Stockton Re

Overseas Partners Ltd. returned to profitability in the third quarter, reporting net income of $2.4 million or two cents per share, compared with a loss of $46.7 million or 37 cents per share a year earlier. Shortly after reporting its

The ability of finite risk reinsurer Stockton Re to continue its impressive growth since it was formed three years ago is in question following the resignations last month of chief underwriters Richard Black and Michael Cascio, who effectively ran the insurance side of the company.Their departures followed differences with senior management over the future direction of the firm following the recent sale of its investment manager and sister company, Commodities Corporation, to Goldman Sachs.

Insurance executives aligned to two groups in Bermuda have been working frantically over the last few weeks to provide the first certificates of financial responsibility now required of shipowners whose vessels will enter US waters. Up for grabs are tens of millions of dollars in annual premiums. David Marchant looks at Bermuda's newest reinsurance product and assesses the winners and losers.