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News about the insurance and reinsurance run-off market, where legacy liabilities are transferred or acquired in run-off transactions, allowing their original holders or underwriters to achieve finality on those books of business.
P&C run-off provider Marco acquires UK non-life insurer from Allianz
25th August 2020
Marco Capital Holdings Limited, the recently launched European Property & Casualty run-off player, has announced its first deal after reaching an agreement to purchase British Reserve Insurance Company Ltd (BRIC) from Allianz. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval, and, provides the basis of the company's regulated platform for future run-off ... Read the full article
Marco launches as P&C run-off specialist with €500m capital
21st August 2020
Marco Capital Holdings Limited, a new Malta-headquartered European Property & Casualty run-off solutions provider, has launched with €500 million in committed initial equity capital. The group, whose majority investor is US alternative investment management firm Oaktree, will pursue run-off opportunities located in/emanating from the Continental Europe, the UK and Lloyd's of London. Marco's initial committed ... Read the full article
Blue Capital Re sees Irma loss creep trigger aggregate ILW
18th August 2020
Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company currently winding up its operations, has announced the notification of an aggregate catastrophe loss related to 2017's hurricane Irma. The collateralised reinsurer, which is owned by Sompo International Holdings, Ltd., has been in the process of being run-off and its shares liquidated ... Read the full article
Arig to cease writing reinsurance business
17th August 2020
Arab Insurance Group (Arig), a Bahrain-domiciled treaty and facultative reinsurance provider, is to cease writing reinsurance business and could look for a buyer to take over the firm while it's in run-off. After two downgrades from ratings agencies over a nine month period, the Central Bank of Bahrain uncovered “glaring ... Read the full article
R&Q finalises NationsBuilders acquisition
13th August 2020
A statement has been released by Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) disclosing the completion of its acquisition of NationsBuilders Insurance Company (NBIC). Back in June, R&Q declared that it was entering into a stock purchase agreement to acquire NationsBuilders Insurance Company. Paul Corver, Group Head of M&A at R&Q, ... Read the full article
DARAG acquires auto & travel insurer Arisa
10th August 2020
Legacy acquirer, DARAG Group Limited has announced the acquisition of Arisa Assurances SA. Arisa is an automobile and travel insurance company based in Luxembourg and is a subsidiary of ADAC Versicherung AG. The transaction will be conducted through DARAG’s German risk carrier, DARAG Deutsche Versicherungs- und Rückversicherungs-AG, and remains subject to regulatory ... Read the full article
DARAG hires Goss as new Head of Claims from TMK
30th July 2020
Legacy acquirer DARAG has announced the appointment of Elliot Goss as Group Head of Claims. With over 17 years of re/insurance experience, Goss has specialised in long tail classes such as International Casualty. He most recently served as Head of Casualty and Specialty Claims at Tokio Marine Kiln, where he led the ... Read the full article
Enstar closes purchase of Great Lakes, HSB run-off portfolios
3rd July 2020
Legacy acquirer Enstar Group has announced that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries has acquired certain portfolios from the Australian branches of Great Lakes Insurance SE and HSB Engineering Insurance Limited, both part of Munich Re group. This deal was first announced late last year and was described as primarily consisting of long ... Read the full article
DARAG completes transfer of Zurich’s German A&E PI portfolio
1st July 2020
Legacy acquirer DARAG Group Limited has completed the previously announced acquisition of Zurich Insurance's German architects and engineers (A&E) professional indemnity insurance (PI) portfolio. The legal transfer of the portfolio to DARAG's German risk carrier, DARAG Deutsche Versicherungs- und Rückversicherungs-AG, structured initially as an LPT or retrospective reinsurance, has now received ... Read the full article
Fleming Re announces novation of legacy liabilities from Duarte Nursery
1st July 2020
Run-off provider Fleming Reinsurance Ltd. (Fleming Re) has announced that it recently completed the novation of the workers compensation deductible layer of Duarte Nursery, Inc. Duarte Nursery is a family owned and operated nursery located near Modesto in California. It's the largest permanent crops nursery in the U.S. and has a ... Read the full article
Compre eyes growth with launch of Class 3A reinsurer in Bermuda
24th June 2020
Compre, the independent specialist legacy acquirer, has received regulatory approval in principle to establish a Class 3A reinsurer in Bermuda. Over the coming weeks, Compre is set to work with the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to finalise the registration and licensing of the reinsurer. The company says that this new platform will ... Read the full article
Call for Watford to be sold as reinsurer falls “horribly short of expectations”
19th May 2020
In a recent letter, the principal of investment firm Capital Returns Management, Ronald Bobman, has called for Bermuda-based reinsurer Watford Holdings Ltd to consider selling itself, potentially to a runoff specialist. A letter that was sent on Friday highlighting unprofitable underwriting returns and poor investment results at the company, called for ... Read the full article
Enstar posts $516.8mn Q1 loss as COVID-19 dents investment portfolio
8th May 2020
Enstar Group Limited recently announced a net loss of almost $517 million for the opening quarter of 2020, driven by $612.6 million of unrealised investment losses owing to COVID-19 related financial market turmoil. Enstar's sizeable Q1 2020 net loss compares with net earnings of $358.8 million reported in the first-quarter of ... Read the full article
Enstar CFO Guy Bowker to resign
15th April 2020
Legacy acquirer Enstar Group Limited has announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and principal accounting officer, Guy Bowker, has informed the company of his intention to resign. Enstar states that Bowker will remain with the firm for an extended period (expected to be until March 2021) in order to ensure ... Read the full article
Enstar to reinsure $465mn of Lyft’s legacy automobile business
1st April 2020
A wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of legacy acquirer Enstar Group Limited has entered into a novation agreement with affiliates of ridesharing company Lyft, Inc. and certain underwriting companies of Zurich North America, a division of global insurer Zurich. Under the terms of the novation agreement, Enstar will reinsure legacy automobile business ... Read the full article
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