April 22, 2021
Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced estimated catastrophe losses of approximately $47 million for the first quarter of 2021. Argo expects to report Q1 natural catastrophe losses of approximately $43 million, primarily related to Winter Storm Uri. Approximately half …
October 22, 2020
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced that its results for the third quarter of 2020 will be adversely affected by estimated losses of $71 million related to various natural catastrophe events and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The …
June 5, 2020
Argo Group International Holdings will pay $900,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to fully disclose perks and benefits provided to its former chief executive officer. In proxy statements filed from 2014 through 2018, Argo failed to disclose …
March 31, 2020
Argo Group had been under fire for months over allegations that its board spent excessively on executive compensation when Kevin Rehnberg became interim CEO in November 2019. Three months later, Rehnberg was named as its full-time leader. Less than a …
February 27, 2020
Argo Group International Holdings, already reeling from a tough 2019 fourth quarter and year, now must deal with downgraded credit ratings from AM Best. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer had its long-term issuer credit ratings downgraded for the main …
November 8, 2019
The day after Argo Group International Holdings announced CEO Mark Watson III was retiring “immediately,” investors seemed ecstatic, driving the company’s stock price up 5.6 percent on Nov. 6. Watson’s departure as CEO is a good thing for the bigger …
August 7, 2019
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. reported a drop in net income and a spike in its Q2 2019 combined ratio, due to higher catastrophe losses. At the same time, rate increases helped boost both gross written and net earned premiums. …