M&A Deal Summary

Arch Capital Acquires AIG United Guaranty Insurance

On August 15, 2016, Arch Capital acquired insurance company AIG United Guaranty Insurance from AIG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Arch Capital’s 4th transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is Arch Capital’s 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-08-15
Target AIG United Guaranty Insurance
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) Arch Capital
Sellers(s) AIG
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

AIG United Guaranty Insurance

Wanchai, China
AIG United Guaranty Insurance (Asia) Ltd. is a provider of insurance products and services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Arch Capital

Pembroke, Bermuda

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Insurance
Employees7,200
Revenue 16.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Arch Capital is a reinsurance and insurance company. The proceeds of this financing were used to launch a major underwriting initiative to meet current and future demand in the global insurance marketplace. Arch Capital was founded in 1995 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 13
Sector: Insurance M&A 4 of 12
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-15 United Guaranty

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

United Guaranty Corp. is a provider of mortgage insurance products and services to mortgage lenders and credit unions of all sizes.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-09 Premia

Hamilton, Bermuda

Premia is a reinsurance group with operations in Bermuda, the U.S., and Europe that is focused on sourcing, structuring, and servicing run-off businesses. Premia was founded in 2017 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Buy $510M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AIG

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1919
Sector Insurance
Employees22,200
Revenue 27.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

AIG is an international insurance organization serving customers in more than 130 countries. AIG companies serve commercial, institutional, and individual customers through one of the most extensive worldwide property-casualty networks of any insurer. American International Group was incorporated in 1919 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 22
Sector: Insurance M&A 9 of 18
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 12 of 20
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-15 United Guaranty

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

United Guaranty Corp. is a provider of mortgage insurance products and services to mortgage lenders and credit unions of all sizes.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-16 Ascot Underwriting

London, United Kingdom

Ascot Underwriting Ltd. is a global specialty (re)insurer writing insurance and reinsurance business in Property, Energy, Specie & Fine Art, Cargo, Terrorism & Political Risk, Marine Hull, Marine Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Casualty, Personal Accident, and Excess of Loss Reinsurance. Ascot leads in most of these classes and leads over 40% of the slips it writes.

Sell $1.1B