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Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (SFMI) has agreed to acquire a further 40.6% stake in UK specialty insurer Canopius, lifting its ownership to 80.6% and securing control.

SFMI is buying control for about Won2.26tn ($1.68bn), joining forces with US private equity firm KKR and the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC).

The shares will come from Canopius’ exi...


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Insurance company Chesnara has agreed to buy 100% of the share capital of MetLife UK Limited (MLUK), MetLife’s closed-book UK life insurer.

The deal – expected to complete in the first half of 2027 – covers MLUK’s closed book only.

MetLife’s ongoing UK protection business is excluded, and MetLife will keep servicing those customers in the UK.

MLU...


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Allianz Commercial has set out plans to introduce ‘Allianz Commercial 1893’, a new direct underwriting syndicate operating at Lloyd’s.

Business operations are slated to begin on 1 January 2027, subject to final regulatory clearance, with in-principle approval from Lloyd’s already in place.

Through the new vehicle, Allianz Commercial will secure increased a...


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US equity returns are likely to depend more on policy decisions than valuation changes after Democrats gained control of Congress in the US mid-term elections, according to Steven Blitz, managing director of global macro and strategy and chief US economist at GlobalData.TSLombard.

“Rerating is not the equity market’s major problem going forward, po...


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Aon has established a North America healthcare vertical within its Risk Capital division, appointing Nick Gaudiosi as industry leader of the new unit.

The specialised vertical combines Aon’s commercial risk services for healthcare providers with its healthcare liability reinsurance operation, which supports US insurers of physicians, hospitals, and long-term care or...


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