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July
Standard & Poor’s has announced it will add the property/casualty insurer to its S&P 500 stock index after close of trading on July 14, reports Reuters.
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May
Alterra Capital Holdings has announced the closing of a merger of equals between Max Capital Group and Harbor Point to form Alterra.
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XL Capital has announced today that it will remain in Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P 500) index following redomestication of the parent holding company from the Cayman Islands to Ireland.
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March
French reinsurer Scor has been added to the EuroStoxx Select Dividend 30 index.
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January
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will join the S&P 500 and S&P 100 stock indexes following its acquisition of railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
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Warren Buffett has admitted that the settlement General Re reached with the SEC for its role in finite reinsurance deals with American International and Prudential Financial is appropriate.
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Michael McGavick, chief executive officer of XL, wants to move his firm’s holding company to Ireland because of the stability the country offers, he has told Reactions.