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Reinsurance and retrocession linked investment manager Markel CATCo has raised and deployed around $500m of new capital this year, growing its assets under management from $3.2 billion to $3.7 billion by July 1st 2016 a near 16% increase in AuM so far this year.

Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd., the reinsurance and retrocession linked ILS investment and fund manager, has set up a loss reserve specifically for its exposure to the Fort McMurray, Canada wildfire event for its stock exchange listed ILS fund.

Bermuda headquartered reinsurance and retrocession linked ILS investment and fund manager Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd. said in an update on one of its funds that it does not expect any material impact from the recent Canadian wildfires.

Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd., the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance and retrocession linked investment and fund manager, has hired Alissa Fredricks, an experienced actuary who has previously worked at AIR and Aon.

Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd., the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance and retrocession linked investment and fund manager, has named Lindsay Watson as Chief Underwriting Officer, in line with the firms planned strategy.

Bermuda headquartered reinsurance and retrocession linked investment and fund manager Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd. has raised another $10.9 million for the exchange listed CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd.

Markel Corporation has announced today the completion of its acquisition of insurance and reinsurance group Alterra Capital Holdings after all regulatory approvals were received and votes cast in favour of the transaction by the two firms shareholders. Markel has now gained access to a major reinsurance and large-account insurance business. It also gains collateralized reinsurance […]

One of the larger re/insurance industry mergers in recent years is on the cards for 2013 after Markel Corporation and Alterra Capital Holdings announced that their boards have unanimously approved a merger agreement this week. Under the merger terms Alterra is valued as worth approximately $3.13 billion. The merger will create a very large specialty […]