Events

Upcoming events:

Bermuda (Re)insurance 2009

For the fourth consecutive year, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Standard & Poor's are joining together to present the Annual Bermuda (Re)insurance conference. The panels and topic of discussion this year will be centered around the challenges faced by companies in ever-evolving economic and regulatory environments. The conference will be held on November 12 & 13, 2009. Please mark the date in your diary. Further details will follow.

Bermuda (Re)insurance Club

The PricewaterhouseCoopers Bermuda (Re)insurance Club provides a unique forum for executives in the insurance industry to meet and discuss the key issues and trends that are driving and shaping the future of the industry, both from an insurance and financial services perspective. With presentations from different industry experts, these events are designed to encourage and facilitate a lively debate. The discussions range from overviews of general market issues to more technical presentations, and if additional information is required, follow-up meetings can be arranged.

Previous events:

IBA conference

PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored the International Bar Association's 20th Annual Conference held at the Fairmont Southampton, from May 10 - 13. This year's theme was the Globalisation of Investment Funds. Topics included the institutional investors perspective, structuring fund products for family offices, retailisation of alternative investment fund products, alternative approaches for private equity fund raising in the current market, current issues for hedge funds and exchange traded funds: the changing landscape.
Scott Watson-Brown attended the conference on behalf of the firm and PwC sponsored the breakfast session, as there were no exhibitions at the conference.

Bermuda Captive Conference

The 2009 Bermuda Captive Conference was held at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel from June 21-24. The conference is attended by risk managers and service providers from Bermuda and abroad. It is a definitive forum designed to focus on issues of interest for Captive owners, prospective owners and market professionals. PricewaterhouseCoopers Bermuda is exhibited at the conference and had representation from Captive Insurance, Tax, and Actuarial groups. The firm was also Silver sponsors of the event.

RIMS

The 2009 RIMS conference was held in Orlando, Florida from April 19-23. PricewaterhouseCoopers exhibited at the conference and were delighted to have the expertise on hand from colleagues located at PricewaterhouseCoopers Cayman Islands, St. Louis, New York, Chicago, California and other parts of the United States. The event, as in previous years, was well-attended and a great success.

CICA

The 2009 CICA conference took place in Indian Wells, California from March 8-10. The conference provided its attendees with an unparalled venue for both networking and to build upon their education. The conference is aimed at professionals involved in the captive and risk retention industry. PricewaterhouseCoopers exhibited at the event and Richard Patching spoke as part of the pre-conference panel session.

PwC Captive Update

PricewaterhouseCoopers Captive Insurance Group held an update session designed to raise awareness of key captive industry issues, trends and challenges. The session took place in the morning of December 10, 2008 at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. For further information regarding the topics that were discussed at this event, or any general inquiries, please contact the Marketing & Communications team.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Alternatives Seminar

The Bermuda session of the Alternatives Seminar was held at the Hamilton Princess on December 9, 2008.The session covered industry topics such as accounting and reporting developments (US GAAP, Canadian GAAP and IFRS), emerging issues and industry trends and the latest tax updates. For further information regarding the topics that were discussed at this evfent, or any general inquiries, please contact the Marketing & Communications team.

Bermuda (Re)insurance 2008

On November 12 & 13, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Standard & Poor's hosted the third annual Bermuda (Re)Insurance Conference on the theme of "Embracing chance: Adapting to new economic and regulatory realities".Click here for conference highlights.

15th Annual Global Hedge Fund Summit

The Institutional Investor Alpha Hedge Global Hedge Fund Summit took place on October 26-28 at the Fairmont Southampton. PricewaterhouseCoopers exhibited at the conference and it was attended by investment partner, Scott Watson-Brown, and senior manager, Matthew Clarke. The conference promised an opportunity for networking, as well as presentations from industry leaders to gain an understanding of how current and ongoing developments are driving and influencing the funds, in their home markets and the regions in which they invest and operate.

World Insurance Forum

PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored the World Insurance Forum, widely knowledged as the leading industry conference that draws together the 'C' level executives from the world's leading insurers, reinsurers, brokers and captival marketing, both as speakers and delegates. A highlight of each event has been a CEO Leadership Panel that gives attendees the opportunity to enjoy a provocative and in-depth discussion of issues of crutical importance to the industry, which today embraces the impact of globalisation, climate change and terrorism.Although the seven previous conference have been held in Bermuda, the 2008 conference was hosted in Dubai from March 17-20.