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Run-off Specialist Premia Completes Loss Portfolio Transfer With Hiscox

Premia Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based run-off specialist, announced that Premia Syndicate 1884 has entered into a loss portfolio transfer agreement with Hiscox Syndicate 33. The portfolio consists of a diverse mix of business underwritten by Syndicate 33 during years of …

Insurer Aspen Completes $3.12B Loss Portfolio Transfer With Run-Off Specialist Enstar

Enstar Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based legacy acquisition specialist, has completed a previously announced loss portfolio transfer agreement (LPT) with Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries for their 2019 and prior business. Enstar will assume net loss reserves of $3.12 …

DARAG Acquires Guernsey Reinsurance Captive in Run-Off

DARAG Group, an international insurance and reinsurance group that specializes in the assumption of discontinued businesses, has acquired a Guernsey based reinsurance captive. DARAG said the sale of the captive, which has been in run-off since 2019, is part of …

Legacy Specialist Enstar and Aspen Insurance Agree to $3.12B Loss Portfolio Transfer

Enstar Group Ltd. announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has reached an agreement for a ground-up loss portfolio transfer (LPT) with Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. for its 2019 and prior business. In the LPT transaction, Enstar’s subsidiary will …

Run-Off Specialist Premia Acquires Navigators Holdings (Europe) from The Hartford

Bermuda-based reinsurance run-off specialist Premia Holdings Ltd. announced it has completed the acquisition from Hartford Financial Services of Navigators Holdings (Europe) NV and its subsidiaries, which include property/casualty insurer Assurances Continentales NV (known as ASCO), located in Belgium, and its …

Canopius Completes Loss Portfolio Transfer Agreement With Legacy Acquirer Riverstone

Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, announced it has completed a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) agreement with RiverStone International. The agreement covers discontinued classes of business underwritten by Canopius’ Lloyd’s syndicates and will see RiverStone’s Syndicate 3500 indemnify Canopius …

Argo Announces Sale of ArgoGlobal SE as Group Focuses on U.S. Specialty Insurance

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance, announced an agreement to sell its Malta business operations, ArgoGlobal Holdings (Malta) Ltd. and its subsidiaries, to Riverstone Holdings Ltd. (part of the RiverStone International group), an acquirer and …

Brit Completes $380M Loss Portfolio Transfer With Legacy Specialist RiverStone

Brit Ltd. announced it has completed a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) agreement with RiverStone International. The agreement is for predominantly legacy years of account on certain classes and certain discontinued classes of business underwritten by Brit Syndicate 2987 and is …

Compre Completes Acquisition of SiriusPoint’s Legacy Liability Portfolio

Compre, the London-based specialist legacy group, announced the completion of its acquisition of a US$417 million legacy liability portfolio of SiriusPoint Ltd., having received all necessary regulatory approvals. The transaction, structured as a loss portfolio transfer, has been underwritten by …

Allianz Transfers Legacy Life Portfolio to Resolution Re, Using Quota Share Reinsurance

Allianz Suisse Life has agreed to transfer to Resolution Re a legacy portfolio of individual life products, which have a reserve volume of around 4 billion Swiss francs (US$4.3 billion). Using quota share reinsurance, Resolution Re will assume 80% of …