Endurance Specialty Holdings agreed to buy Montpelier Re for about $1.83 billion in cash and stock months after abandoning a hostile bid for another Bermuda-based insurance company.
The short-tail reinsurer and specialty insurer says it booked a net loss of $77 million in realized and unrealized losses from investments and foreign exchange in the second quarter.
Ace says it expects $380 million in fourth-quarter catastrophe losses from Superstorm Sandy, while the storm took a $95 million toll on results for Montpelier Re Holdings.
Two Bermuda (re)insurers report positive movement in profitability for the 2012 third quarter, with Axis Capitals net income inching up and Montpelier Re reversing a 2011 third-quarter net loss.
Two Bermuda (re)insurers report positive movement in profitability for the 2012 third quarter, with Axis Capitals net income inching up and Montpelier Re reversing a 2011 third-quarter net loss.
Two Bermuda-based insurers say catastrophes hurt their third-quarter earnings, with Everest Re reporting a 64 percent drop in net income and Montpelier Re posting a net loss.
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. estimates its third-quarter catastrophe losses will stand at around $60 million before taxes, and along with other carriers, reported cat insurance losses are well over $500 million for the past two weeks.
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday it expects to lose roughly $126 million for claims related to last month's earthquake and tsunami in Japan.