AXIS Capital Holdings News
AXIS CEO: Layoffs, Australia Retail Change Part of Ongoing Revamp
AXIS Capital Holdings is cutting 100 jobs and winding down its retail insurance business in Australia, two months after cancellation of its planned merger with PartnerRe. The Bermuda-based specialty ...
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 ...
A.M. Best Issues Ratings Downgrade For PartnerRe; S&P Goes ‘Negative’
PartnerRe's agreement to be acquired by Italian investment firm EXOR for $6.9 billion rather than merge with AXIS Capital Holdings drew a swift rebuke from A.M. Best, which downgraded its financial ...
EXOR to Buy PartnerRe for $6.9B; AXIS Gets $315M Breakup Fee
PartnerRe, after fighting for months against an unsolicited bid from the Italian investment firm EXOR, has finally relented, agreeing to its overtures to buy the Bermuda-based reinsurer for $6.9 ...
AXIS Sees Q2 Income Drop, Driven by Investment Declines & Marine Losses
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said its net income dropped during the 2015 second quarter versus a year ago, becoming the latest carrier adversely affected, in part, by a drop in investment income. High ...
PartnerRe, M&A Focused, Suffers Large Investment Losses in Q2
PartnerRe has enough on its plate juggling a proposed merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and an unsolicited bid from the Italian investment firm EXOR SpA. Now there is a sizable second-quarter ...
PartnerRe Sets Conditions to Meet With Unsolicited Bidder EXOR
PartnerRe said it is ready to meet with EXOR SpA about its revamped upstart bid for the reinsurer, but it once again wants more. "The PartnerRe Board has determined that the latest EXOR proposal ...
Tit For Tat: EXOR Once Again Boosts Its Bid For PartnerRe
Days after PartnerRe and AXIS Capital Holdings released sweetened terms of their merger deal, upstart bidder EXOR SpA has done the same. The Italian investment firm enhanced its own $6.8 billion ...