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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.
Compre completes $150m legacy reinsurance transaction with Accelerant
22nd August 2024
Compre Group Holdings Limited, a reinsurance group based in Bermuda, announced the completion of a legacy reinsurance transaction with Accelerant, a data-driven risk exchange. This transaction received approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Underwritten by Compre’s Bermuda-based reinsurer, Pallas Reinsurance Company Ltd., the deal provides approximately $150 million in coverage for ... Read the full article
Enstar reports $126m net income with ROE of 2.5% in Q2’24
30th July 2024
Global insurance group Enstar has reported net earnings of $126 million for the second quarter of 2024, a substantial increase from $21 million in Q2 2023. The company's return on equity (ROE) improved to 2.5% this quarter, compared to 0.5% from the previous year, while adjusted ROE was 2.9% for the ... Read the full article
Howden Re appoints Shireen Gammoh as MD, Legacy & Structured Reinsurance
4th July 2024
Howden Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Howden Group Holdings, has announced the appointment of Shireen Gammoh as Managing Director (MD) within the Legacy and Structured Reinsurance team. Gammoh will join Howden Re on July 17th and will be based in Bermuda. Seth Ruff, Managing Director and Head of Legacy & Structured ... Read the full article
DARAG and UnipolSai form service partnership
17th June 2024
DARAG Group, a (re)insurance specialist in discontinued business and capital and operational relief, has entered into a service agreement with UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. (Unipol), an Italian insurer within the Unipol Group. Unipol is a major player in non-life insurance and motor vehicle third-party liability (TPL) in Italy. Under this agreement, DARAG Deutschland ... Read the full article
Augment Risk hires legacy expert Paul Corver as Advisor
13th May 2024
Reinsurance broker Augment Risk has announced that Paul Corver, formerly of R&Q Insurance Holdings (R&Q), will join the firm as an Advisor. Corver brings deep experience and insights in the reinsurance industry to the broker as it looks to strengthen its legacy build-out. He retired from his position as Group Head of ... Read the full article
Allianz Re names Silvia Rimola as Head of Capital and Legacy Solutions
29th April 2024
Allianz Reinsurance, part of global insurer Allianz, has named Silvia Rimola as Head of Capital and Legacy Solutions, effective April 2024. Rimola first joined Allianz in 2002 as part of the financial department, and has since held numerous roles within the company and its reinsurance arm. This includes time as a life ... Read the full article
Global non-life run-off reserves exceed $1 trillion for first time: PwC UK
27th March 2024
As per research conducted by PwC UK, global non-life run-off reserves are estimated to have reached $1.014 trillion, marking a $53 billion increase since its last survey published in September of 2022. Respondents to PwC UK’s recent survey of non-life legacy insurance market participants expect the strong pipeline of global deals ... Read the full article
R&Q continues to evaluate options for its Legacy Insurance business
4th March 2024
Global non-life specialty insurer R&Q Insurance Holdings Ltd (R&Q) has confirmed it is still exploring different strategic options for its Legacy Insurance business. However, it anticipates finalising the sale of its Accredited business by the end of the second quarter of 2024. In April 2023, R&Q's Board announced plans to explore ... Read the full article
DARAG concludes two additional captive legacy transactions
14th February 2024
DARAG Group, a company specialising in acquiring legacy insurance portfolios, has announced the conclusion of two captive legacy transactions while keeping the details undisclosed. In these agreements, insurance liabilities were transferred from the captives to DARAG through novation, along with their respective fronting carriers. In the first transaction, DARAG assumed the insured ... Read the full article
BMA outlines expectations for legacy re/insurers assuming corporate liabilities
4th January 2024
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has released guidelines outlining its expectations for legacy re/insurers engaged in assuming corporate liabilities, particularly those involving non-insurance corporations with risk characteristics resembling traditional insurance obligations. The regulatory framework addresses entities specialising in managing long-tailed liabilities, including those associated with historical asbestos and environmental exposures. The BMA's ... Read the full article
R&Q subjected to BMA review of legacy business, halting transactions
22nd December 2023
R&Q Insurance Holdings said this morning that the Bermuda regulator has requested an independent actuarial review of its legacy reserves, its capital and its cash flow projections, which will put on hold any legacy transaction to Bermuda based R&Q Re, including a previously announced deal. R&Q said it has been in ... Read the full article
RiverStone implements Clearwater platform to drive investment strategy
2nd October 2023
RiverStone International, the largest provider of legacy solutions in the Lloyd’s market, has successfully implemented the Clearwater platform to drive its investment strategy. Clearwater Analytics is a leading provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions. According to the announcement, RiverStone selected the platform for its investment accounting and reporting ... Read the full article
Bermuda key for the growth and evolution of the legacy market: PwC
22nd September 2023
“We expect Bermuda will continue to play a significant role in the growth and evolution of the legacy market due to the depth of talent and also its regulator," suggests Matt Britten, Partner, Insurance, PwC Bermuda. According to PwC, the global non-life run-off market remains active, with $9.4bn of estimated gross ... Read the full article
R&Q confirms in advanced talks over sale of Accredited business to Onex
22nd September 2023
Global non-life specialty insurer R&Q Insurance Holdings has confirmed that it is now in advanced talks regarding a potential sale of its Accredited program Management business to private equity investment manager Onex Corporation. The news was reported last night and this morning R&Q has filed a stock exchange announcement confirming its ... Read the full article
Global non-life run-off market active, deal value rises: PwC
11th September 2023
With estimated gross reserves of $9.4 billion transacted across 37 deals has been publicly announced in the 12 month period to the end of June 2023, the global non-life run-off market remains active, notes PwC. When compared to the same period in the prior year, PwC notes that there's an almost ... Read the full article
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