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FGH Parent, L.P., the ultimate parent company of Bermuda’s largest multi-line reinsurer (together with its subsidiaries, “Fortitude Re”), today announced the acquisition of Plans’ Liability Insurance Company, an Ohio-domiciled and widely licensed property & casualty insurer. This acquisition enables Fortitude Re to provide enhanced transactional flexibility and … [Read more...] about Fortitude Re Acquires U.S. Property & Casualty Insurer

Legacy acquirer, DARAG Group concluded a new agreement with an offshore captive insurance company, with the transaction value hitting the $10 million mark. The transaction structure was a novation, allowing the counterparty full legal finality, and has been written into DARAG North America, which will provide legal, economic and operational finality for the underlying US … [Read more...] about DARAG enters new North American captive transaction

Genesis Legacy Solutions (“GLS”), part of Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MHLD), announced today an agreement to provide a medical expense reimbursement cover to the Washington, D.C. cell of the Michigan based Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital (“MFB”). MFB has a facility network that spans 39 cities and specializes in value-based rehabilitation and post-acute care. This … [Read more...] about Genesis Legacy Solutions Completes Reinsurance Cover for Mary Free Bed Hospital

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd (R&Q), the non-life global specialty insurance company focused on program management and legacy transactions, is set to be acquired by one of its major shareholders, in an acquisition backed by investment group 777 Partners. The acquisition will value Randall & Quilter’s (R&Q’s) existing issued share capital at … [Read more...] about R&Q to be acquired by 777 Partners backed Brickell PC Insurance

DARAG has acquired a Guernsey-based reinsurance captive, marking the group’s second transaction in Guernsey and reinforcing its position in the market and across Europe. Having been in run-off since 2019, the captive’s transaction with legacy acquirer DARAG is part of its cedant owner’s strategic alignment to streamline its business focus. The key business lines of the … [Read more...] about DARAG acquires Guernsey reinsurance captive

Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has acquired Champlain Reinsurance Company (Champlain Re), a Swiss based run-off reinsurance captive of Alcan Holdings Switzerland AG, a member of Rio Tinto Alcan, in a legacy transaction. Champlain Re’s remaining reinsurance liabilities consist mainly of General Liability and Workers’ Compensation exposures of the Rio Tinto Alcan Group. The … [Read more...] about Swiss Re acquires Champlain Re in legacy deal

 Genesis Legacy Solutions (“GLS”), part of Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MHLD), announced today an agreement to provide an adverse development cover (“ADC”) to Arizona-based Applied Medico-Legal Solutions Risk Retention Group (“AMS”). AMS provides medical professional liability coverage to individual physicians and physician groups, and today is one of the nation’s premier … [Read more...] about Genesis Legacy Solutions Completes ADC for AMS RRG

Fortitude Group Holdings, LLC, the parent of Bermuda-based reinsurer Fortitude Re, has now completed its takeover of AIG’s legacy insurance businesses following the acquisition of Fortitude Life & Annuity Solutions, Inc. (FLAS) and Fortitude P&C Solutions, Inc. (FPCS). It was announced in late November 2019 that the Carlyle Group and T&D Holdings had partnered to … [Read more...] about Fortitude Re finalises acquisition of AIG’s legacy insurance business

It’s a done deal for Premia Holdings and The Hartford, after the latter’s sale of Navigators Holdings (Europe) NV and its subsidiaries secured the required approvals from the National Bank of Belgium and the Commissariat Aux Assurances in Luxemburg. The acquired business, subsidiaries of which include Antwerp-headquartered property and casualty insurer Assurances … [Read more...] about The Hartford completes major sale

According to local reports, reinsurer Swiss Re is planning to make a Rs 920 crore (USD 123 million) investment in the Paytm Insuretech Private Limited (PIT) business of Indian financial services firm Paytm, through which it will take a 23% stake in the initiative. Paytm, which specializes in digital payment systems, e-commerce and finance, plans to leverage its customer base … [Read more...] about Swiss Re eyes stake in India’s Paytm Insuretech for $123mn

Genesis Legacy Solutions (“GLS”), part of the Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MHLD), today announced that it had issued its first Loss Portfolio Transfer Agreement through its Vermont cell to an affiliate of Cypress Property & Casualty Insurance Company. This agreement reinsures Cypress’ commercial general liability portfolio written in Florida and Texas from 2008 through … [Read more...] about Genesis Legacy Solutions announces its first Loss Portfolio Transfer

Resolution Life US Holdings has announced the signing of a $9.4 billion reinsurance transaction between its insurance subsidiary, Security Life of Denver Insurance Company (SLD) and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation. The deal consists primarily of bank and corporate owned life insurance business alongside a smaller … [Read more...] about Resolution Life signs $9.4bn reinsurance deal with Lincoln Financial

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ: ESGR) announced today that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has completed the purchase of the entire 27.7% interest in Enhanzed Reinsurance Ltd. (“Enhanzed Re”) previously held by an affiliate of Hillhouse Group. The purchase price of $217.1 million is based on 90% of Enhanzed Re’s total … [Read more...] about Enstar Completes Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Enhanze Re

Compre, the international specialist legacy group, and SiriusPoint have reached an agreement for Compre to acquire a $417 million portfolio of legacy liabilities. The transaction is structured as a loss portfolio transfer and will be underwritten by Compre’s class 3A Bermudian reinsurer, Pallas Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Pallas Re). The portfolio in question comprises … [Read more...] about Compre to acquire SiriusPoint legacy portfolio for $417mn

AXA announced today that it has entered into an agreement with HSBC* to sell AXA Insurance Pte Ltd (“AXA Singapore”). Under the terms of the agreement, AXA will sell AXA Singapore for a total cash consideration of USD 575 million (or Euro 487 million*). The transaction is estimated to result in a negative net income impact of ca. Euro 160 million in AXA Group’ s FY21 … [Read more...] about AXA to sell its insurance operations in Singapore for USD 0.6 billion

DARAG Group (“DARAG”), a leading legacy acquirer, today announces that following a competitive process, its German insurance carrier DARAG Deutschland AG has signed a Loss Portfolio Transfer (“LPT”) followed by a Portfolio Transfer (“PTA”) with Insr Insurance Group ASA (“Insr”), an insurance group listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (“OSE”) All of Insr’s remaining insurance … [Read more...] about DARAG announces Loss Portfolio Agreement with Insr Norway

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ: ESGR) announced today that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has completed a transaction with ProSight Global, Inc. (“ProSight”) to provide reinsurance relating to 2019 and prior year business. The reinsurance comprises a ground up loss portfolio transfer of ProSight’s discontinued workers’ … [Read more...] about Enstar Completes Transaction with ProSight

HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ: ESGR) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to repurchase an aggregate of 3,749,400 ordinary shares of Enstar held by funds managed by Hillhouse Group (“Hillhouse”) for a price of $234.52 per share, totaling $879.3 million in aggregate, a discount to book value. The shares … [Read more...] about Enstar Announces Two Transactions with Hillhouse

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd, (AIM-RQIH) (“R&Q”), the leading non-life global speciality insurance company focusing on Program Management and Legacy Insurance businesses, is pleased to announce the completion of the novation of four loss portfolio transfer agreements managed by Armour Risk Management Ltd previously in place between ILS P&C Re and … [Read more...] about Completion of Four Portfolio Transfers

HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ: ESGR) announces today that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has completed a Loss Portfolio Transfer with Hiscox Ltd (“Hiscox”), pursuant to which Enstar’s Syndicate 2008 has reinsured a diversified portfolio of legacy insurance business underwritten by Hiscox Syndicate 3624, including the … [Read more...] about Enstar Reinsures Hiscox Legacy Portfolio