Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will sell as much as 30 percent of Brit plc to the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System two months after agreeing to buy the Lloyd’s of London insurer for $1.88 billion. Fairfax said Wednesday it reached …
Major European reinsurers have posted very strong full-year results for 2014 and continue to be well capitalized, with profitable underwriting results due to the absence of sizable natural catastrophes and ongoing reserve releases. Nevertheless, reinsurers face challenges as soft market …
The proposed acquisition of Brit plc by Fairfax Financial Holdings is “credit positive” for Fairfax, according to Moody’s, which noted that the deal will significantly boost Fairfax’s underwriting capacity at Lloyd’s in a recently published report. Also citing the benefits …
Brit plc Chief Executive Officer Mark Cloutier said an excess of insurance industry capital will force more executives to sell or merge their companies. Cloutier said Brit’s planned $1.88 billion sale to Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., which was …
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.’s Prem Watsa, who said this week that issuing stock was one of his last options for financing the purchase of Brit plc, opted days later to sell shares and guard his company’s credit rating. Watsa, Fairfax’s …
Fairfax Financial Holdings, the Canadian property and casualty insurer run by contrarian investor Prem Watsa, said it would buy Brit plc for some $1.88 billion to become one of the top five underwriters on the Lloyd’s of London market. Watsa, …
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a-” from “a” of UK-based Brit Insurance Limited (BIL), and has placed the ratings …
lloyd’s insurer Ascot Underwriting Ltd. announced that it has formed the Strategic Power Consortium, which it described as a “dedicated technical underwriting vehicle for the power and utilities industry.” It began writing business as of January first. Together Ascot, Brit …
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has commented that the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of UK-based Brit Insurance Limited (BIL) are unchanged following a strategic review by Brit Insurance Holdings …
Brit Insurance, which is domiciled in the Netherlands and headquartered in London, announced the opening of a new Lloyd’s service company in Sydney, Australia. The bulletin noted that the new facility follows “the successful establishment of a representative office in …
