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Insurtech Accelerant Launches $175M Sidecar Investment Vehicle Flywheel Re

Accelerant, an insurtech platform that aims to provide underwriters with risk exchange, data analytics and long-term capacity commitments, announced a new $175 million sidecar vehicle, Flywheel Re. Flywheel will provide multi-year risk capital to Accelerant and its team of underwriting-led …

Premia Holdings Expands Reinsurance Capacity with Formation of Elevation Re

Premia Holdings Ltd. announced the formation of Elevation Re (SPC) Ltd., a sidecar vehicle which will provide collateralized reinsurance support for Premia’s activities in the global P/C run-off market. This arrangement enables Premia to support run-off reinsurance opportunities with additional …

Liberty Mutual Again Taps Capital Markets Via Reinsurance Sidecar, Limestone Re

Liberty Mutual has once again directly tapped capital markets’ reinsurance capacity via the Bermuda collateralized reinsurance sidecar, Limestone Re Ltd. Limestone Re provides approximately $150 million of collateralized reinsurance capacity for Liberty’s U.S. property catastrophe program, as well as its …

Argo Group Renews Harambee Re Sidecar for 2019

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced the renewal of Harambee Re Ltd. as Argo Group’s sidecar reinsurer for 2019. Launched in 2013, the sidecar continues Argo Group’s successful track record of building relationships with …

Peak Re Launches Asian Reinsurance Sidecar Deal Using Bermuda Special Purpose Insurer

Peak Reinsurance Co., the Hong Kong-based reinsurer, announced it has launched Asia’s first sidecar transaction via a new Bermuda-domiciled special purpose insurer, Lion Rock Re Ltd., to provide collateralized retrocession for part of Peak Re’s global property reinsurance risk portfolio. …

Argo Group Renews Harambee Re Sidecar Reinsurer for 2018

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, announced the renewal of Harambee Re Ltd. as Argo Group’s sidecar reinsurer for 2018. Launched in 2013, the sidecar continues with the company’s “successful track record …

MS Amlin Creates Bermuda-Based Reinsurance Sidecar, Viribus Re

MS Amlin, the London-based specialist re/insurer, announced that a Bermuda-domiciled special purpose reinsurer, Viribus Re Ltd., has been created to provide collateralized capacity support for MS Amlin Syndicate 2001’s global reinsurance portfolio in 2018. Viribus Re Ltd has entered into …

The Hanover, Chaucer Form Reinsurance Sidecar to Tap 3rd Party Capital

The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. announced that Chaucer, the company’s international specialty insurance group, has sponsored the formation of a reinsurance sidecar to provide collateralized capacity for Chaucer Syndicate 1084’s global property reinsurance portfolio in 2018. Bermuda-based Thopas Re Ltd., …

Argo Group Establishes New Sidecar for 2014, Harambee Re

The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. announced the establishment of a new sidecar reinsurer for the 2014 accident year, Harambee Re Limited, which it said “continues Argo Group’s use of sidecar partners following the creation of Harambee Re 2013-1 …