Bermuda is a self-governing dependent territory of the United Kingdom. Bermuda’s legal system is founded upon the English common law and a final appeal from the Court of Appeal for Bermuda lies to the Privy Council in London

Belvedere Insurance Company Limited (In Liquidation) v. Caliban Holdings Limited, In the Supreme Court of Bermuda Companies (Winding-Up) 1999: No. 80, 26 March 1999 (Mitchell J

The state of our Bermuda insurance industry is strong. This is a testament to the robust resilience of the Bermuda insurance market-place which continues to prosper and evolve in arguably some of the most adverse conditions the insurance industry has ever faced in the wake of the tragedy of 9/11 and the collapse of Enron.

In Bermuda, there exist two separate legal regimes for arbitration

Bala Nadarajah </B>is Senior Counsel and Head of the Corporate Department at ASW. He is considered a leading voice in insurance law and regulation in Bermuda and is listed among the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance lawyers in the Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides.

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