Fireside Chat

Kathleen Faries Chair ILS Bermuda

Kathleen’s career in the industry spans corporate benefits, captives, facultative insurance, reinsurance, and ILS. The past 10 years of her 30 year career have been focused on leading both at Tokio Millennium Re Bermuda (TMR) and in the Bermuda reinsurance market.

The power of leveraging technology to enable transformation and growth is key to Kathleen’s advisory positions with ChainThat, a UK based Insurtech company, and Blockchain Triangle, a Bermuda based Fintech company. Both of these advisory positions are focused on the opportunity Bermuda has to lead the way on global data standards and building a truly digital insurance marketplace including digital securitization of risk.

Kathleen served as Chief Executive Officer of Tokio Solution Management Ltd. From 2012-2016 and Head of TMR’s Bermuda branch from 2016-2019, where she spearheaded the expansion of TMR’s capital markets strategy with the start-up of Tokio Solution and Shima Re in 2012. She was instrumental in building TMR’s reputation as a leader in the ILS arena and driving their innovative approach to the ILS market.

Kathleen is a founding member and Chair of ILS Bermuda Ltd. which launched the ILS Bermuda Convergence event in 2012 – a leading ILS networking event held annually in Bermuda. Kathleen also currently sits on the board of the Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII) and is a founding Director of WeSpeak Bermuda, a non-profit focused on building exceptional public speaking skills and confidence.

Kathleen received the Bermuda Insurance Institute's (BII) Industry Leader of the Year award in 2015 and was named one of Insurance Day’s 2015 Power 50 Top Influencers in Reinsurance where she was recognized for promoting innovation and a bold approach to transforming the industry.