July 2015/4

With the PartnerRe deal on course to break down, Axis will be forced to revaluate its future, with its status as a potential M&A target increasing.

PartnerRe's future seems to have become a lot clearer after influential shareholder proxy firms ISS and Glass Lewis recommended that the reinsurer's shareholders vote against the proposed sale to Axis. Normal 0 false

The decision of nascent Chinese conglomerate China Minsheng Investment (CMI) to acquire White Mountains' reinsurance arm Sirius in a $2.2bn+ deal lends further credence to the view that a swathe of reinsurers will come to be owned by long-term investment groups.

Conditions in the London specialty insurance market are reminiscent of the late 1990s, according to senior executives at blue-chip Lloyd's insurer Hiscox plc. Normal 0 false

The board and management of Lloyd's (re)insurer Amlin are open to a sale if an acquirer can be persuaded to pay a control premium on top of its already full trading multiple, The Insurance Insider understands.

Analysts highlighted a "rough quarter" for Allied World as a combination of cat losses and large non-cat losses combined with a period when reserve releases fell short of expectations

Jim Franson has resigned from Arch and is expected to re-emerge at Validus as head of a new US reinsurance operation, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

Summer can bring even the most sheltered characters outside. Normal 0 &l-->

Changes in AIR Worldwide's latest US hurricane model could provide much-needed support to property cat underwriters in the lead-up to the key 1 January renewal, The Insurance Insider can reveal.