Latest Ironshore Insurance Headlines

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Ironshore Forms Oil & Gas Facility for Middle Market Energy Sector

Feb 14 2017 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has formed Ironshore Energy Solutions, a dedicated oil & gas facility, offering liability coverages for on-shore middle market energy classes in the United States. Ironshore Insurance...

Ironshore Expands High Net Worth Homeowners Coverage Into New York

Jan 19 2017 // Ironshore Private Client Group has expanded its Private Insurance Portfolio product to high net worth homeowners throughout the state of New York, effective Jan. 23, 2017. Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio, a...

Liberty Mutual to Acquire Ironshore from China’s Fosun for $3 Billion

Dec 5 2016 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has agreed to acquire specialty lines insurer Ironshore Inc. from China’s Fosun International Limited. Liberty Mutual will acquire a 100 percent ownership interest in Ironshore. According to...

Ironshore Int’l Offers Documents, Services in Mandarin for M&A Unit

Oct 27 2016 // Ironshore International said it is now offering insurance documents and services in Mandarin for its Mergers & Acquisitions unit, a move that will help it better market to Chinese companies. The service involves a...

Ironshore Expands Liability Coverages for Designers, Contractors

Oct 26 2016 // Ironshore’s Construction Industry Vertical, in conjunction with Ironshore Specialty Casualty, has expanded its coverage for the designers and contractors sector with a new combination policy covering contractors...

Ironshore International Offers PI & GL Cover for Engineers Based Outside U.S.

Oct 12 2016 // Ironshore International has introduced a packaged policy to provide combined professional indemnity and general liability insurance for specialist engineers. Bermuda-headquartered Ironshore said it will underwrite coverage...

U.S. Scrutiny of Fosun’s Ironshore Sends Signal on Other China Deals

Oct 12 2016 // Insurance mergers and acquisitions rarely raise red flags with U.S. national security watchdogs. China’s Fosun International Ltd. took that history to heart last year when it paid $1.84 billion for the remaining 80...

Starr Buys Wright USA from Ironshore, Subsidiary of China’s Fosun

Sep 26 2016 // Starr Companies has acquired Wright USA from Ironshore Insurance Services, a subsidiary of China’s Fosun Group. Wright USA is an insurance agency and third-party administrator principally providing Federal Employee...

Ironshore’s IronPro Launches Cyber Crime Product for English & Welsh Solicitors

Sep 23 2016 // IronPro, Ironshore’s financial and professional lines unit, is introducing Ironshore CyberCrime and DataProtect for English and Welsh Solicitors. Paragon International Insurance Brokers, a London-and-Bermuda-based...

Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Forms Specie Consortium at Lloyd’s

Aug 11 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. announced the formation of the Specie Consortium, a new venture supported by 21 Lloyd’s Syndicates offering up to US$635 million in capacity for any one risk...

Ironshore Launches Coverage for Construction Project Owners

Aug 9 2016 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has introduced Owners Protective Professional Indemnity (OPPI) coverage for specific construction projects. Ironshore’s OPPI product indemnifies the project owner for first party loss...

Ironshore Names Stephens Branch Executive In San Francisco

Aug 4 2016 // Ironshore Inc. has named Andrew M. Stephens branch executive of San Francisco for the West region. He will be responsible for distribution marketing and product development of commercial lines for U.S. field operations in...

National Security Cloud Hangs Over Ironshore IPO

Jul 28 2016 // Chinese acquirers are continuing their buy-and-flip strategy and this time, it’s Fosun International’s turn. However the question isn’t only whether the fundraising will lower the company’s debt...

Ironshore Files for IPO in U.S. After A.M. Best Review of Parent Firm Fosun

Jul 25 2016 // Ironshore Inc., the insurer purchased by Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. last year, filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. after a ratings firm cited concerns about the parent firm’s financial...

Ironshore Expands High Net Worth Coverage to Homeowners in Connecticut

Jul 20 2016 // Ironshore Private Client Group has expanded its Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio product to high net worth homeowners in Connecticut. Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio coverage is available in four states on an...

Ironshore Specialty Adds Third Party Product Recall Cost Endorsement

Jul 13 2016 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has added Third Party Product Recall Cost Endorsement as an enhancement to its primary general liability coverage form for commercial clients. The new endorsement covers specified costs...

People – Midwest

Jul 11 2016 // Wholesale insurance broker Burns & Wilcox added Mary Mullen as personal insurance manager in its Chicago office. Mullen, who most recently served as vice president, regional operations officer at Willis Towers Watson,...

Ironshore International Names Eickstädt as Head of Direct & Facultative Property

Jul 6 2016 // Ironshore International has named Dr. Jörg Eickstädt as head of Direct and Facultative Property, effective immediately. He will be responsible for underwriting Ironshore’s direct and facultative portfolio for U.S....

Ironshore’s Pembroke Agency Adds Cyber Coverage to Financial Institution Crime Policies

Jun 28 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Limited has updated its Financial Institutions Crime program to include cyber fraud and cyber extortion. Pembroke’s crime coverage for Financial Institutions indemnifies a...

China’s Fosun to List U.S. Insurer Ironshore ‘As Soon as Possible’: Reuters

Jun 28 2016 // Fosun Group, China’s biggest private conglomerate, will list U.S. property and casualty insurer Ironshore Inc “as soon as possible” this year, Guo Guangchang, the company’s billionaire co-founder...