August 4, 2020
Italy’s EXOR said on Monday that French insurer Covéa had agreed to invest a total of 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion), partly in entities managed by PartnerRe, after walking away from a deal to buy the reinsurer from EXOR earlier …
July 28, 2020
Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced it has appointed industry veteran Jacques Bonneau as its president and chief executive officer effective immediately. Bonneau, who will be based in the company’s headquarter in Bermuda, succeeds Emmanuel Clarke, who is leaving the company after …
June 8, 2020
The Global Reinsurance Forum (GRF) has appointed Emmanuel Clarke, president and CEO of PartnerRe for a two-year term. He succeeds Kevin J. O’Donnell, CEO of RenaissanceRe, who became chairman in 2018. Jean-Jacques Henchoz, CEO Hannover Re, was named vice chairman. …
May 27, 2020
PartnerRe announced that the company will change responsibilities in its executive leadership for Specialty Lines and will create the new role of CEO Global Cat. Effective June 1, Philippe Meyenhofer will be appointed CEO Specialty Lines. Currently CEO P&C EMEA …
May 14, 2020
Renege on a deal with the Agnellis and you can expect to pay for it. Scion John Elkann has refused to renegotiate the Italian family’s $9 billion sale of its reinsurance business after the buyer, French mutual Covéa, sought to …
May 12, 2020
French insurer Covéa has walked away from its planned $9 billion purchase of PartnerRe, the Bermuda-based reinsurer owned by Exor, the holding firm of Italy’s Agnelli family, saying it could no longer buy under the terms of their agreement. The …
April 9, 2020
The boss of EXOR showed confidence on Wednesday in the success of three transformative deals set to reshape its multi-billion portfolio of corporate holdings, despite being caught at mid-air by the coronavirus crisis. In a letter to the holding’s shareholders, …
March 4, 2020
EXOR has agreed to sell PartnerRe to French mutual insurer Covéa, a move that is turning out to be a very profitable thing for the Italian investment firm. EXOR bought the Bermuda-based reinsurer in March 2016 for $6.72 billion in …
October 11, 2019
PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Mario Bonaccorso, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the company on March 31, 2020 to pursue a new entrepreneurial venture with financial support from Partner Re’s parent company, EXOR. He will be …
August 5, 2019
AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “aa-” from “a+” of the operating subsidiaries of Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. AM Best also has upgraded the …