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ProAssurance to Acquire Workers’ Comp Specialist Eastern Holdings
Medical professional liability insurer ProAssurance Corp. (NYSE: PRA) said it is acquiring monoline workers' compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: EIHI) in an all-cash ...
Brookfield, AIG End Lawsuit Tied to 2008 Collapse
American International Group Inc. and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agreed to end a 2009 lawsuit in which Brookfield sought a judge's ruling that the insurer's collapse triggered default ...
FEMA Chief Tells Senators He Can’t Delay Flood Insurance Rates
Pressure continues to build in Congress to delay implementation of flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for thousands of property owners across the country. But the man in charge of ...
200,000 Policyholders May Move from Florida’s State-Backed Insurer
Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida's largest insurer, could be shifting thousands more of its policyholders away from the state-created company and into private insurance companies. The head ...
Swiss Re to Pay $240M for German Hailstorms
Hailstorms in northern and southern Germany in July will generate a claims burden of approximately $240 million for Swiss Re, the company announced Monday. That figure is net of retrocession and ...
Fidelity Demands Companies Make Exec Pay Plans Longer Term
One of the biggest investors in European companies says it will start voting against boardroom pay plans next year unless firms force executives to hold shares more than three years before cashing ...
Newsmaker: BlackBerry Savior Watsa, an Investor with a Long View
As soon as Prem Watsa stepped down from BlackBerry's board in August, speculation that he would launch a bid for the troubled smartphone maker started to swirl. Six weeks later, the man some call ...Fairfax Sets Floor for BlackBerry with $4.7 Billion Offer
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry on Monday signed a tentative deal to be acquired by a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, setting a $4.7 billion floor in the auction of the Canadian ...