M&A
S&P Boosts Outlook for PartnerRe, Reassured by Its Hands-Off Owner EXOR
PartnerRe gets an outlook upgrade courtesy of Standard & Poor's, due in part to the ratings agency's admission that the reinsurer remains relatively autonomous from its new owner, EXOR. Standard ...
Ex-Chubb Exec to Run W.R. Berkley Corp.’s New Transactional Risk Division
A former Chubb executive will help run a new arm of W.R. Berkley Corp. Randolf Hein has been named president of the new Berkley Transactional, a fledgling division of Berkley Professional Liability ...
Report: Tokio Marine in Talks to Buy RHB’s General Insurance Arm
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc is in exclusive talks to buy RHB Bank's general insurance unit in a deal that also includes an agreement to distribute the Japanese insurer's products through the Malaysian ...
Everest Re Closes $49M Sale of U.S. Crop Insurance Subsidiary
Everest Re Group has closed the sale of its U.S. crop insurance subsidiary, pocketing $49 million in the process. Plans for CGB Diversified Services to buy Heartland Crop Insurance were first ...
Ratings Agencies Worry About Arch Capital’s $3.4B Deal for AIG’s Mortgage Guaranty Arm
Arch Capital Group Ltd.'s decision to buy American International Group's mortgage guaranty unit for $3.4 billion drew a mixed response from Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings, Moody's and A.M. ...
AIG Will Sell Mortgage Guaranty Unit to Arch Capital for $3.4B
American International Group Inc said on Monday it would sell its mortgage-guaranty unit to Arch Capital Group Ltd for about $3.4 billion. AIG, the largest commercial insurer in the United States and ...
Insurance Groups and Others Urge China to Revise Draft Cyber Rules
In a letter addressed to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, 46 global business groups spanning finance, information technology, insurance and manufacturing urged Beijing to revise its draft cyber rules, ...
Guidewire Software Grabbing FirstBest for $34M in Commercial Risk Biz Expansion
California's Guidewire Software plans to snatch up FirstBest Systems for $34 million in cash, a deal it said will boost its capacity to serve property/casualty insurers focused on complex commercial ...