The Board of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has approved the appointment of a new Treasurer, Elizabeth Breeze, Head of Hiscox Capital Partners.
Ms. Breeze joined Hiscox in 2012 and was appointed Head of Hiscox Capital Partners in 2025. For over 20 years, Ms Breeze has developed deep expertise across capital markets, insurance and reinsurance and strategic leadership, most recently as Chief Financial Officer, Hiscox Re.
Her career began at KPMG in London, where she qualified as a chartered accountant, specialising in the audit of London market insurance companies. She later transferred to KPMG Bermuda, advising reinsurance entities across audit and advisory engagements.
In addition to a new treasurer, the ABIR board also appointed several new finance committee members: Kierra Smith, Chief Financial Officer, Convex Re Ltd., Haynes Finney, Bermuda CFO, Partner Re and John Huff, President & CEO, ABIR.
Mark Cloutier, Chair, ABIR said, “On behalf of the board of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers, I wish to welcome the new members of the Finance Committee. ABIR remains well-capitalised and looks forward to continuing its role as a leading advocacy, public policy and education trade association for the Bermuda market for many years to come. At this time, I also recognise outgoing Treasurer, Paul Konyecsni, for his years of dedication. I congratulate him on his retirement from Axis and thank him for his service.”
About ABIR: The Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers (ABIR), which represents Bermuda’s major property and casualty insurers and reinsurers doing business in 150 countries, was founded in 1993. For three decades, the Bermuda market’s risk-bearing capacity has played a key role in enabling insurance to be accessible and affordable, to the benefit of consumers around the world. Bermuda is an internationally recognised centre of global expertise on underwriting for catastrophe, climate, cyber, mortgage and credit risk transfer products, along with other specialty insurance and reinsurance. For more information, visit www.abir.bm or follow us on X @ABIR_Bermuda
