The shareholders meeting will be Friday in Miami Beach, Florida, rather than Wednesday.

Both companies investors are scheduled to vote on the deal Nov. 18.

David Einhorn, chairman of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands-based reinsurer, affirmed his confidence in stocks that dragged his portfolio to its worst performance since the financial crisis.

Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor, disclosed an investment in American International Group Inc. and said it should split into three companies.

Hartford, the insurer that sold life units to focus on property-casualty coverage, plunged the most in the 88-company S&Ps 500 Financials Index after third-quarter profit fell, missing analysts estimates.

Chubb Corp. shareholders opposed an $80 million golden parachute payment for CEO John Finnegan, who struck a deal to sell the insurer to Ace Ltd.

Amtrak obtained $275 million of natural- disaster protection from fixed-income investors in the first catastrophe bond for the U.S. long-distance passenger railway.

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. will cut about 100 jobs and scale back operations in Australia after the reinsurer lost a bidding war for PartnerRe Ltd.