NEW YORK, March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Beechwood Re announced today the opening of its affiliate Beechwood Bermuda International Limited’s new headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda. The office, located at Cumberland House, 1 Victoria Street, will support both Beechwood’s reinsurance business that provides capacity to Life, Health, and Annuity insurance companies and Beechwood’s wealth management business that offers direct-written investment products to global (non-U.S.) investors. The new office, according to David Lessing, Executive Vice President of Beechwood, “represents an important next step in Beechwood’s commitment to offering unique solutions for our clients. It allows us to more effectively leverage the world-class infrastructure and expertise available in Bermuda.”
Beechwood’s Bermuda office will be managed by Graham Mackay, FSA, whom Beechwood has appointed Chief Operating Officer and Head of Underwriting. In this role, Graham will be responsible for key operating functions of the company and the underwriting and management of reinsurance transactions written into Bermuda.
Graham has provided reinsurance solutions and services to clients for over 30 years, covering the full range of products written by life and annuity insurers in key global markets. Graham joins Beechwood from Ernst & Young, LLP where he led their Life Reinsurance Practice serving clients in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the U.S. Prior to EY, Graham held senior management and technical roles with global reinsurers including Mercantile & General Reinsurance, Lincoln Reinsurance, ING Reinsurance, Imagine Re, and Duncanson & Holt and established Milliman’s life actuarial practice. Graham is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He holds a Bachelors of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.
About Beechwood Re, Ltd. and Beechwood Bermuda International Ltd.
The Beechwood family of companies includes Beechwood Re, a reinsurer domiciled in Grand Cayman and regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), and Beechwood Bermuda International Ltd., a licensed long-term insurer regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA). The companies were formed with the belief that there is a shortage in attractive capacity for the life and annuity markets, driven by a need for flexibility and creativity in underwriting and product development in markets associated with asset risk. The Beechwood companies provide life, annuity, and long-term care reinsurance to primary insurance companies in the U.S. and internationally, and direct-written investment products to clients globally.
