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Apollo-Owned Aspen Insurance Files for IPO in US

Private equity firm Apollo-owned Aspen Insurance on Wednesday filed its paperwork for an initial public offering in the United States, according to a regulatory filing. The company did not disclose details about the size of the offering, but is reportedly …

Hamilton Insurance Shares Rise 1.7% in NYSE Debut

Hamilton Insurance Group notched a valuation of $1.68 billion as shares rose 1.7% in a tepid market debut on Nov. 10, indicating limited investor appetite for new listings. The Bermuda-based company’s stock opened at $15.25, compared with the initial public …

Hamilton Insurance Group Files IPO Registration With SEC

Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based special re/insurer, announced it has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common shares. Hamilton intends to apply to list the …

Skyward Specialty in Texas Files Registration Statement for IPO

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. in Houston, Texas, filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The number of shares to …

Insurance Comparison Site SelectQuote Plans IPO: Reuters

SelectQuote has hired investment banks for an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the owner of the eponymous insurance policy comparison website at more than $2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. SelectQuote is working …

Catastrophe Insurer Palomar Announces IPO Pricing, Shares Rise 1st Day of Trading

La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. this week announced the pricing of its initial public offering of its common stock at a price of $15 per share and in its first day of trading on Wednesday it had at one …

Japan Post’s IPO Fully Subscribed After Two Days; at Least $10B to Be Raised

Japan’s government received orders for all the shares it’s offering in Japan Post Holdings Co. and its banking and insurance units after the first two days of bookbuilding, people with knowledge of the matter said. Investor orders through Oct. 9 …

China Re Will Sell Almost Half of $2B IPO to Cornerstone Investors

China Reinsurance (Group) Corp., the nation’s biggest reinsurer, will sell about half of its as much as $2 billion Hong Kong initial public offering to cornerstone investors. U.S.-based Prudential Financial Inc., China Life Insurance Co. and Macau casino executive Pansy …

Japan Post’s IPO Listings – Which Include Insurer Unit – Could Raise Nearly $12B

State-owned Japan Post on Wednesday set indicative price ranges for a trio of initial public offerings in what it hopes to make a ‘must-have’, $12 billion privatization, Japan’s biggest in three decades. In IPOs set for Nov. 4 squarely targeted …

IRB Brasil Postpones IPO Amid Stock Market Turmoil: Reuters

IRB Brasil RE, the country’s biggest reinsurer, postponed its initial public offering amid market turmoil, Reuters reported, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter. Investment banks managing the sale found it unfeasible to proceed, Reuters said. The government expected …