June 2012/5

Flagstone is weighing up its strategic options after ANV, the sole remaining bidder in its auction process, tabled its "final" bid for the company, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The walk-out at Novae Re's Zurich office continued last week, with most of the firm's Switzerland-based underwriters now having resigned from the Lloyd's (re)insurer.

It's been quite a month for those concerned with the nurturing of our industry's future talent, particularly here in London.

Lightyear Capital, the private equity (PE) owner of Lloyd's (re)insurer Antares, has held talks with at least three potential partners as it looks to raise additional equity to grow the business, The Insurance Insider can reveal.