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2023

Barents Re Announces Strategic Leadership Shift with New CEO and Executive Chairman

2022

Moody’s Assigns A3 Insurance Financial Strength Rating to Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc. (Cayman Islands), stable outlook

2021

A.M. Best affirms ‘A’ (Excellent) Financial Strength rating for Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc. and Barents Reinsurance S.A.

 

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Barents Re has been awarded as Best Specialty Reinsurer 2021, by CFI.co (Capital Finance International) in The Insurance Awards 2021. 

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2020

Best Independent Reinsurance Group: Barents RE was named a 2020 Global Excellence Awards Winner in the Best Independent Reinsurance Group, Spain category, by UK publisher Acquisition International.

2019

Barents Re in Double Award Win Barents Re has been awarded Best Reinsurance Company Luxembourg and Best Reinsurance Bonds Offering of the Year at the Global Banking & Finance Awards 2019.

 

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 AM Best affirms ‘A’ (Excellent) Financial Strength rating for Barents Re Reinsurance Company Inc. and Barents Reinsurance S.A.

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2018

Completion of Redomestication of Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc. to the Cayman Islands

 

A.M. Best affirms ‘A’ (Excellent) Financial Strength rating for Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc. and Barents Reinsurance S.A.

 

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Best Reinsurance Company, Global Banking & Finance Awards.

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2016

A.M. Best affirms ‘A’ (Excellent) Financial Strength rating for Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc.

 

A.M. Best assigns ‘A’ (Excellent) Financial Strength rating to Barents Reinsurance S.A.

 

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Outstanding Independent Reinsurance Group, Global Excellence Awards 2017.

 

Marine Cargo line of business introduced.

 

Reinsurance Company of the Year, Global Business Awards.

 

A.M. Best affirms ‘A’ (Excellent) Financial Strength rating for Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc.

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2015

A.M. Best upgrades Financial Strength rating to ‘A’ (Excellent) for Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc.

 

Granted licence to create Luxembourg based subsidiary company, Barents Reinsurance S.A.

 

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Reinsurance Company of the Year, European Banking & Finance Awards

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2014

Reinsurer of the Year awarded by The European Magazine.

 

World Finance 100 Award

2013

New offices open in London and Madrid by affiliates.

 

Energy line of business introduced.

 

Best Reinsurance Company of Central America awarded by Reactions Magazine.

2012

A.M. Best upgrades Outlook to Positive: ‘A-’ (Excellent) for Barents Re Reinsurance Company, Inc.

 

Continued expansion in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

2011

New offices in Miami, Paris and Beirut.

 

Property line of business introduced.

2010

Rated by A.M. Best for Financial Strength ‘A-’ (Excellent) Stable Outlook.

 

European and Latin America expansion begins

1996

Barents Re starts operating