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ProAssurance Corp. Formed by Merger of Medical Assurance and Professionals Group

Jul 5 2001 // Medical Assurance Inc. and Professionals Group Inc. formally closed their consolidation on Wednesday, June 27, 2001. The merger creates the holding company ProAssurance Corporation, which will be the third largest medical...

XL Financial Assurance Gets ‘AAA’

Dec 25 2000 // XL Financial Assurance (XLFA) and XL Capital Assurance Inc. (XLCA), respectively the financial guarantee reinsurance and financial guarantee subsidiaries of XL Capital Ltd., received “AAA” ratings from both...

Assurance Partners Bank Opens

Jun 13 2000 // Assurance Partners Bank, a specialized bank founded by the insurance industry to provide banking products and services to insurance companies and their customers, employees and agents, is open and ready for business. The...

Royal London To Buy United Assurance

Feb 25 2000 // Life and pensions insurer Royal London announced that it has reached agreement with door-to-door mutual insurer United Assurance Group (UAG) to take over the company for £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion). This new consolidation...