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LONDON (Reuters) — Britain’s Hiscox said on Friday its Lloyd’s Syndicate 33 has struck a reinsurance deal with a Bermuda reinsurer funded by investors led by Wilbur Ross, allowing it to make the most of good underwriting conditions.Newly established ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Lloyd’s of London is investigating Catlin Group Ltd.’s agreed $591 million ($1.2 billion) takeover of Wellington Underwriting Plc after allegations of potential insider trading in insurance capacity ahead of the transaction.“We a...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Wall Street is still on course to end 2006 in the plus column, but it’s too early to pop the champagne corks. Investors will comb through next week’s jobs report for November and other data to see if the US economy and corporate ...
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LONDON (Reuters) ? A recent spate of high-profile hostage sagas involving foreign workers snatched in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Nigeria has prompted more companies to take steps to counter the growing threat of kidnapping.
The televised plight ...
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LONDON (Reuters) ? Britain?s Hiscox said on Friday its Lloyd?s Syndicate 33 has struck a reinsurance deal with a Bermuda reinsurer funded by investors led by Wilbur Ross, allowing it to make the most of good underwriting conditions.
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Lloyd?s of London is investigating Catlin Group Ltd.?s agreed ?591 million ($1.2 billion) takeover of Wellington Underwriting Plc after allegations of potential insider trading in insurance capacity ahead of the transaction.
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Two private equity groups are cashing in part of their investments in Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. in a share repurchase worth $156 million.
Aspen said the Blackstone Group and CSFB Private Equity will sell 5.9 million shares at a price per share of...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Shares of Chaucer Holdings Plc, a Lloyd’s of London insurer, jumped to their highest in seven years on speculation the company may become a takeover target after it boosted its dividend outlook.The stock rose as much as 7.25 penc...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The average household will spend close to $1,000 on Christmas and the other gift-giving holidays this winter, according to some estimates.That doesn’t even sound like a lot, when you consider the presents, the cards, the cookie...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ? KeyCorp, a large Midwest US bank, on Friday said it agreed to sell its Champion Mortgage subprime lending unit to Britain?s HSBC Holdings Plc and investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC, so it can focus on consumer and busi...
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