Standard & Poor’s sees a number of specialty insurers as potential takeover targets by both rival carriers and investors seeking to expand in the segment, thanks to stellar operating performance versus the P/C industry as a whole. The ratings entity …
Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang, who calls himself a student of Warren Buffett, says he will slow down a global buying spree over the next two years after his Fosun Group snapped up insurers, banks and fashion companies at home and …
Fosun International Ltd., Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang’s conglomerate that has bought insurers and real estate around the world, proposed raising HK$11.7 billion ($1.5 billion) in a rights offer to fund its push into the banking and insurance industries. The company …
Reinsurance M&A activity should continue well into 2016 as competitive pressures continue unabated, Standard & Poor’s said in a new report. The ratings firm said that the Berkshire Hathaways of the world – investment holding companies seeking to enter the …
Ironshore Personal Lines is now offering a new umbrella program for high net worth homeowner insureds, with properties valued in excess of $1 million, as complementary liability coverage for losses due to unforeseen legal actions. Ironshore Personal Lines’ umbrella program …
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. agreed to sell Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. for about $2.2 billion to an arm of China Minsheng Investment Corp. The price for the reinsurer will be 127 percent of shareholders’ equity, plus $10 million, …
Ironshore Inc. has introduced a new boat and yacht insurance program in collaboration with the National Boat Owners Association (NBOA) to be available nationwide. Ironshore Premier Watercraft program, which will be offered exclusively by NBOA, provides comprehensive cover for watercraft …
Ironshore Inc. has named Edward Mazman to lead the newly-established Real Estate Industry Practice group. Mazman, based in Boston, will assume the role in addition to his current responsibilities serving as executive vice president of the Ironshore U.S. Property unit. …
Ironshore Inc. has named Kevin Whitehead as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer of the Specialty Casualty unit. He will be responsible for setting underwriting guidelines and strategies for existing and new product lines for Specialty Casualty nationwide. He …
Bermuda-based Ironshore has named Daniel Owen as senior vice president of the Global Property Energy division, effective immediately. Owen, who joined Ironshore in 2011, is currently senior vice president of Global Property Builder’s Risk business lines and will continue in …
