U.S.-based alternative investment manager Castlelake, L.P. announced the creation of a Bermuda-licensed reinsurance company, Itasca Re Limited, to offer insurance financing to buyers and owners of commercial aircraft assets. Itasca Re’s products enable competitive financing rates for aircraft asset buyers …
Pine River Capital Management LP, the $14.3 billion hedge-fund firm founded by Brian Taylor, is raising capital for a reinsurance company in the latest push by a money manager into the industry. The firm is seeking to raise $500 million …
Goldman Sachs Group said it is acquiring Ariel Reinsurance’s Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance operations, which it will combine with its existing business underwritten through Lloyd’s Syndicate 1910. The purchase price of the transaction was not disclosed. The acquired business will …
