BDA (Bermuda Business Development Agency)

A Quick News Break with the BDA

A Quick News Break with the BDA 
 
Welcome to your quick news break with the Bermuda Business Development Agency. As Bermuda continues to showcase its quality and expertise as a blue-chip jurisdiction, the BDA has collected a few top stories to keep on your radar.

RIMS LIVE 2021
Having attended the in-person conference for over 30 years Bermuda will continue its presence at the virtual conference from April 19 – 30. As a diamond sponsor, the BDA will host an educational session, April 22 at 2pm...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/12/a-quick-news-break-with-the-bda/

Bermuda to promote tech cable corridor at SubOptic 19

Bermuda Premier the Hon David Burt

Hamilton, Bermuda, April 8, 2019: A Bermuda delegation attending a high-profile conference for the global submarine cable industry this week will promote the island as a strategic Atlantic landing hub for fibreoptic corridors.

SubOptic, a triennial event being held April 8-11 in New Orleans, LA, is the longest running and most comprehensive conference series in the world for the submarine cable industry. The four-day summit attracts 800-plus attendees and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/08/bermuda-to-promote-tech-cable-corridor-at-suboptic-19/

Bermuda life insurance sector marks 2018 growth

Members of BILTIR and the BDA joined
Premier Burt and Ministers Dickinson and Caines
for a lunch hosted by the government this month
to discuss the long-term sector’s growth

Hamilton, Bermuda, February 12, 2019 – Bermuda’s long-term insurance and reinsurance industry is marking a banner year of increased company registrations, driving vital job growth in the jurisdiction.

The number of Bermuda-based companies in the sector, which provides global coverage of life, annuity and pension products, more...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/12/bermuda-life-insurance-sector-marks-2018-growth/

Top 10 Bermuda market highlights 2018

  1. Innovation

The Bermuda market differentiated itself more than ever through pioneering legislation and aggressive business development this year. The proactive trailblazing boosted our competitive advantage and laid the foundation for a new industry, fintech, earning monikers like “Innovation Island” and “Silicon Valley of the Atlantic.” The fast-forward evolution builds on a legacy of doing things first; take our captive insurance and catastrophe coverage of the 1990s, whose milestone was also...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/21/176867/

BDA appoints Roland (Andy) Burrows as next CEO

Roland (Andy) Burrows

Hamilton, Bermuda, November 13, 2018 – The Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) announced today its Board of Directors has appointed Roland (Andy) Burrows as the organisation’s next Chief Executive Officer.

Burrows, who most recently served as Chief Investment Officer at the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA), will take up the position December 1, and also become a non-executive member of the BDA Board. His appointment follows a formal executive search by the BDA Board...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/13/bda-appoints-roland-andy-burrows-as-next-ceo/