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Analyst warns of pitfalls of Validus/IPC deal

15 June 2009

A merger between IPC Holdings and Validus Holdings would result in a firm with too high a concentration of catastrophe-exposed business, an equity analyst has warned.

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A merger between IPC Holdings and Validus Holdings would result in a firm with too high a concentration of catastrophe-exposed business, an equity analyst has warned.

Following the collapse of an agreement between IPC and Max...


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