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Atlantic Mutual Cos. Ratings Fall on CreditWatch

Dec 10 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has placed its ‘BBB’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., Centennial Insurance Co., and Atlantic Lloyds Insurance Co. of Texas...

Raters React to White Mountains/Sirius Deal

Dec 10 2003 // All four rating agencies registered a generally positive response to the announcement that Bermuda-based White Mountains (WTM) would acquire the Sirius International Insurance group from its parent, ABB Ltd., the...

A.M. Best Reacts to OneBeacon’s Purchase of Atlantic Mutual’s Commercial Lines Renewals

Dec 8 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that the financial strength and debt ratings of the subsidiaries of White Mountains Insurance Group(Hamilton, Bermuda) and Atlantic Mutual Companies (New York, N.Y.), remain unaffected following...

OneBeacon to Acquire Atlantic Mutual’s Commercial Insurance Business

Dec 8 2003 // OneBeacon Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has signed an agreement in principle to acquire the Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Atlantic Mutual,...

4 NYPD Officers, 12 Others Charged in Auto Fraud Case; OneBeacon Helped Investigators

Nov 17 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department announced that 16 people, includng four current and one former NYPD officer, have been charged with grand larceny and other offenses in the theft of nearly a quarter of a million...

Mass. Retailers Association Endorses OneBeacon

Sep 23 2003 // Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. announced that it has received the endorsement of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts (RAM) and its...

Fair Isaac Medical Bill Review Services Offers Processing for OneBeacon

Sep 12 2003 // California-based Fair Isaac Corporation, a provider of analytics and decision technology, announced that OneBeacon Insurance Group is implementing Fair Isaac’s medical bill review services for Personal Injury...

IFC and Zurich Emerging Markets Solutions Establish Risk Sharing Facility

Aug 15 2003 // The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, and Zurich Emerging Markets Solutions, the political risk and credit insurance unit of Zurich North America, announced that they are...

White Mountains Continues Strong Growth in Book Value

Aug 1 2003 // Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. ended the second quarter of 2003 with a fully converted tangible book value per share of $281, an annualized increase of 18 percent (including dividends) from $259 at...

Zurich, OneBeacon New Supporters of InVEST

Jul 18 2003 // The education program InVEST announced that two new sponsors, Zurich North America Foundation and OneBeacon Insurance Group, have committed to help perpetuate and expand the program. Art Albright, Zurich’s diversity...

OneBeacon Announces “Tailored Insurance Solutions” with OnePac

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OneBeacon to Co-host PIANY Spring Education Series

Apr 4 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., will again host the annual OneBeacon 5-in-5 Education Series...

White Mountains Reports Improved 2002 Results

Feb 19 2003 // Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. ended 2002 with a fully converted tangible book value per share of $259, a 15 percent increase for the year. The company’s comprehensive net income for 2002 was...

White Mountains Names Barrette President, CEO

Nov 22 2002 // Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group named Ray Barrette president and CEO of White Mountains effective Jan. 1, 2003. Barrette joined the company as CFO in 1997 and was promoted to president in 1999. On June 1,...

PIANY Launches Company Outreach Program

Nov 18 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. (PIANY) met with OneBeacon Insurance Company, the first such meeting in what PIANY expects to be a successful series of appointments in its Company Outreach Program,...

OneBeacon Catastrophe Team Deploys ActivePhoto Solution

Oct 15 2002 // ActivePhoto, a provider of mobile workflow automation solutions for businesses, announced that OneBeacon Insurance Group has deployed the ActivePhoto Express solution for its catastrophe claim operations. The ActivePhoto...

OneBeacon’s Rating Affirmed

Sep 2 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of the insurance subsidiaries of OneBeacon Insurance Group, Boston. A.M. Best also affirmed the indicative shelf registration ratings...

OneBeacon Affirmed

Sep 2 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of the insurance subsidiaries of OneBeacon Insurance Group. A.M. Best also affirmed the indicative shelf registration ratings for Fund...

New Jersey Skylands Group Targets Local Auto Market

Aug 7 2002 // OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. announced the formation of New Jersey Skylands Insurance Group as part of a restructuring of its New Jersey Personal Lines operation....

A.M. Best Affirms Rating of OneBeacon’s Subsidiaries

Aug 1 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of the insurance subsidiaries of OneBeacon Insurance Group, Boston. A.M. Best also affirmed the indicative shelf registration ratings for Fund...