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The Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman vehicle will sell for 1.5x book value. -
Transactions reveal the attractiveness of the "underwriting plus" business model.
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Fleming Re bought the James River Re legacy book in 2024.
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Plus, the latest people moves and all the top news of the week.
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The country's competition commission said the takeover would result in less competition.
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PE, more alignment and tech are uncoupling MGAs from traditional market swings.
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A look back at the year in (re)insurance, with the aid of some of our visual journalism.
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Approached for comment, Chubb denies that it submitted “an offer” for AIG.
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Canopius will continue to be one of several capacity providers to the MGA.
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BNP Paribas will take a EUR1.11bn stake in Ageas.
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The CEO conceded some might see Swiss Re’s dividend targets for 2026 as “underwhelming”.
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The Japanese P&C carrier agreed a deal to buy 15% of WR Berkley shares in March.
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The transaction is expected to close early in the first quarter of 2026.
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The company had argued the judge missed key info when dismissing the case.
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Sources said the deal will value the US M&A insurance broker at over $500mn.
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Baldwin said the $1bn merger with CAC accelerates the firm's specialization plans by at least five years.
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The broker said the A$45-per-share price discussed valued the firm appropriately.
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Better data validation and stronger claims controls are also key for MGAs.
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Join senior market leaders for a forward-looking discussion on performance trends, pricing dynamics, M&A signals and risk appetite across both admitted and E&S segments.
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The business was founded last year by former Beazley underwriter Richard Young.
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In 2024, Aviva agreed to buy Direct Line for £3.7bn, which led its risk-adjusted capital score to fall.
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The carrier is currently focused on ~$1bn bolt-on acquisitions.
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Several PE-backed syndicates were recently sold, but some of the fastest-growing businesses remain up for grabs.
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MassMutual will retain an 82% stake in the $470bn asset manager.
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Plus, the latest people moves and all the top news of the week.
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What does it take to build a reinsurer that can manage volatility?
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Panellists said recent M&A has not yet led to transformative change for the market.
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Patrick Tiernan was addressing 400+ delegates at the London Market Conference.
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From top-line challenges to finding new ways to scale, 2025 has been a year of market shifts.
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The transaction is Davies’ largest strategic M&A addition to date.
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Plus, the latest people moves and all the top news of the week.
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The deal confers a high multiple on Convex and gives AIG re/specialty exposure.
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The business has not initiated a sale process, with the wheels not yet actively turning on an exit for Apiary.
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Starr’s reinsurance ambitions and embrace of Lloyd’s will be watched closely.
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CEO Brand said he expected to deliver double-digit growth, if “marginally” lower in 2026.
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The fundraising structure for the deal includes a $600mn Convex debt raise.
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Onex’s own balance sheet will become a 63% owner and AIG takes a 35% stake.
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Greenberg has strong links with IQUW management, and praised the firm’s leadership and cultural fit.
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Everest’s AIG deal meaningfully cuts its primary exposure.
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This publication revealed that Starr was zeroing in on the deal earlier today.
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The parties could announce the transaction soon, according to sources.
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Sources said that the businesses in Canada and LatAm were part of Everest’s original plans to sell its retail book.
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AIG has agreed to pay Everest $10mn per month for nine months for transition services.
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BP Marsh has agreed the sale of its 28.2% shareholding as part of the deal.
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Under the terms of the offer, shareholders would receive A$45 for each AUB share.
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The buy-in can be seen as a “flip” bet on a rebound in appetite for carrier M&A.
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AIG will fold the portfolio into its existing business, leaving the liabilities and legal entities with Everest.
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The Australian broker, which owns Tysers, announced a trading pause.
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The EUR100mn+ Ebitda firm is courting both PE and trade suitors.
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The company and its main debt provider Ares agreed to relax its debt terms in April.
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The Jay Rittberg-led program manager kicked off a strategic process in August.
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Munich Re is among the insurers with a stake in the German carrier.
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The European broker said a London wholesaler is the ‘missing piece’ of its strategy.
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Carriers are rethinking the traditional renewal-rights model.
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The carrier has renewed and extended its capacity arrangement with the MGA.
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The newly united company has set out ambitions to double in size by 2030.
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Seller White Mountains will retain a roughly 15% fully diluted equity stake.
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West Hill Capital is the main investor in the capital raise.
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The business has been ~70% owned by White Mountains since January 2024.
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Inigo CEO Richard Watson said the team is ready for its “second album”.
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Stephan Simon left BMS in June 2024 after almost three years in the role.
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Spectrum joins investors ForgePoint, Hudson and MTech.
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Kantara now holds a majority stake in the MGA, with the rest held by employees.
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Current backer JC Flowers will retain its holding and the cash will fund a Bermuda acquisition.
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Abbas Juma has spent more than seven years at Howden M&A in various senior roles.
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The company will continue its capacity partnership with the MGA until 2030.
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The deal will be watched closely by Radian’s handful of similar peers.
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The transaction marks the largest US market entry by a Korean non-life insurer.
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The low degree of overlap between the combining portfolios benefits both parties.
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The mortgage insurer said Inigo will continue to operate as a standalone business.
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The acquisition furthers Howden’s expansion into the US retail space.
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The CEO said the lack of portfolio crossover was highly attractive to Inigo.
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The US mortgage insurer announced its $1.7bn acquisition of Inigo earlier today.
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The deal becomes part of a wave of carrier dealmaking.
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There will also be a renewed focus on organic growth, both in P&C and across US and international operations.
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Insurance Insider reported earlier today of the asset manager’s foray into the MGA space.
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The deal represents a first entry into the US MGA market for the $1.1tn asset manager.
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Plus, the latest people moves and all the top news of the week.
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Giles has spent more than five years at Themis Underwriting.
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From aviation claims to retention challenges, underlying dynamics will take time to play out.
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The deal is expected to result in $700mn in combined GWP in Florida upon completion.
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Lenders include Morgan Stanley, Permira and Bridgepoint.
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An M&A senior analyst and M&A underwriter for emerging markets are also set to depart.
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The MGA has set a "new market benchmark" for non-US primary tax risk, it said.
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The company, however, sets a high bar on making a move.
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The carrier M&A cycle has started and reinsurance is a segment where acquisitions work better.
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The CEO said the AHJ acquisition brought a ‘step change’ to Miller’s reinsurance growth.
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It is understood that CyberCube has been considering a sale of the business.
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The insurer has been under review with positive implications since March.
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Skyward’s acquisition of Apollo will provide access to the London Bridge framework.
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The cycle-turn M&A story continues with strategic buyers to the fore.
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Apollo executives David Ibeson and James Slaughter are committed to the future as a combined entity.
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The US specialty carrier announced Tuesday that it was buying the Lloyd's business for $555mn.
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Aon acquired NFP from Madison Dearborn in April last year in a $13.4bn deal.
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In June, this publication revealed that Apollo had appointed Evercore and Howden to run a process.
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The action follows Sompo’s $3.5bn all-cash acquisition of Aspen Insurance.
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The deal is part of Gallagher’s ongoing Asia-Pacific investment strategy.
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The Japanese carrier faces integration challenges to make a success of the deal.
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The deal ends Livingbridge’s two-year attempt to sell the UK broking/MGA platform.
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Ratings agency said the Sompo deal could have positive financial and operational benefits for the Bermudian.
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James River said the court was right to dismiss the fraud case.
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Company said defendant ‘distraction’ can’t make up for flimsy arguments.
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Group CEO Mikio Okumura cited “solutions that have not been fulfilled”.
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Plus, the latest people moves and all the top news of the week.
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Sources see Aspen as the right fit for Sompo, with Apollo getting a full cash exit.
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