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Arch Capital Enters Agreement With Westpac

Arch Capital Enters Agreement With Westpac

Arch Capital Group Ltd. has entered into a share purchase agreement with the Westpac Group to acquire Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited [WLMI]. A spokesperson said, “The Global Mortgage Group of Arch Capital Group Ltd. has entered into a share purchase agreement with the Westpac Group [Westpac] to acquire Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance... Read more of this article

Arch Insurance Announces New Online Platform

Arch Insurance Announces New Online Platform

Arch Insurance Company announced a new online platform that allows brokers to rapidly price and purchase Business Travel Accident [BTA] policies for U.S.-based companies with up to 250 business travelers. A spokesperson said, “The platform, called Arch BTAExpressTM, leverages a state-of-the-art underwriting and technology experience, allowing simple... Read more of this article

Arch Capital Report 2020 4th Quarter Results

Arch Capital Report 2020 4th Quarter Results

Arch Capital Group Ltd. announced their 2020 fourth quarter results. The results included: Net income available to Arch common shareholders of $533.1 million, or $1.30 per share, a 17.8% annualized return on average common equity, compared to $316.0 million, or $0.76 per share, for the 2019 fourth quarter; After-tax operating income available to... Read more of this article

Arch Announces Catastrophe Loss Estimates

Arch Announces Catastrophe Loss Estimates

Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. has established a range of pretax catastrophe losses of $155 million to $165 million in the 2020 fourth quarter. The company said, “Arch Capital Group Ltd. reports that its 2020 fourth quarter results will be negatively impacted by a set of catastrophe events that occurred during the 2020 fourth quarter, including... Read more of this article

Papadopoulo Named President & CUO Of Arch

Papadopoulo Named President & CUO Of Arch

Arch Capital Group Ltd. today [Dec 29] announced that Nicolas Papadopoulo will be promoted to the position of President and Chief Underwriting Officer, effective January 1, 2021. A spokesperson said, “Papadopoulo joined Arch in 2001 and currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Arch Worldwide Insurance Group and Chief Underwriting Officer for Property... Read more of this article

AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings Of Arch Capital

AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings Of Arch Capital

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A+ [Superior] and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “aa-” of Arch Reinsurance Ltd.  [Bermuda] and its strategic affiliates. Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term ICR of “a-” and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings [Long-Term IRs] of Arch Capital Group Ltd. [Arch Capital] [Bermuda]... Read more of this article

Arch & Watford: Revised Merger Agreement

Arch & Watford: Revised Merger Agreement

Arch Capital Group and Watford Holdings today [Nov 2] announced a revised definitive agreement under which Arch will acquire all of the common shares of Watford for an increased price of $35.00 per share. A spokesperson said, “This revised all-cash consideration is valued at approximately $700 million and represents a premium of approximately 96%... Read more of this article

Arch Announces Catastrophe Loss Estimates

Arch Announces Catastrophe Loss Estimates

Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group has established a range of pretax catastrophe losses of $190 million to $210 million in the 2020 third quarter. The company said, “Arch Capital Group Ltd. reports that its 2020 third quarter results will be negatively impacted by a set of catastrophe events that occurred during the third quarter, including Hurricanes... Read more of this article

Arch Capital To Acquire Watford Holdings

Arch Capital To Acquire Watford Holdings

Arch Capital Group and Watford Holdings have entered into a definitive agreement under which Arch will acquire all the common shares of Watford in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $622 million. A spokesperson said, “Following closing, which is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2021, Watford will continue to operate as a... Read more of this article

Arch Capital Reports Second Quarter Results

Arch Capital Reports Second Quarter Results

Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. announces its 2020 second quarter results. The results included: Net income available to Arch common shareholders of $288.4 million, or $0.71 per share, a 10.6% annualized return on average common equity, compared to $458.6 million, or $1.12 per share, for the 2019 second quarter; After-tax operating income available... Read more of this article

Arch Announces Catastrophe Loss Estimates

Arch Announces Catastrophe Loss Estimates

Arch Capital Group Ltd. has established a range of pre-tax catastrophe losses of $205 million to $225 million in the 2020 second quarter. The company said, “Arch Capital Group Ltd. has established a range of pre-tax catastrophe losses of $205 million to $225 million in the 2020 second quarter across its property casualty insurance and reinsurance... Read more of this article

Arch Re Acquire Majority Stake In PMAP

Arch Re Acquire Majority Stake In PMAP

Arch Reinsurance announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of a majority stake in Precision Marketing Asia Pacific [PMAP], with the acquisition increasing distribution in the Asia-Pacific market. A spokesperson said, “The Arch Worldwide Reinsurance Group [Arch Re], part of Arch Capital Group Ltd., today announced that... Read more of this article

Arch Capital $1B Public Offering Senior Notes

Arch Capital $1B Public Offering Senior Notes

Arch Capital Group Ltd. announced the pricing of an offering of $1 billion senior notes. The company said, “Arch Capital Group Ltd. announced today the pricing of an offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.635% senior notes due 2050. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes.... Read more of this article

Arch Capital Reports 2020 First Quarter Results

Arch Capital Reports 2020 First Quarter Results

Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. announced its 2020 first quarter results. The results included: Net income available to Arch common shareholders of $133.7 million, or $0.32 per share, a 5.0% annualized return on average common equity, compared to $438.1 million, or $1.07 per share, for the 2019 first quarter; After-tax operating income available... Read more of this article

Arch Pledges $1M For Global Covid-19 Relief

Arch Pledges $1M For Global Covid-19 Relief

Arch Capital Group announced plans to make $1 million in corporate donations, double its employee giving match for charitable contributions and establish an employee assistance fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Arch’s initial pledge will aid organizations primarily focused on food insecurity, health issues in underserved and high-risk... Read more of this article

Arch Capital Enters Agreement With Natixis

Arch Capital Enters Agreement With Natixis

Arch Capital Group Ltd. has entered into a share purchase agreement with Natixis regarding the acquisition of a 29.5% stake in Coface, a France-based leader in the global trade credit insurance market. “The transaction will be completed at a price of €10.70 per share [dividend until closing attached], corresponding to a transaction value of... Read more of this article