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Argo Group Promotes CFO Donahue to CEO; Chan Now CFO
Mar 24 2025 // Specialty insurer Argo Group International Holdings said it has named Chris Donahue as chief executive officer. Chris Donahue Donahue joined as chief financial officer in November 2023 – the same month Brookfield...
Brookfield Reinsurance Completes Buy of Argo Group; Snyder Named Argo CEO
Nov 16 2023 // Brookfield Reinsurance’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Argo Group International Holdings has been completed and Jessica Snyder was appointed chief executive officer of Argo. Snyder succeeds Thomas Bradley, who...
Argo Group Shareholders Approve Merger With Brookfield Reinsurance
Apr 21 2023 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced that Argo shareholders voted to approve an agreement for Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. to acquire Argo in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. The...
Brookfield Reinsurance to Acquire Insurer Argo Group in $1.1B Deal
Feb 8 2023 // Financial services firm Brookfield Reinsurance announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Argo Group International Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. As part of the...
Legacy Specialist Enstar Completes Loss Portfolio Transfer With Argo Group
Nov 14 2022 // Enstar Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based legacy acquisition specialist, announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has closed its loss portfolio transfer transaction with specialty insurance underwriter Argo Group...
Argo Group Hands Board Seat to Activist Hedge Fund Firm Voce Capital
Aug 9 2022 // Argo Group International Holdings handed a board seat to its largest investor on Monday, adding activist hedge fund manager J. Daniel Plants only a few months after announcing a strategic review that could include a sale...
Argo Group Names Bradley CEO as Rehnberg Departs
Jun 24 2022 // Thomas A. Bradley has stepped into the role of chief executive officer of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer. Bradley, who has served as Argo’s chairman since 2020, has been...
Argo Group Exploring ‘Strategic Alternatives,’ Including Potential Sale
Apr 28 2022 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, announced that its board of directors has initiated an exploration of strategic alternatives. As part of this process, the board will consider a wide...
Argo Group CEO Rehnberg Takes Health Leave; Bradley Assumes Role for Interim
Mar 7 2022 // Kevin J. Rehnberg, chief executive officer of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., announced on March 2, 2022 that he would be temporarily unable to perform his duties for health reasons. Kevin Rehnberg Effective March...
Argo Group Completes Sale of Brazilian Business to Spice Private Equity
Feb 16 2022 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance products, announced the completion of the sale of Argo Seguros Brasil S.A. to Spice Private Equity Ltd. “The closing of...
Argo Group Agrees to Sell Brazilian Business
Oct 4 2021 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., an underwriter of specialty insurance, announced an agreement to sell its Brazilian operations, Argo Seguros Brasil S.A. (Argo Brazil), to Spice Private Equity Ltd. (Spice PE), an...
Argo Group to Stop Insuring Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline, Joining Other Carriers
Jun 7 2021 // Lloyd’s insurer Argo Group has decided to stop insuring Canada’s Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline when its current insurance policy expires on Aug. 31, 2021, following similar moves by other companies such as...
Argo Group Estimates Q1 2021 Catastrophe Losses of $47 Million
Apr 22 2021 // Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced estimated catastrophe losses of approximately $47 million for the first quarter of 2021. Argo expects to report Q1 natural catastrophe losses of approximately...
Argo Group Agrees to Sell Its Italian Business
Dec 28 2020 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance products, announced an agreement to sell its Italian operations, ArgoGlobal Assicurazioni S.p.A (AGA) to Perfuturo Capital AG, a...
Private Equity Investors Pelican Ventures, J.C. Flowers Complete Ariel Re Deal
Nov 25 2020 // Private equity investors Pelican Ventures and J.C. Flowers & Co. have completed their acquisition of Ariel Re from Argo Group. Ariel Re underwrites a global portfolio of reinsurance products in Bermuda, London and Hong...
Private Equity Investors Pelican Ventures, J.C. Flowers to Buy Ariel Re from Argo Group
Nov 2 2020 // Pelican Ventures and J.C. Flowers & Co., both private equity investors with significant insurance expertise, announced they have agreed to acquire reinsurance franchise Ariel Re from Argo Group for an undisclosed...
Argo Group Estimates $71M in Catastrophe, COVID Losses During Third Quarter
Oct 22 2020 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced that its results for the third quarter of 2020 will be adversely affected by estimated losses of $71 million related to various natural catastrophe events and the continued...
Argo’s CFO to Depart as Insurer Updates Executive Leadership Team
Jul 7 2020 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer, announced an update to senior leadership team responsibilities and the launch of an outside search for a chief financial officer to succeed...
Argo Group to Pay $900,000 to SEC for Failing to Fully Disclose CEO Perks
Jun 5 2020 // Argo Group International Holdings will pay $900,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to fully disclose perks and benefits provided to its former chief executive officer. In proxy statements filed from...
New Argo Group CEO Rehnberg Aims for Transparency and Straight Shooting
Mar 31 2020 // Argo Group had been under fire for months over allegations that its board spent excessively on executive compensation when Kevin Rehnberg became interim CEO in November 2019. Three months later, Rehnberg was named as its...
