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Fitch Places Allied World’s Financial Strength Status on Rating Watch Negative
Fairfax Financial may see huge possibilities in its $4.9 billion agreement to buy Allied World Assurance Co., but Fitch Ratings is responding cautiously to the news. Fitch placed Allied World's 'A+' ...
A $4.9B Allied World Buy Means Watsa’s Fairfax Is Betting on Trump
Prem Watsa, the Canadian investor who just agreed to buy a Swiss company in his largest deal, called the $4.9 billion agreement a bet on U.S. growth under President-elect Donald Trump. The purchase ...
Greenlight Capital Re CEO Hedges to Depart; Goldberg Will Return in Interim Capacity
Greenlight Capital Re disclosed that CEO Barton Hedges will be stepping down at the end of March 2017. News of his impending departure comes weeks after A.M. Best slapped the struggling specialist ...
Bosch Will Reportedly Pay $300M to Settle U.S. VW Diesel Claims
German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH is expected to settle a lawsuit filed by U.S. owners related to the Volkswagen pollution scandal for more than $300 million, a source briefed on the matter said ...2017 Predictions Part I: Brexit Opportunities and More M&A to Come
M&A and Brexit will be major factors for the global insurance/reinsurance industry over the coming year, according to predictions from the insurance team at the international law firm Clyde & ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Will Snatch Up Allied World in $4.9B Deal
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy insurer Allied World Assurance Co. for $4.9 billion in cash and stock in Chief Executive Officer Prem Watsa's largest purchase. Fairfax will pay $54 per ...
Progressive Tops A.M. Best’s Premium Ranking of U.S. Commercial Auto Insurers
Progressive Insurance Group is the top U.S. commercial automobile insurer by 2015 premium volume, an accomplishment that comes as the broader sector's overall performance continues to deteriorate, ...
XL Catlin Invests $4M in a Swiss InsurTech Microinsurance Startup
XL Catlin's investment arm committed $4 million in first-round financing to Stonestep, a property/casualty InsurTech startup looking to streamline how microinsurance is sold in emerging markets. The ...