legacy liabilities News

Generali to Sell Life Run-Off Portfolio of UK Branch to Reinsurance Group of America

Generali has signed an agreement to sell the life run-off portfolio of its UK Branch to a subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America Inc., the St. Louis, Mo.-based life and health reinsurance company. The run-off portfolio, which consists of mainly …

Run-Off Firm Catalina Raises $700M, Forms Shareholder Restructure with Apollo, RenRe

Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a legacy runoff property and casualty re/insurance specialist, announced it has completed a US$700 million equity capital raise and concluded its shareholder restructuring after receiving regulatory approvals. As a result of this transaction, Apollo Global Management …

RenaissanceRe to Buy Minority Stake in Run-Off Firm Catalina Holdings

RenaissanceRe will pick up a minority stake in Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a long-term manager of legacy runoff P/C insurance and reinsurance businesses. Neither side is disclosing financial terms. RenaissanceRe will pursue the investment through its subsidiary RenaissanceRe Ventures Ltd. …

Neon Enters Reinsurance Run-Off Agreement for Syndicate 2468’s 2015 & Prior Years

Neon announced it has entered into a reinsurance to close (RITC) agreement for Syndicate 2468’s 2015 and prior years of account. The agreement was formed with StarStone, a global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Enstar Group Ltd. The transaction provides …

Zurich to Transfer German Legacy Medical Practice Portfolio to Catalina

Zurich Insurance Group announced that its subsidiary Zurich Insurance plc has entered into an agreement with Catalina Insurance Ireland DAC (Catalina) to transfer its German legacy medical malpractice book to Catalina. The portfolio concerned represents reserves of approximately US$450 million …

RSA Insurance Disposes of £834M ($1B) of UK Legacy Liabilities with Enstar

RSA Insurance announced it has signed contracts, to dispose £834 million (US$1.04 billion) of UK employers’ liability legacy business to Enstar Group Ltd. The transaction initially takes the form of reinsurance (a 100 percent quota share policy) to be effective …