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UBS Hedge Fund to Manage Money for Bermuda Reinsurer Launched by Enstar
UBS O’Connor LLC, the $6 billion hedge-fund unit within Switzerland’s biggest bank, will manage money for a new Bermuda-based reinsurance company formed by insurer Enstar Group Ltd. Aligned Re Ltd. is expected to be funded by third-party capital along with investments from …
Southern California Spill Spewing Gases of a Half-Million Cars
Call it the invisible spill. You can’t see it, but it’s there – a steady stream of natural gas seeping out of the pipe casing in a well in Southern California that may spew as much greenhouse gas into the …
AXA to Pay Higher Dividends as Result of ‘Robust’ Capital Levels
AXA SA, France’s largest insurer, will pay higher dividends to shareholders because of its “robust” capital levels under solvency rules which are coming into effect in January. AXA plans dividend payouts of 45 percent to 55 percent of its adjusted earnings, …
Signature Select Expands into Texas with New Hires in Austin, Dallas
Signature Select LLC announced it has expanded into Texas by establishing a presence in Austin and Dallas. In Dallas, Shelly Floyd and Cliff Layfield have been hired for the Dallas operation and Patrick Datz was added as a producer in …
ECB Decision to Extend Quantitative Easing Hits European Insurers’ Shares
Shares of European insurers fell after the European Central Bank decided to extend its quantitative easing program until at least March 2017 and broaden the range of assets purchased. The decision is “disappointing” because bond purchases by the ECB will …
Horton Group Adds Fortuna as Sales, Development Director
The Horton Group, an insurance, employee benefits and risk advisory firm based in Chicago, has hired Jay Fortuna as director of Sales Training and Development. Prior to joining the Horton Group, Fortuna worked at Hub Insurance, where served as the …
Germany’s Talanx Strengthens Bancassurance Presence in Italy
The Talanx Group, headquartered in Hannover, Germany, is strengthening its bancassurance business in Italy by acquiring the insurance companies belonging to the Italian banking group Gruppo Banca Sella. Via its Italian subsidiary HDI Assicurazioni SpA, Talanx is taking over 100 …
Risk Strategies Acquires Minnesota-Based Re-Solutions Intermediaries
Risk Strategies Co., a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Re-Solutions Intermediaries LLC, a reinsurance specialist focused on assisting healthcare organizations around the world manage risk. Headquartered in Minneapolis and founded by President Tony Plampton, …
ACE Appoints Leadership Team for Canada, Effective 1st Quarter of 2016
ACE Ltd. announced the leadership team it has appointed for the company’s Canadian operations. The leadership appointments will take effect upon completion of the acquisition of Chubb, which is expected in the first quarter of 2016. As previously announced, Ellen …
Former Liberty Mutual, Progressive IT Executive Ruzicka Joins Novarica
Novarica, a Boston-based insurance technology research and advisory firm, reported that Chuck Ruzicka has joined the firm as a vice president of research and consulting. Prior to joining Novarica, Ruzicka was chief information officer and senior vice president of the Agency Markets division …