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Generali’s Plan to Shed $22B of Insurance Liabilities Complicated by Interest-Rate Surge

Assicurazioni Generali’s plans to shed up to 20 billion euros ($21.87 billion) of insurance liabilities are being hampered as a surge in interest rates has complicated talks with buyers, three people familiar with the matter said. The Italian insurer embarked …

People Moves: Lockton Restructures Int’l Leadership; MGA Arcadian Promotes Barna for Transactional Liability; McGill and Partners Hires DARAG’s Hill for Structured Solutions

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at brokers Lockton and McGill and Partners as well as the Bermuda MGA Arcadian Risk Capital. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Announces New International Leadership Structure Lockton, the …

Legacy Specialist Compre Signs 2nd Transaction with QBE

Compre, the London-based independent re/insurance legacy specialist, announced it has signed its second legacy transaction with QBE for an undisclosed sum. The transaction follows Compre’s acquisition of QBE’s share of the Ridgwell Fox & Partners pool legacy reinsurance business in …

Allianz and Generali Plan to Sell Life Insurance Assets: Sources

Two of Europe’s largest insurers are gearing up to sell billions of euros in life assets — a niche corner of dealmaking keeping bankers busy amid the coronavirus pandemic. Allianz SE is planning to divest as much as 9 billion …

R&Q’s Accredited Completes Portfolio Transfer from Lansen Försäkringsaktiebolag

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd. has completed the transfer of business from Sweden’s Lansen Försäkringsaktiebolag, a wholly owned subsidiary of SAAB Aktiebolag. The transfer will help to enable …

AXA Liabilities Managers Buys Non-Life Legacy Portfolio of Munich Re Malaysia

AXA Liabilities Managers announced it has completed the acquisition of the non-life legacy portfolio of Munich Re Malaysia (a branch of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich). The portfolio transfer will become effective on October 1, 2019. Financial details of the …

Generali to Sell Life Run-Off Portfolio of UK Branch to Reinsurance Group of America

Generali has signed an agreement to sell the life run-off portfolio of its UK Branch to a subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America Inc., the St. Louis, Mo.-based life and health reinsurance company. The run-off portfolio, which consists of mainly …

R&Q Buys Old Mutual’s Run-Off Captive, Constantia Insurance

Randall & Quilter (R&Q) announced it has acquired Constantia Insurance Co. (Guernsey) Ltd., a captive company now in run-off, from Old Mutual plc. Regulatory approval for the acquisition has been granted and Constantia will be amalgamated into Capstan Insurance Company …

Randall & Quilter Sells R&Q Managing Agency to U.S. MedMal Insurer Coverys

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced it has completed the sale of its Lloyd’s managing agency, R&Q Managing Agency Ltd. (RQMA), to Coverys, a provider of medical professional liability insurance based in Boston, Mass. The agreement between R&Q and …

Zurich to Transfer German Legacy Medical Practice Portfolio to Catalina

Zurich Insurance Group announced that its subsidiary Zurich Insurance plc has entered into an agreement with Catalina Insurance Ireland DAC (Catalina) to transfer its German legacy medical malpractice book to Catalina. The portfolio concerned represents reserves of approximately US$450 million …