November 4, 2021
Arch Capital Group Ltd., alongside private equity partners Warburg Pincus and Kelso & Co., announced that Watford Holdings Ltd. and Watford Re Ltd. have been renamed Somers Group Holdings Ltd. and Somers Re Ltd., respectively. Headquartered in Bermuda, the name …
July 6, 2021
Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., along with investment partners Kelso & Company and Warburg Pincus, announced the completion of the previously disclosed acquisition of Watford Holdings Ltd. Watford and Arch originally announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement on …
April 12, 2021
Bermuda-headquartered Watford Holdings Ltd. has completed the purchase of Axeria IARD, a French property and casualty insurance company. Watford has acquired 100% of the capital stock of Axeria IARD from the APRIL Group. Financial details of the deal were not …
November 3, 2020
Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Watford Holdings Ltd. announced a revised definitive agreement under which Arch will acquire all of the common shares of Watford for $35.00 per share, in an all-cash offer valued at approximately $700 million. The deal …
October 20, 2020
Watford Holdings Ltd.’s board of directors announced they are considering an acquisition offer of $34.50 per share from Enstar Group which could be a “superior proposal” to the recent offer from Arch Capital Ltd. for approximately $622 million, or $31.10 …
October 9, 2020
Arch Capital Group Ltd., which had been reported to be pursuing a deal, has agreed acquire all the common shares of Watford Holdings Ltd. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $622 million, or $31.10 per share. Following closing, which …
October 5, 2020
Enstar Group Ltd. has made a 100% cash offer to purchase Watford Holdings Ltd.for $31.00 per ordinary share, which amounts to $620 million. The Enstar offer is higher than another offer received recently from Arch Capital Group and a group …
September 9, 2020
A consortium led by insurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. has made an approximately $500 million offer to acquire reinsurance firm Watford Holdings Ltd , people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The bid comes more than a year after …
May 20, 2020
Capital Returns Management LLC, the fifth largest shareholder of Watford Holdings Ltd., is urging the re/insurer to sell itself or be put into runoff. In a letter to Watford’s board of directors, the activist shareholder and specialist insurance investor complained …
March 2, 2020
Watford Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based property-casualty re/insurer, announced that John F. Rathgeber will retire as chief executive officer on March 31, 2020. Rathgeber will remain a member of Watford’s board of directors and serve as a senior adviser to the …