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AXIS Capital, is a group of Insurance companies based in Bermuda, London, Dublin, Canada, Australia and Singapore (servicing SE Asian countries as well such as KL Malaysia, Bangkok Thailand, Jakarta Indonesia and many more) who underwrite Energy Insurance provides you these tips in maintaining an energy efficient home. Heating your home * Save the heat in! Enhance your home's insulation and make it more sealed while making sure there is right ventilation. Caulking and weather stripping are cheap methods to decrease air escape from you home. * Open the drapes or blinds and allow the sun in throughout the day to help warm the home and close them when the sun sets. * Consistent maintenance of your heating system is essential for both effectiveness and security. Ensure it is done annually. * Tidy or change your heater filter no less than every three months for the duration of the heating season. Improving air circulation * Ensure not anything is blocking your heating vents. * Use ceiling fans to help spread heat all over the house. One placed near a gas fireplace will make valued hot air down into the living area. * Maintain your basement fairly warm. The heat will escalate to the other floors of your home. * Close the chimney damper every time you're not using the fireplace. * Clean and vacuum dust or pet hair out of your warm air registers. The thermostat Setting up a programmable thermostat might save you money on your heating fee. Reducing the thermostat at bedtime and prior to leaving the house decreases your energy utilization without affecting your comfort. Fireplaces Old-style wood fireplaces pull significant heat out of the house, while gas fireplaces with sealed units make the most of heat use since firmly fitted glass doors and outdoor air intakes help increase fireplace efficiency. Air conditioners * Tidy your room air conditioner filter at least one time in a season. A dir

The $11 billion merger of Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. and Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. accelerates the trend of offshore reinsurers combining to remain competitive. The stock-swap deal announced Jan. 25 is the third in as many months in a sector hit by pricing pressure from an ongoing influx of private equity capital and strong competition among traditional reinsurers. The combination will create the fifth-largest reinsurer in the world. PartnerRe shareholders will own 51.6% of the combined company, for which a name has not yet been chosen, and Axis shareholders will own 48.4%. This mega-deal is expected to close in the second half of this year. The transaction follows Dublin-based XL Group P.L.C.'s Jan. 9 proposed acquisition of Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. in a $4.1 billion deal and Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.'s Nov. 24, 2014, acquisition of Bermuda-based Platinum underwriters Holdings Ltd. in a $1.9 billion deal. "I think it is absolutely a trend and I think, ultimately, it's all driven by the same factors," said Cliff Gallant, San Francisco-based analyst at Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. "There is a lot of pressure in reinsurance; prices are coming down and the product is changing. I expect that the wave is building and that we'll definitely see more M&A activity." Meyer Shields, managing director at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. in Baltimore, said: "This is a trend, it is accelerating and I don't think we're anywhere near done with this sort of announcement." "After a relative calm of several years, it seems the floodgates have opened for consolidation in Bermuda," Amit Kumar, New York-based vice president and senior analyst of insurance at Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., wrote in an analyst note that also cited the RenRe/Platinum and XL/Catlin deals. Axis Capital CEO Albert Benchimol, who will head the combined entity, said in an interview: "I feel very confident that with the increased scale of the organ