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Verisk Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Melissa Will Range Between USD 2.2 Billion to USD 4.2 Billion
BOSTON, Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Extreme Event Solutions group at Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics and technology provider, estimates industry insured losses to onshore property in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa...
    
  SiriusPoint Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results with Core Combined Ratio of 89.1%
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SiriusPoint Ltd. (“SiriusPoint” or the “Company”) (NYSE:SPNT) today announced results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2025 Combined ratio of 89.1% in the third quarter for Core...
SiriusPoint Announces Dividend on Series B Preference Shares
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SiriusPoint Ltd. (“SiriusPoint” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SPNT), an international specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of SiriusPoint...
    
  California deploys search and rescue personnel to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa
The Urban Search and Rescue team from the Los Angeles County Fire Department has unique training qualifications for international deployment in addition to extensive search and rescue expertise. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is a specialized...
    
  SiriusPoint Announces Date for Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Release
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SiriusPoint Ltd. (NYSE: SPNT) (“SiriusPoint” or the “Company”) today announced that it is planning to release its third quarter 2025 financial results after the market close on Thursday, October...
    
  SiriusPoint Announces Sale of Arcadian MGA for $139m with Long Term Capacity Deal Until 2031
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SiriusPoint Ltd. (“SiriusPoint”) (NYSE: SPNT), a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has today announced its agreement to sell its 49% equity stake in managing general agent, Arcadian Risk...
Charity: no barriers to screening for chronic kidney disease
Created: Nov 03, 2025 07:58 AM (Updated: Nov 03, 2025 07:58 AM) Lori Rockhead is the executive director of the Bermuda Diabetes Association A charity has underscored the importance of early detection of chronic kidney disease as it encouraged...
    
  Bermuda to Jamaica Relief Effort in Full Swing — Critical Appeal for Specific Supplies
The Bermuda to Jamaica Relief Effort, coordinated by a coalition of community partners at the Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church, is now in full operation. Volunteers have been working around the clock to collect, sort, and prepare supplies for...
    
  Bermuda Diabetes Association announces events calendar
Created: Nov 02, 2025 09:00 AM Bermuda Diabetes Association (File photograph) Seven public events have been planned by the Bermuda Diabetes Association for November to help spread awareness and build community. The activities will recognise...
    
  Primary care centre mobilised to support post-hurricane health recovery
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon Christopher Tufton (left), consults with Acting Permanent Secretary, Kadian Birch, and Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda, and the...
    
  Youth and grieving discussed at mental health conference
Created: Nov 02, 2025 08:00 AM Silence is problem: Charmaine Richardson, a grief specialist, encourages people to voice their feelings A grief specialist urged Bermudians to shift their attitudes and break the silence surrounding loss. Charmaine...
    
  Olympic Star, Whose Home Was Taken Away by Authorities Finally Gets a Bed During Medical Battle
The story of Clarence Hill is one of triumph and heartbreak — a journey that has swung between Olympic glory and life’s hardest blows. Once a national hero, Hill now faces a very different kind of fight. At 74, the Olympic boxer lost his...
    
  Green Family Donates $100,000 To BCHC
The Green Family made a donation of $100,000 to Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre [BCHC], to be distributed over five years at $20,000 annually. A spokesperson said, “This donation underscores the family’s ongoing dedication to supporting...
Men’s health charity campaign ramps up for November
Created: Oct 31, 2025 01:02 PM (Updated: Oct 31, 2025 01:57 PM) A Movember participant marks the end of the month (File photograph by Akil Simmons) The call has gone out for participants to sign up for a playful yearly campaign for men’s health in...
    
  Beauty icon to share techniques at Bermuda masterclass
Created: Oct 31, 2025 05:20 PM (Updated: Nov 01, 2025 12:09 AM) Mia Chambray, of Cassine, left, with make-up pioneer Rose-Marie Swift in 2023 when Rms Beauty and Cassine launched the Bermuda Rose blush (Photograph supplied) A world-renowned...
    
  Hurricane Melissa leaves at least 30 dead as storm heads to Bermuda
Source: USA Today Parts of the Caribbean are conducting search and rescue operations and surveying the extensive destruction Hurricane Melissa brought to the region, leaving dozens of people dead. Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the...