PartnerRe News

Partner Re’s CEO of P&C Walker, Chief Risk & Actuarial Officer Pestcoe to Retire

PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Tad Walker, CEO Property & Casualty, and Marvin Pestcoe, chief risk and actuarial officer, will both retire from the company at the end of the first quarter of 2018. PartnerRe is conducting external searches for Walker’s …

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of PartnerRe & Subsidiaries

A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” of Bermuda-based Partner Reinsurance Co. Ltd. and its affiliates (collectively referred to as PartnerRe). A.M. Best has also affirmed the …

PartnerRe Names Aon Benfield’s Cabrera as Head of Latin America

PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Humberto Cabrera has been appointed to the position of head of Latin America. He replaces interim head of Latin America, Salvatore Orlando, who will continue in his position of head of Middle East, Africa and Russia …

PartnerRe to Buy Canada’s Aurigen Capital, in Life Reinsurance Push

PartnerRe Ltd., the reinsurer owned by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA, agreed to buy Aurigen Capital to expand in coverage of life policies in North America. PartnerRe agreed to pay C$375 million ($284 million) in a deal expected to be completed …

PartnerRe Names Bruniecki as Head of Global Client & Broker Management

Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. has appointed Jörg Bruniecki as head of Global Client & Broker Management, effective August 1. Responsible for ensuring that PartnerRe’s largest multinational clients experience a cohesive response to their needs, Bruniecki will report Charles Goldie, group executive …

PartnerRe Appoints Senior Leaders to Implement Reorganization

PartnerRe Ltd. has announced a series of appointments, following the reorganization of its business units announced on June 30, 2016. As previously announced, PartnerRe has restructured its business units in order to better align its global expertise with the needs …

PartnerRe Reshapes $16B Investment Portfolio Under Elkann/EXOR’s Leadership

PartnerRe exited junk bonds and shifted funds into property as the reinsurer reshaped a $16 billion investment portfolio after being acquired by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA. EXOR’s approach is to focus on holdings that “we know and understand very well,” …

White Mountains Closes $2.6B Sale of Sirius to China Minsheng Investment

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. completed its $2.6 billion sale of Sirius International Insurance Group to a division of China Minsheng Investment Corp. Ltd., nine months after the deal was first announced.Out of that total, White Mountains used $160 million …

PartnerRe Names Former EXOR Managing Director, Bonaccorso, as CFO

PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Mario Bonaccorso, formerly managing director at EXOR SpA, has been appointed chief financial officer, subject to Bermuda Immigration approval. Bill Babcock, who has served as executive vice president and CFO at PartnerRe since October 2010, will …

PartnerRe Appoints EXOR’s Elkann as Chairman; Clarke Named CEO

EXOR SpA Chief Executive Officer John Elkann was named chairman of PartnerRe, the reinsurer that his investing firm acquired for [$6.9 billion on March 18, 2016 in its largest takeover]. PartnerRe President Emmanuel Clarke was named CEO of the reinsurer, …