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Insurer Alleghany Buys Stake in Asset Manager Ares, Commits Up to $1B
Alleghany Corp., the insurer that bought Transatlantic Holdings Inc., acquired a stake in Ares Management LLC and agreed to invest as much as $1 billion in the asset manager to diversify its ...
RMS Version 13.0 Released For North American Hurricanes
RMS announced the release of its North Atlantic hurricane model suite, version 13.0, today, noting that the release delivers the ability to fully quantify the risk from catastrophic hurricane-driven ...
How Most of the Insurance Industry Escaped the Worst of the Financial Crisis
At a time when efforts are underway to require additional supervision of some large insurers, a new government report concludes that the insurance industry's own practices and the policies of state ...
First Storm Surge-Only Bond Gets S&P Rating
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced Tuesday that it rated the first storm surge catastrophe bond—MetroCat Re Ltd.—a $200 million issuance sponsored by First Mutual Transportation ...S.A.C. Re Under Review; Reputational Risk Among Challenges: A.M. Best
On Tuesday, A.M. Best Co. announced that the rating agency has placed the financial strength rating of "A-minus" (excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-minus" of S.A.C. Re, Ltd. (SAC Re) under ...
How To Own Your Risk: AIR Worldwide Explains Touchstone
Released in January 2013, AIR Worldwide's Touchstone modeling platform was five years in the making, according to the catastrophe modeling firm's new chief operating officer. Below, Bill Churney, a ...Zambian Reinsurer Prima Re Plans IPO
Prima Reinsurance Plc, a Zambian insurer, plans to raise about $4 million by the end of the year in the country's first initial public offering since 2008. The proceeds will go toward meeting higher ...
Loeb’s Third Point Re Increases IPO Target to $345 Million
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., which counts hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb as a founding shareholder, increased to $345 million the amount it is targeting in an initial public offering. The figure, ...