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Members of our Insurance team recently attended [Re]Connect, the first ever dedicated reinsurance conference held in the Cayman Islands. No surprise, it was a great success...

The Cayman Islands has set an ambitious Q2 2025 deadline to submit its application for Qualified Jurisdiction Status to the NAIC, marking a pivotal moment in the jurisdiction's reinsurance evolution.

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority's June 2026 thematic review reveals that 68% of identified weaknesses in Class B(iii) and Class D reinsurers stem from governance deficiencies, signaling a jurisdictional shift toward institutional-grade standards. As Cayman's reinsurance sector manages US$102 billion in assets, boards must now align documentation, committee structures, and service-provider frameworks with the expectations of cedants, rating agencies, and international regulators.

As a reminder, we have recently issued a variety of updates and alerts highlighting some of the key regulatory changes here in the Cayman Islands (click on headings below for further details).

John Dykstra, of Maples Group, assesses the resilience and growth of the ILS market.

Cayman is well known as an attractive international destination for financial industry conferences, particularly in the hedge fund sector, but you might be surprised that the biggest annual conference is for the captive insurance industry.

Grand Cayman, 7 June 2022 - By giving institutional investors more investment options, the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is intended to strengthen the Cayman Islands' position in international...

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) issued 41 new international insurance licenses in 2023 – the largest number of licenses issued in a single year in more than a decade.

A new Statement of Guidance was recently issued by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority which sets out their minimum standards in relation to professional indemnity insurance coverage.

In this first of a series of pieces on reinsurance financing we break down the key components involved in financing transactions for Cayman Islands reinsurance companies.

Bermuda has established itself as a leading (re)insurance centre, which has one of the world's largest captive and insurance-linked securities ("ILS") markets.

The Cayman Captive Forum (CCF) is celebrating its 30th anniversary as today's event is universally recognised as the largest captive insurance conference in the world.

The first dedicated reinsurance conference in the Cayman Islands was by every conceivable metric an incredible success.

Arguably the most notable takeaways from the [Re]Connect conference were the updates on the positive progress the Cayman Islands has made in its quest toward (hopefully) making a formal application to secure Qualified Jurisdiction (QJ) status with the NAIC.

The Cayman Islands, widely known and recognised as a well-established captive domicile, has been home for decades to a number of insurance- licensed entities other than captive insurers.