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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.
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
Premia Re assumes risks from two Lloyd’s syndicates in Q4
25th February 2020
Bermuda-based property & casualty re/insurance run-off group Premia Holdings assumed risks from two Lloyd’s of London syndicates in the fourth quarter of 2019. The previously undisclosed deals were acknowledged by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) in its recent assessment of the company, which had its financial strength rating confirmed as A-. The ... 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
AFG’s Q4 results include $58mn non-core charge from Neon exit
4th February 2020
American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) has reported net earnings of $211 million for the fourth-quarter of 2019 against a net loss of $29 million for the same period in 2018. The growth in earnings has occurred despite the firm's Q4 result including a $58 million hit from its previously announced ... 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
Bermuda’s Fleming Re acquires AggCap II
20th December 2019
Fleming Re Holdings LLC has announced the acquisition of AggCap Insurance Ltd, - AggCap II, a group captive that is in run-off providing workers compensation coverage for a large membership of California-based agribusinesses. AggCap Insurance Ltd is a Bermuda-based segregated accounts company that has provided workers comp insurance, loss control services, ... 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
MS Amlin puts UK P&C classes into run-off
19th December 2019
Global re/insurer MS Amlin has confirmed that it will cease underwriting certain lines of UK property and casualty (P&C) business from January 31, 2020, in line with its new strategic direction. Corporate Property, Real Estate, Casualty and Package Binders are among the classes the company plans to exit. The move follows the ... 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
Hamilton puts Acappella syndicate into run-off
18th November 2019
Bermuda-based reinsurer Hamilton Insurance Group has announced that it is placing Acappella Syndicate 2014 into run-off with immediate effect. Group CEO Pina Albo explained that the third-party capital-supported Lloyd's syndicate was not expected to produce an adequte return on capital. Hamilton took on the syndicate as part of its recent acquisition ... Read the full article
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