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...Earlier on Thursday, Bermuda-based Lancashire Holdings said it was beginning to see “early signs of greater market discipline” after prices in many classes of business had fallen too far....
...The company submitted its claim to a group of insurers led by Zurich and Liberty Specialty Markets....
...Richard Dudley, chief executive of Aon’s wholesale and specialty insurance broking business, said: “We are very supportive of what [Mr Neal] is doing....
...Companies going down that path include Chubb, Liberty Specialty Markets and the UK operations of Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo....
...Vodafone, one of the world’s largest telecoms operators, will take over Liberty Global’s German cable group Unitymedia and three smaller eastern European assets (in the Romanian, Hungarian and Czech markets...
...Shares in CVS, down more than 12 per cent so far this year, edged 0.2 per cent higher in pre-market trading....
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...Hiscox, the specialty insurer, said on Monday that it forecasts claims of about $150m resulting from Hurricane Harvey that devastated Houston, Texas last month....
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...Albert Benchimol, chief executive of Axis, said: “We are very pleased to announce this proposed acquisition of Novae, which will create [an approximately] $2bn player in the London specialty market, anchored...
...Credit Suisse has promoted Tim Devine and Chris Eby to newly created roles heading the bank’s specialty finance business in the Americas....
...A thinker who has battled all his life for democracy, the free market and personal liberty, he even ran as a candidate for the Peruvian presidency in 1990, losing a tight race to the subsequent dictator...
...“The people here have been operating in the specialty markets for decades . . . London has been used to brutal market movements.”...
...“Ironshore has a track record of profitably underwriting global and diverse specialty risks insurance and is an ideal complement to Liberty Mutual, providing additional scale, expertise, innovation and market...
...Tata Steel has entered into exclusive negotiations to sell its specialty UK steel business for £100m to Liberty House, the metals group controlled by Indian-born commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta....
...Sompo Holdings, one of Japan’s biggest insurers, is to acquire Bermuda-based rival Endurance Specialty Holdings for $6.3bn, the latest in a string of overseas acquisitions by Japanese companies bolstered...
...On Wednesday Sompo Holdings, the Japanese insurer, said it will buy Endurance Specialty Holdings for $6.3bn in cash....
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