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The flow of third-party capital into the reinsurance market is intensifying competition while demand for cover is declining, AM Best says in a newly released special report on the industry.
“Until the staying power of recent third-party capital is te...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013
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The impact of the Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) market and other convergence vehicles has had a significant influence on pricing now it may offer more cost effective coverage, according to reinsurance specialists.
Recent reports have seen such en...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013
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American International Group has agreed to accept $905 million from Brookfield Asset Management to resolve a dispute tied to interest-rate swaps.
Brookfield, Canada’s largest alternative-asset manager, said the payment will terminate the swaps and br...
DATE: Aug 26, 2013
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Assured Guaranty and JP Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to settle lawsuits filed by the bond insurer accusing the bank’s EMC Mortgage and Bear Stearns units of making misrepresentations about mortgage-backed securities.
Assured Guaranty Corp., a New York-b...
DATE: Aug 23, 2013
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The insurance linked securities (ILS) market could benefit from research being conducted by Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER). Emerging Risk.
The Bermuda Stock Exchange has 50 percent, or $7 billion, of the global ILS market listed. The ma...
DATE: Aug 22, 2013
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International Business
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Norwegian Cruise Line has purchased some 75 acres in Belize for a planned cruise ship port destination.
The land, which is called Harvest Caye, has two islands in the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts in Belize. Norwegian said it planned to invest $5...
DATE: Aug 22, 2013
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International Business
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) announced on Monday that it will acquire American Safety Reinsurance Ltd, and then ‘promptly’ sell it on to Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.
To accomplish this, Fairfax also entered into an agreement with ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2013
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International Business
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Germany’s Allianz and Australian group QBE bear the bulk of the insurance liability from this week’s fatal train crash in northwest Spain, Reuters reported, according to sources at the companies.
While Allianz’s Spanish subsidiary covers a compulsory...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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International Business
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Questions have surfaced about the future of SAC Capital’s Bermuda-based reinsurance unit, SAC Re, after billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen’s hedge fund pleaded not guilty on Friday to insider trading charges in federal court.
Ratings company, AM B...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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International Business
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RenaissanceRe Holdings has expanded its reinsurance operations with the launch of a US platform.
The Bermuda re/insurer said it has formed RenaissanceRe Underwriting Managers US LLC, a specialty reinsurance agency based in Connecticut, which will sup...
DATE: Jul 26, 2013
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International Business
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