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News about the legacy insurance and reinsurance market, where legacy liabilities are run-off, transferred or acquired in legacy transactions, allowing their original holders or underwriters to achieve finality on those books of business.
Weed killer & diesel fumes among top legacy concerns: Clyde & Co
2nd March 2020
Analysts at global law firm Clyde & Co believe that weed killer, diesel fumes and opioid addiction could be among key legacy concerns for UK re/insurers in 2020. The firm reported that claims relating to exposure to glyphosate and diesel fumes during the course of an individual’s employment could be set ... Read the full article
AXA LM acquires reinsurance portfolio from German unit
28th February 2020
AXA Liabilities Managers (AXA LM), a division of AXA and an acquirer and manager of legacy re/insurance business, has received regulatory approval for the acquisition of a legacy assumed treaty reinsurance portfolio from AXA Versicherung AG. German regulator BaFin gave the green light for AXA LM to move ahead with the ... Read the full article
RiverStone assumes reinsurance portfolio from Aioi Nissay Dowa
26th February 2020
RiverStone, the insurance run-off management firm owned by Fairfax, has assumed a portfolio of reinsurance business from the UK branch of Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company, Ltd (ADI). The portfolio was transferred under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and is effective from January 31, 2020. The UK ... Read the full article
DARAG bolsters UK presence with two acquisitions
12th February 2020
Legacy specialist DARAG Group Limited has completed its acquisition of The Underwriter Insurance Company Limited, and also its Sale and Purchase Agreement with One Re Ltd. Both transactions were completed via DARAG Deutsche Versicherungs- und Ruckversicherungs-AG, the legacy specialist's German operation. The Underwriter, which is a UK domiciled company that is in ... Read the full article
SCOR’s Channel Syndicate completes RITC transaction with RiverStone
11th February 2020
The Channel Syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, which is part of global re/insurer SCOR’s Specialty Insurance platform, has completed its reinsurance to close (RITC) transaction with legacy specialist, RiverStone. Effective January 1st, 2020 the transaction covers the 2017 and prior years of account of Syndicate 2015. First announced in November of ... Read the full article
AXA LM acquires RenRe’s UK run-off business
4th February 2020
AXA Liabilities Managers (AXA LM), a division of AXA and an acquirer and manager of legacy re/insurance business, has announced an agreement to acquire RenaissanceRe (UK) Limited from Bermuda-based reinsurer, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. RenaissanceRe (UK) Limited, a company in run-off, was formerly known as Tokio Millennium Re (UK) Limited, and ... Read the full article
R&Q completes portfolio transfer from Swedish captive
30th January 2020
Accredited Insurance (Europe) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Randall & Quilter Investment Holding Ltd. (R&Q), has completed the transfer of business from Lansen Försäkringsaktiebolag (Lansen), a wholly owned subsidiary of SAAB Aktiebolag. R&Q states that the portfolio transfer is designed to enable SAAB to close its captive insurer that it ... Read the full article
DARAG concludes reinsurance arrangement with Lloyd’s Syndicate
15th January 2020
Legacy acquirer, DARAG Group Limited has today announced the completion of a transaction with a leading Lloyd's of London syndicate, to provide reinsurance for a book of U.S. liability business. Under the terms of the agreement, DARAG'S Malta-based risk carrier, DARAG Malta Insurance and Reinsurance PCC Ltd., will provided the reinsurance. Tom ... Read the full article
R&Q’s Joint CEO Roger Sellek resigns
15th January 2020
Changes at the top continue at non-life legacy and run-off investor and capacity provider to program business Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q), with one of its Joint CEO's resigning and set to depart immediately. The company said this morning that Roger Sellek has resigned from his position at R&Q ... Read the full article
DARAG completes legacy portfolio transfer with SOVAG
20th December 2019
Legacy acquirer DARAG Group Limited has announced the completion of its portfolio transfer deal with German insurer and reinsurer, SOVAG. The deal, which was first announced in August 2019, sees the portfolio transferred to DARAG’s German subsidiary, DARAG Versicherungs- und Ruckversicherungs-AG. The legacy book consisted of both direct insurance and inwards ... Read the full article
Catalina to acquire Asia Capital Re, targets run-off growth in Asia
5th December 2019
Catalina Holdings, the Bermuda-headquartered non-life run-off and legacy insurance and reinsurance specialist, is set to acquire Asia Capital Reinsurance Group in a strategic move aiming for growth in Asia. The acquisition marks the first time Catalina has entered the Asian run-off market and the company aims to leverage the acquisition of ... Read the full article
Pioneer Syndicate 1980 to be placed into run-off
14th November 2019
Pioneer Underwriters has announced that following a strategic review it has determined that the cost of capital within the structure of its Lloyd's syndicate, Pioneer Syndicate 1980, is no longer economically efficient when compared with its other capital arrangements, and will therefore be placing the syndicate into run-off. Syndicate 1980 is ... Read the full article
Compre announces second legacy reinsurance transaction with AG Insurance
8th November 2019
Legacy specialist Compre has announced the signing of agreements to transfer an inwards reinsurance portfolio from Belgian insurer AG Insurance SA, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction involves the transfer of a portfolio comprised of business in run-off across numerous lines and territories, predominantly U.S. The legacy portfolio transfer is the firm's ... Read the full article
Enstar acquires legacy asbestos & environmental liabilities
30th October 2019
Bermuda-based re/insurance, run-off and legacy specialist, Enstar Group Limited, has announced that its Enstar Holdings (US) LLC division has acquired BorgWarner Morse TEC, LLC (Morse TEC) from BorgWarner Inc. This the second time that Enstar has purchased a non-insurance company, following its $91.5 million acquisition of Dana Companies, LLC for ... Read the full article
RiverStone acquires two Cayman-based captives
30th October 2019
Legacy specialist RiverStone has announced the acquisitions of GMPCI Insurance Company, Ltd. and Seaside Indemnity Alliance Company, Ltd., which are both Cayman-based captives. Seaside Indemnity Alliance was established in 2013 in order to assume hospital and physician professional liabilities. GMPCI Insurance was launched in 2005 to provide insurance to anaesthesiologists, certified registered ... Read the full article
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