Sept 15 (Reuters) - Bermuda has become a global reinsurance hub, with firms moving there to benefit from a lower regulatory burden, attractive tax environment and good infrastructure.
Those operating in Bermuda -- a British overseas territory off the U.S. east coast -- include XL Group, ACE Ltd, Allianz, Everest Re, Partner Re, Swiss Re and RenaissanceRe Holdings.
Following are some facts on Bermuda's reinsurance operations:
* Bermuda's reinsurers paid nearly 30 percent of the insured losses from 2005 Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma
* Bermuda's reinsurers paid $22 billion to rebuild the U.S. Gulf and Florida coasts from the damaging 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons
* Bermuda's reinsurers provide an estimated 40 percent of the U.S. property catastrophe reinsurance capacity, and write an estimated 40 percent of Europe's property catastrophe reinsurance market
* They write 16 percent of aggregate global reinsurance premiums
* Bermuda has 16 of the world's top 35 reinsurers Source - Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (Compiled by Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore, Editing by Ian Geoghegan)