Fosun International Limited, together with its subsidiaries, an investment group in China, has completed its acquisition of Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

“The successful completion of this transaction constitutes an important milestone for Fosun's investments in the United States financial industry and an important step in Fosun's strategy of expanding businesses with insurance as the core. Fosun looks forward to adding Meadowbrook's high-caliber staff, comprehensive offerings of high-quality specialty insurance products, and a robust distribution network to the Fosun family and has full confidence in the incumbent management team. Meadowbrook will further strengthen Fosun's capability to access long-term high-quality capital and enhance [our] insurance business capabilities on both the liability end and investment end. We are committed to leveraging Fosun's global resources to support long-term and stable development of Meadowbrook,” said Guo Guangchang, the chairman of Fosun.

Robert S. Cubbin, the president and chief executive officer of Meadowbrook, said, “We look forward to this next chapter in Meadowbrook's history. As part of Fosun, Meadowbrook will benefit from a stronger capital base, enabling us to better meet the needs of our customers, partners and policyholders well into the future.”

Currently, Fosun reports that it has more than one third of its total assets invested in insurance businesses, including investments in the Portugal's largest insurance group Fidelidade, Yong'an P&C Insurance, Pramerica Fosun Life Insurance, Peak Reinsurance, Ironshore, and Meadowbrook.

Meadowbrook is a professional property and casualty insurer and insurance administration services company focused on specialty niche markets. It markets and underwrites specialty property and casualty insurance programs and products on both an admitted and non-admitted basis through a network of independent retail agents, wholesalers, program administrators, and general agencies.

KPMG, Towers Watson Delaware, and PricewaterhouseCoopers acted as advisors of finance, actuary, and tax, respectively, to Fosun. DLA Piper LLP acted as legal advisor to Fosun. Willis Capital Markets & Advisory acted as exclusive financial advisor and Sidley Austin LLP as legal counsel to Meadowbrook in connection with the transaction.

Victoria Spears

Victoria Spears

Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].

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