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CVC Completes Deal to Take Majority Investment in Dale Underwriting Partners

Dale Underwriting Partners, the trading name for Dale Managing Agency’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1729, announced that CVC has completed its investment in Dale. The completion of the transaction follows approval from the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Lloyd’s for Dale’s …

Private Equity Firm CVC Invests in Dale Underwriting to Boost Growth at Lloyd’s

Dale Underwriting Partners, the trading name for Dale Managing Agency’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1729, has agreed a strategic partnership with CVC, a leading global private markets manager with €161 billion of assets under management. CVC funds will invest in Dale to …

Private Equity Firm KKR Nears €2.3 Billion Deal for French Insurance Broker April Group

French insurance broker April Group said private equity firm KKR & Co. has become its new majority shareholder, according to a statement posted on its website. The statement, which confirmed a Bloomberg News report, didn’t disclose deal terms. KKR is …

CVC Capital Completes $700M Purchase of RiverStone Europe from Fairfax

CVC Capital Partners (CVC), the Luxembourg-headquartered private equity firm, announced the completion of its acquisition of RiverStone Europe from Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees. The purchase price of the acquisition is approximately …

Private Equity Firm CVC Nears Deal to Buy Insurance Arm of National Bank of Greece

CVC Capital Partners is nearing a deal to acquire National Bank of Greece SA’s insurance business after a years-long search for a buyer, people familiar with the matter said. The private equity firm could announce an agreement as soon as …

Fairfax Announces Sale of RiverStone Europe to Private Equity Firm CVC

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a binding agreement with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) to sell all of its interests in RiverStone Europe to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for approximately $750 million. Fairfax also will …

French Insurer April Attracts Interest From Private Equity Firms CVC, KKR

French insurer April SA has drawn takeover interest from private equity firms including CVC Capital Partners, KKR & Co. and BC Partners as it weighs a sale amid a wave of industry consolidation, according to people familiar with the matter. …

3 Firms Reported in Bidding for USI Insurance; Offers Top $4 Billion

Carlyle Group LP, CVC Capital Partners and KKR & Co. are among suitors that have made first-round bids for Onex Corp.’s USI Insurance Services, according to people familiar with the matter. The initial offers value the Valhalla, New York-based insurance …

Canada’s Fairfax to Acquire London-Based Brit for $1.88 Billion

Fairfax Financial Holdings, the Canadian property and casualty insurer run by contrarian investor Prem Watsa, said it would buy Brit plc for some $1.88 billion to become one of the top five underwriters on the Lloyd’s of London market. Watsa, …

Apollo, CVC Raise $398.5 Million in Brit Insurance IPO

Apollo Global Management LLC and CVC Capital Partners Ltd. raised £240 million [$398.5 million] in an initial public offering of Brit Plc, a Lloyd’s of London insurer. The two private equity firms, along with Brit’s managers, sold 100 million shares …