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As cedants become ever more sophisticated in their understanding of ratings, analytical firm Litmus Analysis examines the ratings of the wide range of reinsurance carriers in Europe using a unique methodology to establish their average ratings. Here, Stuart Shipperlee, partner at Litmus, describes some of the chart’s findings.   20 October 2014
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Tower Group International has entered into an agreement to acquire American Safety Reinsurance (ASRe), the Bermuda-based reinsurance subsidiary of American Safety Insurance Holdings, from Fairfax Financial Holdings for some $59m.   4 June 2013
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The unsolicited offer made yesterday (Monday) by Endurance Speciality for Aspen Insurance could well represent just the start of a period of intense mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity for the reinsurance industry that some commentators have been forecasting for some time.   15 April 2014
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Taking the top spot with 7.11, rating agency AM Best was closely followed by Standard and Poor’s with 6.90 and Moody’s with 6.33.   14 September 2014
Insurance
Specialist re/insurance group Canopius has completed the acquisition of Omega Insurance Holdings Limited (Omega).   21 August 2012
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AXIS Capital Holdings has become the latest reinsurer to post improved profits based on its performance last year. The company made a net profit of $684 million compared with $495 million in 2012, an increase of some 38 percent.   5 February 2014
Insurance
The Saudi Arabian insurance market has been growing for a decade, a trend at odds with most parts of what is an increasingly turbulent region. Intelligent Insurer investigates.   4 April 2016
Insurance
Dermot O’Donohoe, the chief executive of Torus, the specialty insurer recently acquired by Enstar, has resigned just six weeks after its takeover forcing a reshuffle of senior management.   15 May 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
The government has made significant steps towards enabling the UK to become a centre for insurance-linked securities (ILS) business, but the devil will be in the detail writes Andrew Holderness, Global Head of Corporate Insurance Group at Clyde & Co.   21 January 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
The risk transfer landscape is being transformed by consolidation and the idea that bigger and more diversity is better—particularly if access to alternative capital is involved. But, just like in real life, some recent marriages—especially those rushed into for the wrong reasons—may well end in divorce. Intelligent Insurer reports.   18 October 2018

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