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Arch gets negative outlook from A.M. Best on United Guaranty risks

31st August 2017

Bermudian insurance and reinsurance firm Arch Capital Group Ltd. and its Arch Reinsurance Ltd. subsidiary have both had negative outlooks assigned to their credit ratings by A.M. Best. The negative outlooks are due to A.M. Best's view that Arch has experienced a "significant increase in financial leverage" due to the issuance ... Read the full article

Arch partners to reduce mortgage insurance friction for customers

24th August 2017

International insurance and reinsurance group Arch Capital Group Ltd. is partnering with a technology platform for mortgage loans to bring its mortgage insurance offering to potential customers more simply. Arch Mortgage Insurance Company has partnered with provider of a multichannel loan origination system OpenClose, in an integration that will bring Arch's ... Read the full article

Fitch continues to assess United Guaranty impact on Arch

22nd June 2017

Ratings agency Fitch is maintaining a negative rating watch on the debt of insurance and reinsurance specialist Arch Capital Group Ltd., in the wake of the firms acquisition of mortgage insurance player United Guaranty Corporation from AIG. Bermudian re/insurer Arch completed the acquisition of United Guaranty from insurance giant AIG ... Read the full article

AIG to sell $600m Arch shares gained from United Guaranty sale

9th June 2017

Insurer AIG is to sell $600 million worth of shares it owns in Bermudian insurance and reinsurance group Arch Capital Group Ltd., a holding that AIG gained when it sold mortgage insurer United Guaranty to Arch. Arch completed its acquisition of United Guaranty Corporation (UGC) from American International Group (AIG) ... Read the full article

Re/insurers back Fannie Mae credit insurance risk transfer on $20.4bn of loans

23rd March 2017

A panel of conterparties including sixteen insurance and reinsurance companies have backed the first two Credit Insurance Risk Transfer™ (CIRT™) transactions of 2017 for Fannie Mae, covering $20.4 billion of loans. Insurance and reinsurance capital has increasingly backed the Fannie Mae mortgage loan credit insurance risk transfer deals in recent times, ... Read the full article

Arch completes acquisition of mortgage insurer United Guaranty

4th January 2017

Arch Capital Group, the Bermudian headquartered insurance and reinsurance firm, has today announced its completed acquisition of United Guaranty Corporation (UGC) from American International Group (AIG). The acquisition of UGC will further expansion of Arch’s existing mortgage insurance businesses by combining UGC’s position as the market leader in the U.S. private ... Read the full article