Corporations being offloaded embrace Validus Reinsurance and Talbot Underwriting
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The European Fee (EC) has permitted the sale of American Worldwide Group’s (AIG) treaty reinsurance enterprise to RenaissanceRe Holdings (RenRe).
In an replace, the regulatory physique stated: “The Fee concluded that the proposed acquisition would increase no competitors issues, given the restricted horizontal overlaps and vertical relationships ensuing from the proposed transaction.”
In response to the EC, whose approval was supplied below the merger regulation of the European Union, the AIG-RenRe deal was examined utilizing the simplified merger evaluation process.
The regulator assesses mergers and acquisitions to forestall market concentrations that considerably impede efficient competitors within the European Financial Space or any substantial a part of it.
First announced in May, the $3 billion swoop spans Validus Reinsurance and its consolidated subsidiaries, AlphaCat Managers and its managed funds, and all renewal rights to the treaty reinsurance enterprise of Talbot Underwriting. RenRe is buying sole management of the abovementioned corporations.
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