Aspen News
Charman Questions Soft Market Re-Buying Strategies as Endurance Cedes More
As the market softens, should insurers and reinsurers keep more of their business net, or should they buy more reinsurance and retrocessional cover while there are lower prices and better terms? A ...
Validus Looking to Grow in U.S. Insurance Market, CEO Says
The chief executive officer of Validus Holdings said that there are growth opportunities for the group's insurance operations in the United States, at a time when growth for the Bermuda reinsurance ...
Q1 Return for ‘Independent’ Aspen Nears 15%; Full-Year Target 10%
Aspen Insurance Holdings reported an annualized operating return-on-equity of 14.8 percent for the first quarter on Thursday, also giving double-digit forecasts for future years—targets which its ...
Aspen Restates, Expands on ‘Serious Concerns’ With Endurance ‘Proposal’
Three days after adopting a poison pill to fend off a hostile bid from Endurance, Aspen sent a letter to its shareholders Sunday restating concerns it first aired hours after the bid was made public ...
Aspen-Endurance Battle Escalates: Aspen Adopts Poison Pill, Endurance Reacts
The takeover battle between Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. and Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. escalated on Thursday, with Aspen's board of directors announcing a shareholder rights plan—commonly ...
Will Validus Remain on Sidelines as Bermuda Consolidates?
With consolidation talk heating up in Bermuda this week, followers of the island market and its acquisition activity over the past decade wonder about the plans of Bermuda's most active acquirer in ...
Round 3: Endurance Says Aspen Offers Shareholders ‘Red Herrings’ Instead of Value With Bid Response
In the third volley of a contest between two Bermuda specialty companies on Monday, Endurance said that Aspen's rejection of a bid to buy the company for $3.2 billion ignores the best interests of ...
Aspen Board Unanimously Rejects Endurance’s $3.2B Hostile Bid
Aspen Insurance Holdings announced Monday that its board of directors has unanimously rejected a $3.2 billion takeover bid from Endurance Specialty Holdings announced hours earlier, calling the ...