Talk:Economy of Bermuda

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The anonymous user 68.10.115.135 sent the following to me by email:


 * Hi, I put that stuff about "for which it is now a world center" in because there's now a bigger pool of re-investment insurance capital available in Bermuda than there is in London, which I thought was notable. Re-insurance is now by far and away the largest sector of the international business in Bermuda - one only needs to look at the giant buildings put up by ACE and XL to see that!


 * I'll try and dig up some actual statistics and put that all in the article, unless you have some reason why I shouldn't.

Saying it's "a" world centre is just a somewhat biased way of saying it's one of the biggest. But there's no point in arguing about the best way to summarise this important point down to half a sentence -- go ahead and write a paragraph about it.

-- Tim Starling 00:06, Aug 6, 2003 (UTC)

Will do - it may take me a while to dig up the data, though, as I want to cover two wholly separate points: first, Bermuda's role in the world re-insurance market, and second, re-insurance's role in Bermuda's offshore business sector. I recall the first from an article I saw in RG magazine while waiting in the Bank of Bermuda one day, but finding the data online may be a bit tricky. -- Noel Chiappa


 * According to, which is supported by the Royal Gazette, Bermuda's main newspaper, "Bermuda-based companies provide 30%, the largest block, of Lloyd's total capacity", which I think qualifies it to call itself "a world center" for re-insurance. Noel (talk) 03:50, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)