Private equity-backed Lloyd’s carrier Canopius is one of the companies weighing up a bid to acquire $900mn-premium specialty insurer StarStone, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
Canopius joins StarStone bidding
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Private equity-backed Lloyd’s carrier Canopius is one of the companies weighing up a bid to acquire $900mn-premium specialty insurer StarStone, The Insurance Insider can reveal.