Hong Kong-based Peak Re announced the appointment of Andrew Souter as director of markets responsible for developing the company’s property/casualty reinsurance business. Souter brings with him 18 years of experience in the finance industry. He joins Peak Re from Pioneer …
Moody’s Investors Service has assigned an A3 insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) to Hong Kong-based Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. with a stable rating outlook. Peak Re’s A3 IFSR reflects its good franchise in the Asian reinsurance market, solid capitalization, expanding …
Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. has entered into definitive agreements to acquire 100% of the capital of Lutece Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiary Lutece Investment Management Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance linked securities (ILS) asset manager. The transaction is subject to regulatory …
Peak Reinsurance Co., the Hong Kong-based reinsurer, announced it has launched Asia’s first sidecar transaction via a new Bermuda-domiciled special purpose insurer, Lion Rock Re Ltd., to provide collateralized retrocession for part of Peak Re’s global property reinsurance risk portfolio. …
A wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial Inc. (PFI) has signed definitive agreements to purchase a 13.1 percent stake in Peak Reinsurance Holdings Ltd., the sole shareholder of Hong Kong-based Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. Prior to the transaction, Fosun International …
Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd., the Hong Kong-based reinsurer, announced that the company has been authorized to write life and general reinsurance business in Singapore, effective Nov. 2, 2017. “Asia is our core region. Peak Re has already built a sizable …
Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd., a Hong Kong-based reinsurer, has been granted the approval-in-principle by the Labuan Financial Services Authority to carry on general reinsurance business in and through the Labuan insurance market. Labuan is the the federal territory of Malaysia. …
A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Bermuda-based Hamilton Re, Ltd, formerly S.A.C. Re, Ltd., and has assigned a stable …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A’- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” to Hong Kong-based Peak Reinsurance Company Limited, both with stable outlooks. Best explained that “Peak Re is licensed in Hong Kong as …
