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Legacy Specialist Compre Buys 2nd Portfolio from Belgium’s AG Insurance

Compre, the London-based independent re/insurance legacy specialist, announced it has signed agreements to transfer an inwards reinsurance portfolio from AG Insurance SA for an undisclosed sum. The Belgian insurer’s portfolio comprises business in run-off across a range of lines and …

Legacy Specialist Compre Completes 3 Run-Off Acquisitions

Compre, the London-based independent re/insurance legacy specialist, announced it has signed three transactions involving Basler Versicherung AG (Baloise), Helvetia Swiss Insurance Co. Ltd. (Helvetia), and an undisclosed European insurance group. Compre has acquired each company’s share of the Gibbon Pools, …

Compre Announces Bridger & Lawson to Become Co-CEOs, Succeeding Steer

Compre, the independent insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, announced that Nick Steer, a founding director, will step down as group CEO in March 2018. He will remain within the group as non-executive deputy chairman, advising on future acquisitions. Will Bridger, …

Compre Acquires Legacy Portfolio from Noway’s Gjensidige Forsikring

Compre, the London-based insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, announced it has acquired a further legacy portfolio from Norwegian insurer Gjensidige Forsikring ASA for an undisclosed sum. The portfolio comprises U.S. asbestos, pollution and health hazard (APH) risks underwritten between 1983 …

Legacy Specialist Compre to Acquire Irish Captive Insurer Equinox CA Europe

Compre, the independent insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, today announces it has agreed to acquire Equinox CA Europe, a captive insurer of global engineering and construction conglomerate SNC-Lavalin. The Ireland-based captive insured the activities of SNC-Lavalin’s business in France from …

RSA Promotes Tiffany to Head of UK Legacy, Commercial Claims Team

RSA, one of the UK’s largest commercial insurers, has promoted Suzy Tiffany to head of UK legacy, with effect from July 1, 2015. Working at RSA for over 10 years, Tiffany has held a number of roles including finance change …