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Aspen Restates, Expands on ‘Serious Concerns’ With Endurance ‘Proposal’
Three days after adopting a poison pill to fend off a hostile bid from Endurance, Aspen sent a letter to its shareholders Sunday restating concerns it first aired hours after the bid was made public ...
Reinsurance Market Softness Extends ‘As Far As the Eye Can See,’ CEO Says
The question that crops up whenever reinsurers experience soft market conditions is again being posed to industry executives, with leaders giving varying answers to analysts asking, "What kind of ...
Platinum Eyeing Riskier Assets to Boost Profits in Unending Soft Re Mkt: CEO
With underwriting profitability stalled, Platinum Underwriters Holdings could soon join the list of Bermuda reinsurers turning to riskier assets to boost the investment component of income, the ...
Aspen-Endurance Battle Escalates: Aspen Adopts Poison Pill, Endurance Reacts
The takeover battle between Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. and Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. escalated on Thursday, with Aspen's board of directors announcing a shareholder rights plan—commonly ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Leads Eurobank Investor Group Betting on Greek Turnaround
International investors are to invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in Eurobank to become the bailed-out Greek bank's biggest shareholders in another sign of growing market confidence in Greece. ...
Lancashire Holdings Founder Richard Brindle to Retire
Lancashire Holdings Ltd. announced Wednesday that Richard Brindle, who has served as CEO of the group since he founded the business in 2005, will be retiring effective April 30. Alex Maloney, ...
BofA Settles with FGIC, Mellon Over Mortgage Securities for $950M
Bank of America Corp., the second- largest U.S. lender, said it reached a $950 million settlement tied to residential mortgage securities backed by Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. The accord ...