Alterra Capital Holdings Limited.

• Selective to Acquire Montpelier Re's U.S. E&S Business

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 20, 2011

  Hamilton, Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. says it will sell its U.S. excess and surplus lines insurance business, Montpelier U.S. Insurance Company, to Selective Insurance Group.

• Selective Buys Renewals For Alterra Binding Biz; Alterra Targets Excess Casualty

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 15, 2011

  Selective Insurance Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, has purchased the renewal rights for commercial-lines excess and surplus policies written under contract binding authority (CBA) by subsidiaries of Alterra Capital Holdings Limited.

• Alterra Sells Subsidiary’s Commercial E&S Renewal Rights to Selective

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 12, 2011

  Selective Insurance Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, has purchased the renewal rights for commercial-lines excess and surplus policies written under contract binding authority by subsidiaries of Alterra Capital Holdings Limited.

• Aon Benfield: U.S. Storm Losses To Total $15 Billion; Company Estimates Continue

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 23, 2011

  As more insurers begin to make second-quarter loss estimates from tornado-spawning storms that ravaged parts of the U.S. in April and May, Aon Benfield says insured losses for the two months are nearly triple the annual average over the last 20 years.

• U.S. Storms To Cost Chubb Up To $310M; Alterra Up To $28M

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 21, 2011

  The Chubb Corporation says it expects losses of between $250 million and $310 million, pretax, for April and May U.S. storms.

• Alterra Capital Execs Receive Industry Awards

  By Staff Writer  |  October 26, 2010

  Alterra Capital Holdings Limited announced that Stephen J. Vaccaro Jr., chief executive officer of Alterra Specialty, was presented with the Service to Industry Award by the Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association of New York State (PIWA).

• Alterra Capital Merges Its Bermuda Holdings

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 7, 2010

  Alterra Capital Holdings Limited announced the consolidation of its Bermuda operating subsidiaries, Alterra Insurance Limited (Alterra Insurance) and Harbor Point Re Limited (Harbor Point Re).

• Max Capital, Harbor Point Shareholders Okay Merger

  By Staff Writer  |  April 29, 2010

  Max Capital Group and Harbor Point Limited, announced that their respective shareholders have voted to merge the two firms in a deal valued at $3.5 billion.