Leadership & Strategy
Aspen Tells Shareholders to Snub Endurance’s New M&A Overtures
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. may want to buy Bermuda reinsurance rival Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., but its acquisition target is doing everything it can to resist the hostile bid. In its ...
TransRe, Pillar Management Up Stakes in Pillar Capital to 50% Each
Pillar Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda-based insurance asset manager specializing in collateralized reinsurance and catastrophe insurance-linked securities, announced Tuesday that shareholders ...
Canal Insurance Appoints New Executives to Leadership Team
Canal Insurance Co. has announced the appointment of Tim Horgan, vice president of transportation and chief marketing officer, and Bob Pace, vice president and chief claims officer, to the executive ...
RSA Lures Another Zurich Executive
RSA Insurance Group Plc hired a second Zurich Insurance Group AG executive to run its U.K. and European units, said two people with knowledge of the matter. Steve Lewis, chief executive officer of ...
AmTrust To Grab Florida WC Insurer With Low-Hazard Risks
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. said it will snatch up a a workers compensation insurer affiliated with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida (Florida Blue) in a bid to add more low-hazard risks to ...
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 ...
Tech Startup AssureStart Selling Small Business Insurance in 3 More States
AssureStart, a Seattle-based technology startup that sells general liability and property insurance to small businesses on the Internet, has expanded its service footprint to include Colorado, ...
ACE Now Has Major Stake in Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance
ACE Limited has announced that the company and its local partner have acquired, through a mandatory tender offer, an additional 32.17 percent in The Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance PCL (SCSMG), a ...