1977 to 1982 at Oakham School in Rutland, Lincoln College, Oxford, and Finance Minister of Bermuda from 1975 to 1984. and the Inns of Court School of Law. During his stewardship, the legislative foundations were He was called to the Bar in Gray’s Inn, in 1975; was laid for Bermuda’s reinsurance industry and modern appointed Queen’s Counsel (Cayman Islands) in 1987; international business sector. and was elected a Bencher of his Inn in 2011. Sir David presided over a tumultuous period in Bermuda’s He began his legal career in private practice at 1 Brick history and commissioned a social review of Bermuda by Court, Middle Temple from 1976 to 1983 and specialised the renowned social psychologist and African American in media law. Scholar, Dr Kenneth Clarke in 1978. The findings of He left London in 1983 for the Cayman Islands where he which lead to the establishment of the Human Rights served as Crown Counsel. He was HM Attorney General Commission, the Bermuda Housing Corporation and from 1987 to 1992. other significant social programmes. Sir Richard was appointed Puisne Judge of the Supreme In 1983, Sir David was Knighted and awarded the Court of Bermuda, serving from 1992 to 1998. His next Freedom of the City of London; he was also admitted as career move took him to the Turks & Caicos Islands a Liveryman to The Worshipful Company of Distillers. where he was Chief Justice from 1998 to 2004. Sir David became a Member of the Committee of He returned to Bermuda with his wife, Dace in 2004 Management of The Bermuda Society in 1987 and served when he was appointed Chief Justice and served in this as Vice Chairman. position for eight years, retiring in 2012. Sir David has been Chairman of The Bank of N. T. In other legal appointments, he had begun serving as Butterfield & Son Limited (1986); Chief Executive Justice of the Court of Appeal for Turks & Caicos Islands Officer of Edmund Gibbons Limited since 1954; in 2005 and was appointed to the Court of Appeal in the Chairman of the Board of the Bermuda Monetary Cayman Islands in 2012. Effective 01 January 2013, he Authority from 1984 to 1986. was appointed to sit on the Bermuda Court of Appeal but Sir David was undoubtedly one of Bermuda’s great men his illness overtook him before he could attend his first in politics and finance – he was also a successful session. businessman and philanthropist. The Bermuda Society 2 Summary of Company Results, Year ended 31 December 2013 USD(000’s) ACE Limited Hiscox Ltd Net income: $3,758,000 Net income: $371,616 Gross premiums written: $22,828,000 Gross premiums written: $2,656,284 Combined ratio: 88.0% Combined ratio: 83.0% Allied World Assurance Holdings Lancashire Holdings Limited Net income: $417,880 Net income: $190,041 Gross premiums written: $2,738,664 Gross premiums written: $679,736 Combined ratio: 86.2% Combined ratio: 70.2% Arch Capital Group Ltd Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd Net income: $709,731 Net income: $210,574 Gross premiums written: $4,196,623 Gross premiums written: $705,970 Combined ratio: 85.9% Combined Ratio: 56.1% Argo Group PartnerRe Ltd Net income: $143,200 Net income: $664,008 Gross premiums written: $5,569,706 Gross premiums written: $1,888,400 Combined ratio: 85.3% Combined ratio: 97.5% Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited Net income: $223,278 Net income: $329,300 Gross premiums written: $579,761 Gross premiums written: $2,646,700 Combined ratio: 62.7% Combined ratio: 92.6% RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd Assured Guaranty Ltd Net income: $665,673 Net income: $807,564 Gross premiums written: $1,605,412 Gross premiums written: $241,810 Combined ratio: 43.8% Combined ratio: 42.6% Tokio Millennium Re AG AXIS Capital Holdings Limited Net income: $140,026 Net income: $727,465 Gross premiums written: $897,169 Gross premiums written: $4,697,041 Combined ratio: 83.0% Combined ratio: 91.0% Validus Holdings Ltd Catlin Group Limited Net income: $532,666 Net income: $436,176 Gross premiums written: $2,401,106 Gross premiums written: $5,309,373 Combined ratio: 71.2% Combined ratio: 85.6% XL Group plc Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd Net income: $1,059,916 Net income: $311,915 Gross premiums written: $7,741,135 Gross premiums written: $2,665,244 Combined ratio: 92.5% Combined ratio: 90.2% Source: ABIR / Aon Benfield The Bermuda Society 3 Summary of Company Results, 1Q2014 ACE Limited PartnerRe Ltd Net income: US$734 million Net premiums written: US$1.7 billion P&C combined ratio: 88.8% Net premiums earned: US$1.3 billion Net investment income: US$117 million Allied World Assurance Holdings Non-life combined ratio: 83.9% Gross premiums written: US$901.4 million Net income: US$177.0 million Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd Combined ratio: 79.9% Net income: US$63.7 million Gross premiums written: US$138.3 million Arch Capital Group Ltd Net premiums written: US$135.8 million Gross premiums written: US$1,295 million Net premiums earned: US$126.3 million Net premiums written: US$1,065 million Net investment income: US$17.7 million Net premiums earned: US$860 million Net realised losses on investments: US$0.5 million Underwriting income: US$132 million Combined ratio: 53.0% Combined ratio: 84.7% RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd Argo Group Gross premiums written: US$705.3 million Gross premiums written: US$463.1 million Net income: US$151.0 million Net income: US$40.2 million Operating income: US$136.1 million Combined ratio: 95.5% Validus Holdings Ltd Gross premiums written: US$1,012.0 million Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited Net income: US$162.4 million Gross premiums written: US$855.5 million Combined ratio: 68.3% Combined ratio: 87.6% XL Group plc AXIS Capital holdings Limited Gross premiums written – up 1% compared to the prior Gross premiums written: US$1.8 billion year quarter Net premiums written: US$1.7 billion Net income: US$255.7 million Net premiums earned: US$946 million Net operating income: US$238.6 million Combined ratio: 91.9% Combined ratio: US$87.7% Catlin Group Limited Source: Aon Benfield / Company Reports Gross premiums written: US$2.01 billion Net premiums earned: US$1.03 billion Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd Gross premiums written: US$1,157.5 million Net premiums written: US$798.7 million Net investment Income: US$41.0 million Combined ratio: 81.3% Lancashire Holdings Limited Gross premiums written: US$316.7 million Net premiums written: US$204.4 million Combined ratio: 66.4% Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd Net premiums written – up 5% in comparison to a year ago Operating income: US$72 million Net investment income: US$13 million Combined ratio: 50% The Bermuda Society 4 Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) ABIR 2013 year-end figures Report 2013 Member companies of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) saw their profits increase Global reinsurance capital grew by seven percent last in a year of low catastrophe activity. year to reach $540 billion by the end of 2013, according to global reinsurance broker Aon Benfield. Releasing underwriting results, ABIR said profits totalled $11.7 billion in 2013 for the 18 of 21 member companies The figure, quoted in the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) that participated in its survey, up from $9.4 billion in report, includes both traditional and alternative forms of 2012. capital available for insurers to trade risk with. The 18 re/insurers wrote $70.1 billion in global gross The firm’s latest study found that capital reported by the written premium (up from $66.4 billion in 2012) on a ABA group of 31 leading reinsurers increased by six capital and surplus base of $95.4 billion (up from $95.2 percent ($20 billion) to $337 billion, driven primarily by billion in 2012). The gross premium to equity ratio for the $34 billion of net income. Repatriation of equity capital group remained at 0.7 to 1. in the form of dividends and share buybacks rose by 15 percent to $20 billion, partly reflecting the increasing “The $11.7 billion in net income demonstrated earnings engagement of third party capital. power during a year characterised by low catastrophe losses,” ABIR president Bradley Kading said. Business is also growing for reinsurers with gross premiums written by the ABA growing five percent to “But this number was still below net income reported by $199 billion, driven by the impact of acquisitions and the membership in 2009. growth in emerging markets. “ABIR members reported their largest group total equity All of the 31 companies, more than half of which are base in the eight years in which data has been collected, active in the Bermuda market, made an underwriting even though the number of members reporting was profit last year, helped by a 38 percent fall in the disclosed reduced by one due to an acquisition completed in 2013.

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