Business Moves

Black Heads Swiss Re’s Brazilian, So. American Reinsurance Operations

Swiss Re announced that it now operates as a Local Reinsurer in Brazil under new leader Margo Black, as its Head of Reinsurance for Latin America South and President of Swiss Re Brasil Resseguros SA. “She starts at a historic …

CNA Completes Acquisition of Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd.

Chicago-based CNA Financial Corporation and Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Limited announced the successful completion of CNA’s acquisition of Hardy, which was approved by Hardy shareholders in April 2012. The bulletin also said that “regulatory approvals for the transaction, including from Lloyd’s …

RSA Inks Agreement w/ The Co-operative Insurance for Auto Claims

The UK’s RSA and The Co-operative Insurance have announced a bilateral agreement to settle outstanding motor recoveries. RSA said it is “designed to remove frictional costs, limit the need for claims handlers to get involved and to speed up the …

MDS Group Launches HighDome, a Self Insurance Protected Cell Company

European and Latin American insurance and reinsurance brokerage and risk consulting provider, MDS Group, announced the launch of HighDome PCC Ltd, a protected cell company, “to provide alternative risk financing services including self insurance facilities, access to reinsurance markets, and …

Business Moves – West

Atlas Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. has started selling its core commercial automobile insurance products in Utah, becoming the 31st state where Atlas is actively underwriting. Atlas’ insurance subsidiaries, American Country Insurance Co. and American Service Insurance Co. Inc., distribute their …

Business Moves – Southeast

Gallagher, Whitehaven Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1994, Whitehaven Insurance Group is a retail insurance broker offering …

Business Moves – East

USI, Lynch, Beretta and Bucci USI Insurance Services completed the acquisition of Lynch, Beretta and Bucci Insurance, a Pawtucket, R.I.-based P/C insurance agency that specializes in a wide range of personal lines, commercial lines and specialty products, including Rhode Island …

Liberty Mutual’s Indian Joint Venture Receives Insurance License

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group announced that Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company Ltd, a joint venture between Liberty Mutual Insurance Group and Videocon Industries Ltd., has received the necessary license from India’s insurance regulatory authority to commence its operations. The operation …

Italy Regulators Conditionally Approve Unipol – Fondiaria-SAI Merger

Italy’s antitrust and insurance regulators have given conditional clearance for a plan by insurer Unipol to take over its loss-making peer Fondiaria-SAI, removing most of the regulatory hurdles hanging over the deal to create Italy’s No. 2 insurer. Unipol agreed …

Fairfax Runoff Sub RiverStone to Acquire All Shares of Brit Insurance Ltd.

The Netherlands-based Brit Group and Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited have announced that RiverStone, Fairfax’ runoff subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with Brit to purchase all of the outstanding shares of UK-based Brit Insurance Limited (BIL), which wrote UK …

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