RiverStone International News

RiverStone Acquires Electric Insurance; Plymouth Rock Gets Renewal Rights

RiverStone International reports it has closed on its acquisition of Electric Insurance Co. and its two subsidiaries, Elm Insurance Co. and Electric Insurance Agency. Electric Insurance is a Beverly, Massachusetts-domiciled insurer licensed in all 50 states and the District of …

Legacy Acquisition Specialist RiverStone Int’l Acquires Catalina Insurance Ireland

RiverStone International, the London-based provider of legacy solutions in the Lloyd’s market, has signed an agreement with members of the Catalina Group to acquire Catalina Insurance Ireland, an Irish insurance company regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Financial details …

RiverStone Int’l Secures Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance to Support Growth at Lloyd’s

RiverStone International, the largest provider of legacy solutions in the Lloyd’s market, announced it has secured an innovative multi-year excess-of-loss corporate member reinsurance cover. The reinsurance has been put in place to support the underwriting of a series of new …

RiverStone Completes Reinsurance-to-Close with MS Amlin, Largest in Lloyd’s History

RiverStone International, a leading acquirer and reinsurer of legacy and discontinued insurance business, has completed an agreement with MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. to provide MS Amlin Syndicate 2001 with a reinsurance-to-close (RITC) of the 2018 and prior years of account. …

Sompo Int’l Completes Sale of Lloyd’s Run-off Business to Legacy Specialist RiverStone

Sompo International, the Bermuda-based provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty re/insurance, announced that it has completed the transfer of its Endurance at Lloyd’s (EAL) run-off business to RiverStone Holdings Ltd (RiverStone International), after receiving regulatory approval from the …

RiverStone Enters Loss Portfolio Transfer Reinsurance Agreement With AXIS Capital

RiverStone International, the Bermuda-based acquirer and reinsurer of legacy and discontinued insurance business, announced it has entered into loss portfolio transfer (LPT) reinsurance agreements with affiliates of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. The LPT agreements cover several of its professional lines …

People Moves: GCube Names Two in Underwriting; MS Amlin Adds Barnes to Marine; RiverStone Names M&A Head, Underwriter

GCube Names Shimal, Litterick to Underwriting Posts Renewable energy specialist GCube Underwriting, a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, has appointed two people to senior positions within the organisation. Josh Shimali, who has been with the business …

People Moves: BHSI Promotes McGriskin to Lead UK FI; Former Enstar Exec Rocke Heads RiverStone Int’l in Bermuda; Tysers Hires Aon’s Lucas for Political Violence & Terrorism Team

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), RiverStone International and broker Tysers. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes McGriskin to Head of UK Financial Institutions Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance …

Canopius Completes Loss Portfolio Transfer Agreement With Legacy Acquirer Riverstone

Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, announced it has completed a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) agreement with RiverStone International. The agreement covers discontinued classes of business underwritten by Canopius’ Lloyd’s syndicates and will see RiverStone’s Syndicate 3500 indemnify Canopius …

Argo Announces Sale of ArgoGlobal SE as Group Focuses on U.S. Specialty Insurance

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance, announced an agreement to sell its Malta business operations, ArgoGlobal Holdings (Malta) Ltd. and its subsidiaries, to Riverstone Holdings Ltd. (part of the RiverStone International group), an acquirer and …