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Deal Analysis: Why Validus Is Buying Western World
The combination of Validus Holdings and Western World Insurance Group fills in "missing pieces" for both organizations, Validus' chairman said Tuesday, detailing finer points of a $690 million deal ...
Duperreault and Two Sigma: Marrying Tech, Analytics and Underwriting in Bermuda
It is hardly unusual to read about hedge funds partnering with insurance and reinsurance companies in Bermuda these days. On that score, the launch of Hamilton Insurance Group might seem like more of ...
Let’s Dance, Say Reinsurance Leaders With Mergers on Their Minds
Even though his appetite is temporarily sated from two key acquisitions in recent years, the leader of SCOR says the M&A "dancing floor will be open" across the reinsurance industry going ...
Mining Underwriting Opportunities With CoMeta
Speaking during a session at the Advisen Casualty Insights conference in March, Robert Reville, the chief executive officer of Praedicat, noted that while all mass litigation, historically, has been ...
Praedicat: Mining Data From Published Science to Spot the Next Casualty Cat
Emerging liability risks aren't likely to look like asbestos or silica in coming years, according to an expert who has been following the development of workplace torts for decades. Instead, the next ...
Looser Terms Luring Non-Buyers Back Into Casualty Reinsurance Market
While it might take an innovative clash cover to lure Chubb's reinsurance buyer back into the casualty reinsurance market, other cedents are enticed by higher ceding commissions and multiline and ...
A Conversation with Fermat Capital’s John Seo: The Evolution of Cat Bonds
John Seo, a pioneer in the catastrophe bond space, uses advanced technical models to assess the risk that investors will take on through portfolios of insurance-linked securities. But even simple ...
Endurance to Continue Push for Aspen Deal; First Strategic Combo Since ACE-CIGNA, CEO Says
Executives at Endurance Specialty Holdings said they will continue to try to engage Aspen Insurance Holdings in negotiations related to Endurance's bid to acquire Aspen—a dialogue that Endurance ...