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Becker defends decision to hold IPC offer price

20 January 2010

Max Capital Group, the Bermudian reinsurer that lost out to Validus in its tussle for IPC Holdings last year, may still be on the look out for large-scale acquisition, the firm’s CEO has suggested.

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Max Capital Group, the Bermudian reinsurer that lost out to Validus in its tussle for IPC Holdings last year, may still be on the look out for large-scale acquisition, the firm’s CEO has suggested.

In his annual letter to shareholders, Marty Becker, CEO of...


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