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Core Specialty Forms Medical Stop Loss Division With Acquisition of Texas’ American National Group

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries announced today that it will form a medical stop-loss division through the acquisition of the MGU/Stop-Loss business of American National Group. The acquisition will mark Core Specialty’s 13th specialty business unit. Jim …

Swiss Re Closes $700M Alternative Capital Deal, Enabling Growth in Favorable Market

Swiss Re has closed a US$700 million multi-year stop-loss transaction with funding led by J.P. Morgan. The financing builds upon an innovative hybrid transaction concluded with J.P. Morgan in April 2022, which was the first of its kind to combine …

Swiss Re Secures $1.15B Stop-Loss Protection to Support Reinsurance Growth

Swiss Re has secured US$1.15 billion in stop-loss cover that protects the entire group for severe underwriting-related losses over a five-year period. Swiss Re said the transaction supports its “growth opportunities in an attractive reinsurance market.” Developed in partnership with …

Ironshore Acquires Specialty Stop Loss Insurance Broker

Ironshore Inc. has acquired Excess Risk Reinsurance (ERR) Inc., a managing general underwriter specializing in the Employer Stop Loss insurance sector. ERR will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ironshore Insurance Services LLC. ERR is led by Steven M. Parker, …

N.J. Examines Stop-Loss Insurance for Self-Insured Small Businesses

A growing number of small businesses in New Jersey are self-funding or self-insuring their employees’ healthcare costs, and they are opting out of paying fixed premiums for traditional health insurance plans like those offered by BlueCross/BlueShield. This method, traditionally embraced …