Steve Britton

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Michael Morrison and Charles Thresh, as the Foreign Representatives of White Rock Insurance (SAC) Limited, described as "an indirectly controlled subsidiary of Aon Plc, a global professional services firm providing a broad range of services, including insurance and reinsurance brokerage and insurance management services", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Editor's Note: The underlying insolvency proceedings are being conducted in secret at Bermuda Supreme Court, in keeping with the Court's policy of concealing negative information about Bermuda businesses from the general public.

Five businessmen in the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, and United States have been declared "not fit and proper" by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority for their conduct regarding captive insurer Alpha Re, which collapsed nearly four years ago and has been accused of perpetrating a $165 million fraud.

Bermudian businessman Gregory Tolaram, Bahamas-based financial adviser Edward Lynch, and seven insurers and investment funds in the Cayman Islands have been accused of participating in a $135 million fraud against U.S. insurer Great Western Insurance Company.

Unable to satisfy a $127 million arbitration award in New York, Cayman Islands-domiciled captive Alpha Re Limited, whose COO is Bermuda-based Gregory Tolaram, has gone into liquidation.