Advanced Settlements, Inc., one of the oldest and largest life settlement brokers in the nation, has created a Global Capital Markets Department to further its goal of increasing financing to settle policies. “The main function of the Global Capital Markets Department is to explore new funding sources for our customers,” said Scott Kirby, Co-President of [...]

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced today that the Company will be participating in the FBR Capital Markets 2008 Fall Investor Conference, to be held on December 2 and 3, 2008. The conference will be held at The Grand Hyatt New York.
Meadowbrook’s President and CEO, Robert S. Cubbin, is scheduled to present at 9:15 a.m. Eastern [...]

Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. announced that Courtney C. Smith, president and chief executive officer and Peter E. Jokiel, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the 2008 FBR Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time in New York City.
The presentation will be broadcast live. [...]

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in niche areas of the property and casualty market, announced today it is participating in the FBR Capital Markets 2008 Fall Investor Conference being held Dec. 2-3, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt New York.
Argo Group Chief Executive Officer Mark E. Watson [...]

The Navigators Group, Inc. announced that Stan Galanski, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Frank McDonnell, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the FBR Capital Markets 2008 Fall Investor Conference being held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Tuesday, December 2, at 3:05 p.m. (EST).
The Navigators Group, [...]

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that HCC Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bramanti will be presenting at the FBR Capital Markets 2008 Fall Investor Conference in New York City on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, beginning at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The presentation by Mr. Bramanti will be accessible through the HCC website at http://www.hcc.com.
Headquartered [...]

ower Group, Inc. announced that it will participate in the 2008 FBR Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference in New York City on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time. Representing Tower will be Michael H. Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Frank M. Colalucci, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
The [...]

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (“Aquiline”), a New York-based private equity firm investing in the financial services sector, today announced it has acquired Conning & Company (“Conning”), a leading global provider of expert solutions and services to the insurance market. The sale by Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“Swiss Re”), under undisclosed terms, will include Conning’s U.S. [...]

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. that American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) and American Home Assurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG, (“AHAC” and together with AIG, the “Selling Stockholder”) have commenced a secondary public offering of 26 million shares of the Company’s common stock owned by the Selling Stockholder and that the Selling Stockholder is expected [...]

Insurance industry in the markets of South East Europe remains very fragmented and with numerous limitations to free flow of capital. However, it is bound to continue its astonishing development and is regarded to be one of the most important future markets for European companies. Insurance premium
growth rates, already double-double digit figures in most [...]