Fairfax Financial News
Watson’s Fairfax to Sell Vault; A.M. Best Issues Ratings Downgrade
Vault Insurance – a high-net-worth insurer majority-owned by Fairfax Financial's Allied World – will be sold, a decision that has led to an initial A.M. Best ratings downgrade. A.M. Best knocked ...
Canadian Pension Fund Will Buy Stake in Fairfax Runoff Unit Riverstone UK
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario's municipal employees, announced they have entered into an agreement where OMERS will acquire a 40 percent interest in ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Closes $1.6B Sale of Singapore Insurer to Mitsui Sumitomo
Fairfax Financial Holdings said it has successfully sold off a Singapore insurer it owned to Japan's Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company for $1.6 billion. The deal between the Toronto, Canada-based P/C ...
Allied World Is Back in A.M. Best’s Good Graces
Allied World Assurance Company Ltd. is back in A.M. Best's good graces. The insurer and its divisions have been removed from their status as "under review with negative implications." Also, A.M. Best ...
Fairfax Financial Will Sell Singapore Insurer to Mitsui Sumitomo for $1.6B
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (MSI) is acquiring Singapore's First Capital Insurance for $1.6 billion from Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings, in the biggest takeover by a Japanese insurer in ...
Prem Watsa’s Fairfax to Pay $144M for New Zealand Insurer
Fairfax Financial Holdings Lt. will pay $144 million for New Zealand Insurer Tower Ltd. giving it an instant, significant presence in a growing, emerging market. Tower's board of directors has ...
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 ...
Fairfax Discloses Probe of CEO Watsa for Possible Insider Trading
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Quebec's securities regulator is investigating Chief Executive Officer Prem Watsa and President Paul Rivett as part of a probe into possible insider trading. The ...