Agnelli family News

EXOR, Again, Agrees to Sell PartnerRe to France’s Covéa for $9 Billion (€7.8 Billion)

French mutual insurer Covéa and EXOR, a holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, have officially agreed to a delayed deal in which Covéa will acquire the global reinsurer PartnerRe for cash consideration of $9.0 billion (approximately €7.8 billion). The …

EXOR Restarts Talks With Insurer Covéa Over Scrapped $9B Sale of PartnerRe: Report

EXOR, the holding company of Italy’s Agnelli family, has restarted talks with French insurer Covéa over a possible sale of reinsurer PartnerRe, Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Saturday, after the deal was scrapped last year due to the pandemic. …

Exor Plays Hardball with French Insurer Covéa as PartnerRe Deal Collapses: Opinion

Renege on a deal with the Agnellis and you can expect to pay for it. Scion John Elkann has refused to renegotiate the Italian family’s $9 billion sale of its reinsurance business after the buyer, French mutual Covéa, sought to …

French Mutual Covéa Scraps $9 Billion Purchase of PartnerRe from Exor

French insurer Covéa has walked away from its planned $9 billion purchase of PartnerRe, the Bermuda-based reinsurer owned by Exor, the holding firm of Italy’s Agnelli family, saying it could no longer buy under the terms of their agreement. The …

PartnerRe’s Parent EXOR Vows to Go Ahead with Deals Despite Pandemic

The boss of EXOR showed confidence on Wednesday in the success of three transformative deals set to reshape its multi-billion portfolio of corporate holdings, despite being caught at mid-air by the coronavirus crisis. In a letter to the holding’s shareholders, …

PartnerRe to Buy Canada’s Aurigen Capital, in Life Reinsurance Push

PartnerRe Ltd., the reinsurer owned by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA, agreed to buy Aurigen Capital to expand in coverage of life policies in North America. PartnerRe agreed to pay C$375 million ($284 million) in a deal expected to be completed …

PartnerRe Reshapes $16B Investment Portfolio Under Elkann/EXOR’s Leadership

PartnerRe exited junk bonds and shifted funds into property as the reinsurer reshaped a $16 billion investment portfolio after being acquired by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA. EXOR’s approach is to focus on holdings that “we know and understand very well,” …

PartnerRe Appoints EXOR’s Elkann as Chairman; Clarke Named CEO

EXOR SpA Chief Executive Officer John Elkann was named chairman of PartnerRe, the reinsurer that his investing firm acquired for [$6.9 billion on March 18, 2016 in its largest takeover]. PartnerRe President Emmanuel Clarke was named CEO of the reinsurer, …

Buffett’s Favored Banker, Trott, Plans European Expansion with London Office

Warren Buffett’s favored banker, Byron Trott, is planning to expand his investment and financial advisory firm BDT Capital Partners in Europe with a London office to attract billionaire clients, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Chicago-based BDT, founded in …

PartnerRe’s Q3 Earnings Impacted by EXOR Acquisition, ‘Difficult’ Market

As EXOR’s acquisition of Bermuda-based PartnerRe proceeds, it will be taking over a somewhat diminished company, as PartnerRe reported a net loss of $243.3 million, or $5.08 per share for the third quarter of 2015. This includes, however, the “amalgamation …