Energy insurers continue to feel the pressure caused by over-supply of capital and falling demand from buyers, which may lead them to exit or scale back their participation in the energy sector, according to a report published by Willis Towers …
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, …
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. reported net income available to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2015 of $135 million, or $1.39 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $164 million, or $1.60 per diluted common share, for …
Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that AXIS Syndicate 1686 has recently received approval from Lloyd’s for the establishment of an underwriting division at Lloyd’s Insurance Company (China) Ltd. The underwriting division will focus on treaty reinsurance business on the …
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced it will wind down its retail insurance operations in Australia and continue to operate in the market via its international wholesale insurance and global reinsurance platforms. As a result of this move, the company anticipates …
PartnerRe Ltd., the reinsurer that agreed to a takeover by Italy’s EXOR SpA in August, said the period to contact other potential bidders has ended with no other offers. “None of the third parties contacted during this process provided a …
EXOR SpA, the Agnelli family’s investment company, agreed to buy PartnerRe Ltd. for about $6.9 billion in its biggest single acquisition in more than a century after the reinsurer scrapped a deal with rival AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. EXOR, which …
PartnerRe Ltd, the reinsurance company that has a $6.6 billion merger agreement with AXIS Capital Holdings, has indicated that it is now willing to negotiate a new deal with rival suitor EXOR, SpA, according to people familiar with the matter. …
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 has enough on its plate juggling a proposed merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and an unsolicited bid from the Italian investment firm EXOR SpA. Now there is a sizable second-quarter loss with which to contend, due to a …
