Executives On The Move at Brit Global Specialty USA and AXA
Veterans of Swiss Re and Redstone Underwriters joined Brit Global Specialty USA in executive roles. A former Goldman Sachs executive signed on with AXA as its new group chief risk officer.
Brit Builds on Expansion Strategy With South African Company Investment
Brit Ltd., the global specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced it has made a significant strategic investment in Camargue Underwriting Managers, one of South Africa's providers of specialized ...
The Latest Launches From Markel, Brit and Ironshore
Markel unveiled a revamped management liability policy for private companies. Brit Ltd. launched a Lloyd's consortium for commercial general aviation. Ironshore Environmental will expand its industry ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore, Brit, QBE and More
Ironshore is expanding its cyber coverage in Canada. RealRate and Pinnacle Actuarial Resources will jointly offer a beefed up comparative price tool for commercial auto insurance. Brit launched new ...
Executives On the Move at Endurance, Brit and Sompo Canopius
A Chubb executive jumps ship to Endurance Specialty Holdings. Specialty Insurer Brit Lt. names some to lead its new Singapore office. Canopius revamps, renames itself and makes some executive ...
S&P: Reinsurance M&A Will Follow Berkshire Hathaway Model
Reinsurance M&A activity should continue well into 2016 as competitive pressures continue unabated, Standard & Poor's asserted in a new industry report. The ratings entity said that the ...
Fairfax Financial Will Sell 30% of Brit Plc to Ontario Pension Fund
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will sell as much as 30 percent of Brit Plc to the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System two months after agreeing to buy the Lloyd's of London insurer for ...
Fitch Puts Watch on Brit plc
Fitch Ratings has placed some of Brit plc's ratings on Rating Watch Negative following an announcement that Fairfax Financial Holdings intends to acquire Brit for roughly $1.9 billion. The ratings ...
Another M&A Deal: Fairfax Financial Grabbing U.K.’s Brit For $1.88B
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the Canadian property and casualty insurer run by contrarian investor Prem Watsa, said it would buy Brit plc for about $1.88 billion to become one of the top five ...
Brit PLC Pairs With New Bermuda Reinsurer for Property Cat Excess of Loss Coverage
A new Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer will cover a share of Brit PLC's existing worldwide property catastrophe excess of loss portfolio. The partnership between Brit – a global specialty insurer and ...