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Legacy Specialist Compre Signs 2nd Transaction with QBE

Compre, the London-based independent re/insurance legacy specialist, announced it has signed its second legacy transaction with QBE for an undisclosed sum. The transaction follows Compre’s acquisition of QBE’s share of the Ridgwell Fox & Partners pool legacy reinsurance business in …

Randall & Quilter Buys Bermuda-Based Segregated Accounts Captive Company

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. has acquired Agency Program Insurance Co. (SAC) Ltd., a Bermuda-based segregated accounts captive company with 28 cells. London-based Randall & Quilter (R&Q) is paying $1.4 million in cash from existing resources to acquire APIC, …

Run-Off Specialist Compre to Buy Allianz IARD’s Pool Legacy Business

Compre, the independent insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, has agreed to acquire Allianz IARD’s Ridgwell Fox & Partners (RFP) pool legacy reinsurance business for an undisclosed sum. RFP is a reinsurance pool containing run-off liabilities of Allianz IARD and five …

Run-off Specialist Compre Completes Restructuring to Reduce Cost Base

Compre, the London-based independent insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, announced the completion of a group-wide restructure, designed to reduce its cost base in preparation for further acquisitions. The run-off consolidator has so far undertaken three acquisitions in 2016 and will …

Legacy Specialist Compre Arranges Deals with QBE and German Mutual

Compre, the London-based insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire QBE’s share of the Ridgwell Fox & Partners’ (RFP) pool legacy reinsurance business. The transaction is structured as a loss portfolio transfer, to be …

Lloyd’s Insurers Lead New Trend to Sell Legacy Portfolios: Willis Towers Watson

The majority of Lloyd’s businesses (77 percent) are considering legacy portfolio disposals, with more than half of firms based in western Europe (53 percent) expecting to make at least one sale in the next three years, according to Willis Towers …