Appleby Bermuda contributes to Private Trust Companies handbook

Navigating estate administration in Bermuda

When a loved one dies, families are often left to navigate not only grief but also a complex legal and administrative process known as estate administration.

Dalia Sainsbury

Bermuda: Chambers Insurance & Reinsurance Guide 2026

The guide provides the latest information on sources of insurance and reinsurance law, overseas-based insurers or reinsurers, making an insurance contract, intermediary involvement, alternative risk transfer (ART) transactions, warranties, conditions precedent, insurance disputes and insurtech.

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Brad Adderley, Matthew Carr, Max Tetlow, Cathryn Minors, Josephine Noddings

Fund Finance Laws and Regulations 2026 – Bermuda

The Bermuda fund industry sees investment predominantly from North America and Europe, and therefore trends in the Bermuda fund finance market track the major onshore markets. Although there is no overall data reporting service for the local fund finance market, anecdotal reports from many of the major facility lenders, as well as Appleby practitioners, anticipate that there will continue to be a high demand for capital call or subscription line facilities. That is not to say, of course, that other structures such as NAV facilities will not be utilised.

Matthew Ebbs-Brewer, Arielle DeSilva

Extracting capital from a Bermuda company

It is widely accepted that one of the main purposes of a business is to create value for its shareholders, who contribute significant capital into entities, hoping that value will be returned to them.

George McCallum

Bermuda Prohibits Bearer Shares and Nominee Directors

On 21 November 2025, Bermuda passed the Companies (Prohibition of Bearer Shares and Nominee Directors) Amendment Act 2025 (Act). The Act, which came into full force on 10 December 2025, amends both the Companies Act 1981 (Companies Act) and Limited Liability Company Act 2016 (Limited Liability Company Act) in respect of bearer shares, nominee directors, alternate directors and beneficial ownership record keeping for companies and limited liability companies (LLCs) discontinuing to another jurisdiction.

Richard Collis

Cat Bond Issuance Well-Placed to Reach $20bn Again In ‘26, Fueled by Momentum & Proven Success

Annual catastrophe bond issuance hit record heights for the third consecutive year in 2025, and as Brad Adderley, Managing Partner at law firm Appleby’s Bermuda office highlights, given the significant activity and momentum observed in the market, it would not be unexpected for the market to achieve $20 billion once more in 2026

Brad Adderley

Collateralised insurers benefit from flexible forms of capital

Bermuda’s well established corporate regulatory regime offers a variety of corporate vehicles that can be used to support insurance-linked securities.

Mya Gibbons

Do cryptocurrencies count as money?

When Satoshi Nakamoto first proposed bitcoin in 2008, he described it as a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system”.

John Wasty

Bermuda: Americas Restructuring Review 2026

This article discusses the defining features of Bermuda’s insolvency landscape and the primary insolvency and rescue procedures available under Bermuda law, including compulsory liquidations, provisional liquidations and schemes of arrangements.

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John Wasty, Sam Riihiluoma, Claire van Overdijk KC, John Riihiluoma, James Batten

Where there is a will, there is a claim

Imagine living with your partner for more than a decade, only to discover that under Bermuda law, you have no automatic right to their estate if they die without a will.

Matthew Hollis-Smith