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Florida’s Federated National Raises $40M in IPO

Aug 6 2014 // Federated National Holding Co., a Florida-based property/casualty insurer, announced the closing of its public offering of 2,358,975 shares of its common stock, which includes 307,692 shares sold pursuant to the exercise...

Pet Insurer Trupanion Raises $71 Million in IPO

Jul 18 2014 // Shares of Trupanion Inc. rose as much as 15 percent in their market debut, valuing the pet insurer at $304 million, as investors bet on growing demand among pet owners to insure their cats and dogs.The company raised about...

Latest Carlyle Financial, Insurance Equity Fund Raises $1 Billion

Jun 24 2014 // Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP said on Monday it had raised $1 billion for its second fund focused on buying and selling financial institutions such as wealth managers and insurance firms, almost three years after it...

Saga IPO Raises $926.7 Million; Share’s Price at Bottom of Range

May 23 2014 // Saga Plc, a provider of insurance and holidays to Britain’s over-50s, raised £550 million ($926.7 million) after selling shares at the bottom of the range used to canvass investor interest.The shares were sold at...

Florida’s Heritage Insurance Hopes to Raise $100 Million in IPO

Apr 25 2014 // A Florida property insurer that provides insurance coverage to 128,000 homeowners is planning to go public by issuing an initial public offering (IPO) that could result in the insurer raising up to $100 million in new...

Genworth Financial to Raise as Much as $700 Million in Australia Offer

Apr 23 2014 // Genworth Financial Inc. plans to raise as much as $700 million by selling a minority stake in its Australian mortgage guarantor, in what may be the biggest share sale in the country for more than three years.The seller of...

Apollo, CVC Raise $398.5 Million in Brit Insurance IPO

Mar 28 2014 // Apollo Global Management LLC and CVC Capital Partners Ltd. raised £240 million [$398.5 million] in an initial public offering of Brit Plc, a Lloyd’s of London insurer.The two private equity firms, along with...

Allied World Proposes 35% Dividend Increase, Share Repurchase; 3 to1 Stock Split

Mar 4 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that in its recently filed Preliminary Proxy Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company’s Board of Directors has proposed the...

RSA to Raise $1.3 Billion in Share Sale, Cuts Final Dividend

Feb 27 2014 // RSA Insurance Group Plc confirmed reports that it plans to raise £775 million ($1.3 billion) in a share sale and scrapped its final dividend to replenish capital depleted by a scandal at its Irish unit and appease...

Wyoming Event Raises $56,000 For Blizzard-Hit South Dakota Ranchers

Nov 14 2013 // An auction in Gillette, Wyo. raised $56,000 for ranchers in South Dakota who lost nearly 20,000 head of cattle in a blizzard last month.The Gillette News-Record reported nearly 500 people attended Saturday’s auction...

Gala, Insurance Industry Raise $2 Million for City of Hope

Nov 4 2013 // The National Insurance Industry Council raised more than $2 million this year in the ongoing battle to cure cancer and diabetes, it was announced Monday.A large portion of the funds were raised by the City of Hope’s...

Ohio’s Norman-Spencer Agency Raises Over $55K for March of Dimes

Oct 9 2013 // The Norman-Spencer Agency Inc., a national property/casualty insurance provider, announced it raised over $55,000 through a 5K run, golf outing, and silent auction dinner held on Sept. 16, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio, for the...

RBS Seeks to Raise as Much as $1 Billion from Direct Line Stake

Sep 20 2013 // Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc is seeking as much as £630 million ($1.009 billion) from its third sale of a stake in Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, the U.K.’s biggest home and car insurer.RBS will offer 272.7...

Massachusetts Insurance Settlement Raised to $5.25M

Jun 20 2013 // A company authorities say used deceptive practices to sell supplemental health insurance to veterans and other Massachusetts residents will now pay more than $5 million to settle case.Attorney General Martha Coakley said...

Aspen Announces $150 million Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

Feb 27 2013 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that it has entered into an Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to repurchase an aggregate of $150 million of Aspen’s...

XL Group Launches $850 Million Share Buyback; Raises Dividend

Feb 22 2013 // XL Group plc announced from its Dublin, Ireland headquarters that its Board of Directors has approved a new share buyback program, authorizing the Company to purchase up to $850 million of its ordinary shares. The previous...

Texas Online Insurance Comparison Start-Up Raises $1.5M

Jan 31 2013 // Insurance Zebra, a Texas-based online insurance comparison platform, announced it has raised $1.5 million in start-up capital from a group of high profile investors.Investors included Silverton Partners, Mark Cuban, Mike...

Swett Gala to Pay Tribute to Wounded Soldiers, Raise $1M

Jan 23 2013 // During an event this weekend at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas hosted by the “Swett Warriors” organization several large firms in the insurance industry plan to raise funds and awareness for injured veterans.On...

AXIS Capital Announces New $750 Million Share Repurchase

Dec 19 2012 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of $750 million of the Company’s common shares from “time to time in open market...

AIG May Raise up to $6.5 Billion through AIA Share Sale – Sources

Dec 17 2012 // American International Group may raise as much as $6.5 billion from the sale of its remaining stake in AIA Group Ltd in Asia’s second-largest block sale ever, exiting a business the U.S. insurer started nearly 100...