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SOBC DARAG expands with new Bermuda office

1st August 2019

SOBC DARAG, the joint venture between U.S run-off specialist SOBC and European legacy acquirer DARAG, has announced the significant expansion of its Bermuda and U.S operations with the launch of its new Bermuda office. The firm's new Bermuda subsidiary will be fully operational from the 1st of August, 2019 and will ... Read the full article

SOBC DARAG acquires Vermont-based risk retention group

3rd July 2019

SOBC DARAG, the joint venture between U.S run-off specialist SOBC and European legacy acquirer DARAG, has announced the acquisition of Innovative Physicians Solutions RRG (IPS). IPS, a Vermont-based risk retention group (RRG), was acquired in full effective from July 1, 2019. SOBC DARAG said that it had received approval for the transaction ... Read the full article

SOBC DARAG’s Peachtree completes first assumption of legacy business

26th June 2019

SOBC DARAG, the joint venture between U.S run-off specialist SOBC and European legacy acquirer DARAG, has announced that Peachtree Casualty Insurance Company has completed its first assumption of legacy business. Peachtree, which was acquired by SOBC DARAG in November 2018, will also look to complete more assumption of legacy ... Read the full article

DARAG acquires SOBC Services, takes on four in run-off insurers

20th November 2018

DARAG Guernsey has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SOBC DARAG Holdings Ltd, has now acquired the entire share capital of SOBC Services in an agreement that will also see it take on four in run-off U.S carriers and a Bermuda-based cell. The announcement follows the formation of SOBC DARAG ... Read the full article

SOBC DARAG acquires Florida insurer in U.S expansion move

5th November 2018

SOBC DARAG, the newly-formed joint venture between U.S run-off specialist SOBC and European legacy acquirer DARAG, has completed its acquisition of Florida-based Peachtree Casualty Insurance Company. The acquisition, which was first announced in August 2018, marks SOBC DARAG’s first U.S acquisition and represents part of the initial stage of the ... 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