Albert Benchimol News

AXIS Agrees to Terminate PartnerRe Merger; to Receive $315 Million Breakup Fee

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited was apparently prepared to lose out on its merger with Partner Re. The company announced, soon after the deal with EXOR was announced that it “has accepted a request from PartnerRe Ltd. to terminate the amalgamation …

AXIS Reports Q2 Net Income of $63M, Compared to $191M in Q2 2014

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited reported net income available to common shareholders for the second quarter of 2015 of $63 million, or $0.63 per diluted common share, compared with $191 million, or $1.79 per diluted common share, for the second quarter …

PartnerRe Holders Should Reject Merger with AXIS, Favor EXOR Deal, ISS Says

PartnerRe Ltd. investors should reject a planned merger with rival reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and instead opt for a bid of more than $6.7 billion from Italy’s EXOR SpA, ISS Proxy Advisory Services said in a report. “A vote …

AXIS CEO Halts Merger Activities as PartnerRe Seeks to Negotiate with EXOR

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and PartnerRe Ltd. halted preparations for their planned merger after PartnerRe said it is seeking to negotiate with hostile bidder EXOR SpA. “As a result of this latest news, we have decided to suspend all integration-related …

Update: EXOR Lifts PartnerRe Bid, Breaking Elkann Vow on Final Offer

EXOR SpA has raised its hostile bid for PartnerRe Ltd. months after saying it had made its final offer to break up the reinsurer’s merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. The latest proposal adds a special dividend of $3 a …

PartnerRe’s Ex-CEO: Shareholders Should Vote Against AXIS Merger Plan

PartnerRe Ltd.’s former Chief Executive Officer Patrick Thiele said the reinsurer’s shareholders should vote against a planned merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and called the cash offer from Italy’s EXOR SpA a better option. A combination with AXIS would …

AXIS Says Termination Fee Would Soften Blow if PartnerRe Deal Collapses

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Albert Benchimol, who’s working to complete a merger with PartnerRe Ltd., said his company can withstand a collapse of the deal and that a termination fee would soften the blow. “We intend to …

AXIS Reports Q1 Operating Income of $136M on Low Catastrophe Losses

Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited reported net income available to common shareholders for the first quarter of 2015 of $156 million, or $1.54 per diluted common share, compared with $137 million, or $1.24 per diluted common share, for the first …

EXOR Shuns Hedge Fund Strategy With $6.4 Billion Buyout Plan of PartnerRe

The Agnelli family’s EXOR SpA, known for investments in cars and soccer, is dismissing the prevailing reinsurance strategies as it seeks to push into the industry with a $6.4 billion takeover. EXOR is shunning the idea that it should take …

AXIS Capital Reports Q4 Operating Income of $120 Million, $563 Million for 2014

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited reported a net income available to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2014 of $164 million, or $1.60 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $172 million, or $1.52 per diluted common share, …