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Flagstone Re muscles in on IPC deal

02 July 2009

Flagstone Reinsurance has entered the race to acquire Bermudian reinsurer IPC Holdings with a rival bid, which it says trumps the offer previously made by Validus.

Read more: [Flagstone Reinsurance] [IPC Holdings] [Validus] [Max Capital]

Flagstone Reinsurance has entered the race to acquire Bermudian reinsurer IPC Holdings with a rival bid, which it says trumps the offer previously made by Validus.

Flagstone will exchange 2.638 of new shares for each IPC share plus $5.50 per share in cash for total consideration of $33.62 compared to IPC...


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CEOs won’t move prices until they see blood in the street and have the concern that some of it might be theirs.

Tom Bolt, director of underwriting performance at Lloyd’s of London