SiriusPoint Ltd. (‘SiriusPoint’) operates as a global underwriter of insurance and reinsurance.
The company has licenses to write property, casualty, and accident & health insurance and reinsurance globally, including admitted & non-admitted licensed companies in the United States, a Bermuda Class 4 company, a Lloyd’s of London (‘Lloyd’s’) syndicate and managing agency, and an internationally licensed company domiciled in Sweden. The company has offices in multiple countries.
Business
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SiriusPoint Ltd. (‘SiriusPoint’) operates as a global underwriter of insurance and reinsurance.
The company has licenses to write property, casualty, and accident & health insurance and reinsurance globally, including admitted & non-admitted licensed companies in the United States, a Bermuda Class 4 company, a Lloyd’s of London (‘Lloyd’s’) syndicate and managing agency, and an internationally licensed company domiciled in Sweden. The company has offices in multiple countries.
Business
As of December 31, 2024, the company had equity stakes in various entities (MGAs, Insurtech, and Other). These MGAs underwrite or distribute a wide range of lines of business, including general liability, professional liability, directors & officers, credit and bond, cyber, commercial automobile, workers’ compensation, accident & health, and other specialty insurance classes. The company provides underwriting capacity in the form of insurance or reinsurance to various non-consolidated entities, in addition to the three MGAs it consolidates. The company also has investment stakes in in 7 other entities where we have no underwriting relationship.
Segments
The company classifies its business into two segments - Reinsurance and Insurance & Services.
Reinsurance
In the Reinsurance segment, the company provides reinsurance products to insurance and reinsurance companies, government entities, and other risk-bearing vehicles on a treaty or facultative basis.
Treaty reinsurance is an agreement whereby the company assumes a specified portion or category of risk under all qualifying policies issued by the ceding company during the term of the agreement, usually one year. Treaty reinsurance is typically written on either a proportional or excess of loss basis. A proportional reinsurance treaty is an arrangement whereby the company assumes a predetermined proportional share of the premiums and losses generated on specified business. An excess of loss treaty is an arrangement whereby the company assumes losses that exceed a specific retention of loss by the ceding company.
For reinsurance assumed, the company participates in the reinsurance market with a global focus through the broker market distribution channel. It primarily writes treaty reinsurance, on both a proportional and excess of loss basis, and provides facultative reinsurance in some of its business lines. In the United States and Bermuda, the company's core focus is on distribution, risk, and clients located in North America, while its international operation is focused primarily on distribution, risks, and clients located in Europe.
The Reinsurance segment predominantly underwrites Casualty, Property, and Specialty lines of business on a worldwide basis.
For Casualty, the company provides reinsurance to casualty insurers who underwrite a diverse range of casualty classes. It works with clients all over the world, including multi-national, nationwide, and regional carriers, as well as risk retention groups and captives. The company also partners with managing general agents and sponsors cover holders. In London, it writes on Lloyd’s paper through its platform, Syndicate 1945, and its U.S. platform underwrites through SiriusPoint America Insurance Company (‘SiriusPoint America’). The company's underwriting focus is on proportional transactions covering all major commercial casualty lines, as well as professional liability, with an emphasis on specialty niche classes of business, including personal lines.
For Property, the company's property reinsurance underwriters work with brokers, as well as national writers and regional companies. Underwriting is focused on providing critical catastrophe protection and worldwide coverage for natural perils, underwriting residential, commercial, and industrial risks in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company's specialist underwriters are supported by a team of actuaries, and it uses bespoke catastrophe modeling to provide the right risk protection for its partners and clients. The Property Reinsurance offering includes: property catastrophe protection, risk excess of loss, cannabis - pro rata, building risk, and structured property, specifically in the United States.
For Specialty, the company's business encompasses a broad range of worldwide reinsurance coverage, including proportional and excess of loss, treaty, and facultative. Specialty business lines in the Reinsurance segment include Aviation & Space, Marine & Energy, and Credit.
Insurance & Services
Through the Insurance & Services segment, the company underwrites primary insurance in a number of sectors. With deep expertise and global reach, it offers innovative insurance solutions to meet the changing risk circumstances of its clients every day. The Insurance & Services segment includes Accident & Health, Property & Casualty, and Specialty.
Accident & Health (‘A&H’) provides flexible insurance products to meet the risk management needs of diverse populations in select markets. This includes employer groups, associations, affinity groups, higher education, and other niche markets. The company offers program management and underwriting guidance to its partners who provide access to modern, affordable accident and health solutions to their clients. Its partners include insurance and reinsurance brokers, managing general underwriters, managing general agents, third-party administrators (‘TPA’), and insurtechs. To deliver the greatest level of flexibility for its partners, the company also provides access to multiple risk-bearing entities, such as domestic U.S. admitted paper with SiriusPoint America, international paper with SiriusPoint International Insurance Company (‘SiriusPoint International’), and SiriusPoint Bermuda Insurance Company Ltd. (‘SiriusPoint Bermuda’), Excess & Surplus paper with SiriusPoint Specialty Insurance Company, and Lloyd’s Syndicate 1945. As a part of its Accident & Health product offerings, SiriusPoint owns 100% of IMG and Armada, which receive fees for services provided within Insurance & Services and to third parties. IMG offers a full line of international medical insurance products, trip cancellation programs, medical management services, and 24/7 emergency medical and travel assistance. Armada operates as a supplemental medical insurance MGA.
For Property & Casualty insurance, the company is a carrier for program administrators and managing general agents. The majority of its insurance business is written through partners in the property and casualty space, covering professional liability, workers’ compensation, and commercial auto lines in Bermuda, London, Europe, North America, and around the world.
For Specialty, the company's business encompasses a broad range of worldwide insurance coverage. Specialty business lines in the Insurance & Services segment include Aviation & Space, Marine & Energy, Credit, and Mortgage.
Marketing and Distribution
In Insurance & Services, SiriusPoint is a carrier for program administrators and managing general agents. Through its extensive suite of capabilities, underlying financial strength, relationships, responsiveness, and creativity, SiriusPoint has earned a reputation as an exceptional partner to Property, Casualty, and Specialty Lines, and Accident & Health Programs in Bermuda, London, Europe, North America, and around the world. The company works together with program administrators, managing general agents, reinsurance brokers, and other advisers in the space to enable programs to grow and achieve success. It offers its partners: primary insurance capacity (paper) enabled by admitted, non-admitted, and international capabilities, coordinated reinsurance with SiriusPoint as a risk-taking carrier, strong distribution relationships in reinsurance and insurance, and a robust global license suite and platform, enabling growth and ease-of-business.
For primary insurance business, the company enters into agreements with select MGAs, which then market insurance products to brokers and the general public and have underwriting authority on its behalf. It pays certain MGAs profit commissions based upon the underwriting profit of business produced. The company has well-defined underwriting standards in place for these MGAs that are closely monitored by its staff. Before each MGA program is entered into, the MGA undergoes a rigorous due diligence process. In addition to the day-to-day interactions and oversight monitoring that it has with its MGAs, audits are performed on a regular basis.
For reinsurance business, the company obtains most of its submissions from reinsurance intermediaries (‘brokers’) that represent the ceding company. The process of placing a reinsurance program typically begins when a ceding company enlists the aid of a reinsurance intermediary in structuring a reinsurance program. Once the ceding company has approved the terms quoted by the lead reinsurer. The company considers both the reinsurance intermediary and the ceding company to be its clients.
The company pays ceding companies a ceding commission under proportional reinsurance treaties and some excess of loss reinsurance treaties. The ceding commission is generally based on the ceding company's cost of acquiring and administering the business being reinsured (e.g., agent commissions, premium taxes, and certain miscellaneous expenses). The ceding commissions paid to ceding companies constitute the majority of its total acquisition costs. Additionally, the company pays reinsurance intermediaries commissions based on negotiated percentages of the premium they produce on non-proportional business.
Regulation
The Insurance Act 1978 and related regulations (collectively, the ‘Insurance Act’) regulate the business of the company’s Bermuda insurance, reinsurance, and management company subsidiaries. SiriusPoint’s Bermuda-licensed operating insurance subsidiaries include SiriusPoint Bermuda, which is registered as a Class 4 general business insurer, Alstead Reinsurance Ltd. (‘Alstead Re’), which is registered as a Class 3A general business insurer, as well as a segregated accounts company pursuant to the Segregated Accounts Companies Act 2000 (‘SAC Act’).
The company has received approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (the ‘BMA’) to file a consolidated group financial condition report, inclusive of SiriusPoint, SiriusPoint Bermuda, and Alstead Reinsurance Ltd. (‘Alstead Re’).
SiriusPoint's U.S.-based insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries, and their respective domiciliary state regulators (the ‘Domiciliary States’) include SiriusPoint America Insurance Company (New York State Department of Financial Services (‘NYDFS’)); SiriusPoint Specialty Insurance Corporation (New Hampshire Insurance Department); and Oakwood Insurance Company (Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance). All state insurance regulatory bodies with jurisdiction over SiriusPoint's U.S.-based insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries are accredited by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (‘NAIC’).
SiriusPoint International Insurance Company (‘SiriusPoint International’) is subject to regulation and supervision by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (the ‘SFSA’).
SiriusPoint's U.K.-based authorized insurance subsidiaries include Sirius International Managing Agency Limited, a Lloyd's managing agent that is dual-regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the ‘PRA’) and the Financial Conduct Authority (the ‘FCA’) and supervised by Lloyd's; and International Medical Group Limited, an insurance intermediary regulated by the FCA. SiriusPoint International Insurance Corporation (publ) is also supporting Syndicate 1945 through Sirius International Corporate Member, a corporate member of Lloyd's.
History
The company was incorporated as an exempted company under the laws of Bermuda in 2011. It was formerly known as Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. and changed its name to SiriusPoint Ltd. in 2021.