Reinsurance
PartnerRe Shareholder Vote on $6.9B EXOR Acquisition Scheduled for Nov. 19
PartnerRe's shareholders are scheduled to vote on EXOR's planned $6.9 billion acquisition of the Bermuda-based reinsurer on Nov. 19. PartnerRe disclosed the planned shareholder meeting in a proxy ...
CEO of Willis Great Britain Calls for More Industry Diversity
Willis Great Britain CEO Nicolas Aubert issued a call to the insurance/reinsurance industry to embrace diversity. Challenging the status-quo, he said the industry needs to employ a truly meritocratic ...
Warren Buffett Reduces Holdings of Munich Re Shares
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and National Indemnity Company stated their shareholdings in Munich Re have fallen below the threshold of 10 percent of voting rights — and now are at 9.7 percent. In an ...
S&P: Specialty Insurers Soar, Serve as Potential M&A Targets
Standard & Poor's sees a number of specialty insurers as potential takeover targets by both rival carriers and investors seeking to expand in the segment, thanks to stellar operating performance ...
Executives On The Move at Hamilton Insurance Group, Swiss Re, Aon Benfield and More
We have promotions and new hires to tell you about at Hamilton Insurance Group, Swiss Re, Aon Benfield and The Geneva Association: ** Hamilton Insurance Group has a new chief financial officer for ...
AmTrust Will Grow Again Through Acquisition With $233M Republic Companies Buy
AmTrust Financial Services will buy Texas-based property/casualty insurer Republic Companies, Inc. for $233 million, continuing an ongoing strategy of growth through strategic acquisitions. The ...
ACE’s Andrade to Run Post-Chubb Merger International Non-Life Business
ACE Ltd., in the final months of concluding its $28.3 billion acquisition of The Chubb Corp., has appointed one of its own to lead the company's combined international non-life insurance operations. ...
NSA Chief Questions Viability of Cyber-Weapons Treaty
Achieving a multinational arms-control treaty governing the use of cyber-weapons may be impossible because groups unaffiliated with governments wouldn't honor it, Admiral Michael Rogers, the director ...