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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.
General Electric hit with $6.2 billion charge on legacy insurance portfolio
16th January 2018
General Electric has been hit with a GAAP after-tax charge of $6.2 billion, or $7.5 billion when adjusted to the new tax rate, tied to a legacy insurance portfolio. In addition, the company's finance unit will make statutory reserve contributions of $15 billion over seven years to fill a shortfall in ... Read the full article
CEO in-waiting Booth to depart Randall & Quilter
8th January 2018
Non-life legacy and run-off acquisition and management, programme services and investments specialist Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. has announced that its CEO in-waiting Tom Booth is departing the company. Randall & Quilter had announced back in October that Booth, the current Chief Financial Officer of the firm, was expected to ... Read the full article
R&Q acquires Constantia Insurance Company for £1.5mn
2nd January 2018
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) has announced the acquisition of Constantia Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited, from Old Mutual plc for £1.5 million (US$2mn). R&Q has received regulatory approval to acquire the company, which is now in run-off, and Constantia will be amalgamated into Capstan Insurance Company Limited, R&Q's consolidation vehicle domiciled ... Read the full article
Enstar completes sale of Pavonia Life business
2nd January 2018
Enstar Group Limited has announced that it has now completed the sale of its subsidiary, Pavonia Holdings (US), Inc., to an affiliate of Global Bankers Insurance Group, LLC. Enstar has completed the previously announced transaction for a total purchase price of $120 million, and is a good example of Enstar capitalising on its ability ... Read the full article
Enstar to reinsure $100 million of Allianz legacy business
29th December 2017
An Enstar Group subsidiary has entered into an agreement to reinsure about $100 million, or 50%, of Allianz SE's legacy business portfolio with effect from December 31, 2017. The subsidiary will assume net reinsurance reserves of approximately $0.1 billion in order to reinsure 50% of certain U.S. workers' compensation and asbestos, ... Read the full article
Re/insurers in Europe to focus on selling run-off business in 2018: Clyde & Co
27th December 2017
A wave of run-off activity is expected in 2018 as re/insurers in Europe adjust to Solvency II and seek to minimise capital requirements through optimising management of legacy business or selling books of business in run-off, according to Clyde & Co. The arrival of Solvency II was expected to bring a greater ... Read the full article
Reinsurance-to-close provides a clean break for Neon
22nd December 2017
The recently announced reinsurance-to-close transaction that Neon Underwriting has entered into with Enstar Group's StarStone, provides a clean break for the insurer, giving finality on legacy Marketform business. The arrangement, which we covered here, saw Enstar’s Syndicate 2008 enter into a reinsurance-to-close transaction to assume liabilities as at the 2015 ... Read the full article
SOBC Sandell completes sixth & seventh acquisition
21st December 2017
SOBC Sandell has announced that as of December 15th, 2017, it has acquired 100% of the stock of ASAC Inc., PCC and American Staffing Assurance Company of Washington DC, IC (ASCWIC), after receiving regulatory approval for Change of Control in Washington, D.C. The purchase of ASAC PCC and ASCWIC are SOBC ... Read the full article
Enstar completes reinsurance to close of Neon syndicate liabilities
21st December 2017
Bermuda based insurance, reinsurance and run-off specialist Enstar Group has announced the completion of a reinsurance-to-close transaction that sees it assume liabilities from re/insurer Neon Underwriting's syndicate at Lloyd's. Enstar's Lloyd’s of London managing agency, StarStone Underwriting Limited, agreed with Neon that Enstar’s Syndicate 2008 would enter into the reinsurance-to-close transaction, ... Read the full article
Generali to sell €300 million UK & U.S. non-life run-off portfolio to Compre Group
19th December 2017
Generali has entered into an agreement to sell the non-life run-off portfolio of its UK and U.S. branches consisting of about €300 million of liabilities to discontinued business specialists Compre Group. The transaction is structured as an upfront reinsurance solution by way of a Loss Portfolio Transfer for both branches. Legal business ... Read the full article
Compre announces changes to senior leadership
5th December 2017
Legacy specialist re/insurer Compre has announced that Nick Steer, the firm's founding director, will step down as CEO. Tom Colraine, chairman of Compre Group, commented; “the board are delighted to be promoting Will Bridger and Mark Lawson as co-CEO’s. Their joint role plays well to Will and Mark’s respective leadership strengths ... Read the full article
The Hartford to sell run-off life and annuity unit Talcott Resolution
4th December 2017
U.S. insurance group The Hartford has entered into a definitive agreement to sell run-off life and annuities business Talcott Resolution to investors led by Cornell Capital LLC, Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, TRB Advisors LP, Global Atlantic Financial Group, Pine Brook and J. Safra Group. The sale will net The Hartford $2.05 ... Read the full article
Compre to acquire assumed non-life reinsurance portfolio from Allianz Versicherungs
16th November 2017
Compre, the insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, has announced its seventh acquisition of the year, agreeing to purchase a portfolio of assumed non-life reinsurance business from Allianz Versicherungs. Originally, the business was underwritten by Vereinte Versicherung AG and its legal predecessors, and has been discontinued since the late 1990s. The transaction fee ... Read the full article
R&Q to novate management of ProSight’s Syndicate 1110
30th October 2017
Randall and Quilter Investment Holdings (R&Q), has reached an agreement with ProSight Specialty Insurance to novate the management of Syndicate 1110 to R&Q Managing Agency (RQMA), with day-to-day claims handling on non-U.S. business outsourced to R&Q Central Services. R&Q also announced plans to acquire 100% of the ProSight corporate members shares, ... Read the full article
Munich Re’s Ergo to begin sale of life insurance businesses: Reports
30th October 2017
According to industry reports, Ergo, the primary insurance arm of reinsurance giant Munich Re, is moving forward with plans to sell the life insurance books of Ergo Leben and Victoria Leben. Citing a report in Handelsblatt daily, Reuters states that two people familiar with the matter have said that management within the entity ... Read the full article
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