3 Firms Reported in Bidding for USI Insurance; Offers Top $4 Billion February 28, 2017 By Kiel Porter and Scott Deveau Carlyle Group LP, CVC Capital Partners and KKR & Co. are among suitors that have made first-round bids for Onex...
ACE Offers Cover for Private Equity/Venture Capital Firms in Hong Kong, Singapore October 2, 2015 ACE Group has launched Private Equity and Venture Capital Liability Insurance in Hong Kong and Singapore. The product aims to...
Insurers with $6 Trillion Mull Mortgage Loans, Private Equity: Goldman Sachs April 22, 2015 By Sarah Jones Global insurers who oversee more than $6 trillion in assets plan to invest capital in commercial mortgage loans and private...
Allied World Assurance to Take Stake in Blue Vista October 8, 2014 Allied World Assurance Co. agreed to take a stake in private-equity firm Blue Vista Capital Management LLC in a push...
Global Insurers Plan to Increase Risk in Portfolios: Goldman Sachs Survey May 6, 2014 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Global insurance firms are embracing risk in their portfolios this year, as they plan to increase allocations to alternative investments...
Ironshore Canada Launches PL Coverage for Private Equity Risks November 27, 2013 IronPro, the professional and management liability unit of Ironshore Canada Ltd., has introduced a professional liability policy for Canadian-based private...
Genstar In Hunt for Another Confie-like Brokerage November 14, 2012 By Don Jergler Now that it has sold its equity stake in Hispanic-focused auto insurance broker Confie Seguros, Genstar Capital LLC appears to...
China Drafts Rules for Insurers to Raise Private Equity Stakes; Trade Derivatives July 24, 2012 By Clare Baldwin and Samuel Shen China plans to double the amount insurers can invest in private equity and allow them to trade financial derivatives both...
UK Auto Insurer Direct Line in Play as Private Equity Groups Circle July 16, 2012 By Greg Roumeliotis and Neil Maidment Direct Line, the UK’s largest motor [auto] insurer run by government-owned Royal Bank of Scotland, is a takeover target for...
Southport Lane to Acquire Dallas National Insurance Co. May 31, 2012 Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, through its subsidiary Lonestar Holdco LLC, will acquire Dallas National Insurance Co.,...