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India Government Raises $1.5B Selling Shares in Reinsurer GIC Re

The Indian government raised about 98 billion rupees ($1.5 billion) on Friday by selling some of its shares in General Insurance Corp of India (GIC Re), the nation’s top reinsurer, in the country’s biggest listing in seven years. [Editor’s note: …

Arch Re Names Halgan as CEO; Dragonetti as President; Seymour-Smith as COO; Vivian as N. America CEO

Arch Capital Group Ltd. has announced a number of senior management changes in its worldwide reinsurance group. Jerome Halgan, currently the president and chief executive officer of Arch Reinsurance Co. in the U.S., has been promoted to the role of …

Everest Re Taps AXIS Re’s Heizmann as Head of European Credit & Surety

Everest Re Group Ltd. announced that Markus Heizmann will join Everest Reinsurance (Ireland), dac, as head of its Zurich-based credit & surety operations. He will work alongside Laurent Arnould, head of Financial Products, to further develop the worldwide trade credit …

Reinsurer GIC Seeks $1.7B in 3rd Largest Indian IPO

General Insurance Corp., India’s largest reinsurer, and its owner will seek as much as 113.7 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) after setting terms for the third-biggest initial public offering on record in the South Asian nation. GIC will offer 17.2 million …

Everest Re Gets Nod to Launch Irish Insurer for EU Business; Aon’s Cross Is CEO

Everest Re Group Ltd. announced today that its Dublin-based subsidiary has been granted authorization in principle by the Central Bank of Ireland to operate as an authorized non-life insurer in Ireland. This entity, to be named Everest Insurance Ireland, dac …

Berkshire Hathaway’s Gen Re Plans to Expand in Indian Market

General Re, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. which won a license to open an Indian office in May, is seeking a larger slice of the world’s fastest-growing reinsurance market. The unit plans to expand in health and …

AXIS Capital to Complete Acquisition of Novae Group in October

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said it will complete its acquisition of London-based Novae Group plc in two phases, beginning with the acquisition of Novae shares, which is expected on Oct. 2, 2017. This will be followed by management control and …

AXIS Sweetens Offer for Lloyd’s Specialty Carrier Novae to $611.5M

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has substantially sweetened its offer for Novae Group plc, a Lloyd’s of London specialty insurer and reinsurer. AXIS, a Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, said it will now pay $611.5 million in cash for Novae, up …

Reinsurers Invest in Fintech Startups to Diversify and Grow in Soft Market

When Micah Carr-Hill wanted to insure Chief, the Labrador that helps with his son’s autism therapy, he found an ally in Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer. The German company had just teamed up with a U.K. internet startup to …

Blenheim Syndicate 5886 Taps Talbot’s Cutts to Develop New Reinsurance Unit

Blenheim announced the appointment of John Cutts to develop a specialty reinsurance division within Syndicate 5886, subject to relevant regulatory consents. Cutts will take up his role in 2018 upon concluding his existing responsibilities at Talbot Underwriting, where he has …