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Insurance
US-based Prosperity Life Insurance Group, a provider of protection, supplemental and asset accumulation products, has been bought by an investor group including hedge fund manager Elliott and insurance-focused private investment firm Wand Partners. 14 March 2018
Insurance
With its centenary just around the corner, reinsurance broker Holborn is enjoying almost unprecedented growth as US cedants seek a true alternative solution, the firm’s Frank Harrison tells PCI Today. 29 October 2018
News
The quietest US Atlantic hurricane season in decades will lead to a low double-digit fall in related catastrophe reinsurance pricing in the key 2014 renewals, says Fitch Ratings. 3 December 2013
Insurance
XL Group’s $4.1 billion takeover of Catlin has been welcomed by rating agencies though some have noted a potential deterioration of XL’s credit profile and the risks inherent in an acquisition of this size and scope. 12 January 2015
Insurance
Texas-based US Risk Insurance Group, a specialty lines underwriting manager and property/casualty wholesale broker, has acquired IMS London American Brokerage and Underwriting Services. 10 July 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
Freddie Mac, the US government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that provides liquidity to the US mortgage markets by buying mortgages from lenders, wants to increase the panel of reinsurers it works with over time to as many as 50—a move intended to ensure its credit risk transfer programme will remain stable and sustainable in the long term. 29 October 2018
Insurance
German insurance group Talanx has coordinated €832 million of senior bond financing to the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm to boost yields in the current low-interest rate environment. 12 December 2017
Insurance
Catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide and reinsurance broker Capsicum Re are collaborating in the development of silent cyber modelling capabilities. 4 September 2018
Insurance
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) recent revision of its Lloyd’s market outlook to stable from positive could be the first warning of more negative actions and downgrades for the wider reinsurance industry. 21 October 2014
Insurance
Broker Willis Towers Watson has expanded its insurance broking capabilities in India by acquiring a 49 percent stake in Almondz Insurance Brokers. 10 July 2017
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