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The Chinese tycoon whose firm has just taken control of Bermuda-based insurance firm Ironshore in a $1.84 billion deal is assisting authorities with an investigation. Guo Guangchang, the billionaire chairman of Fosun International and one of China’s ...

Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore is to open a string of offices in Europe. The firm is opening a European hub office in Cologne, Germany, which will be followed by agency branch offices in the Netherlands and Switzerland by the end of this year. Mark ...

Ironshore has opened an office in New Zealand, the Bermuda-based insurer announced last night. The office, in the city of Auckland, will operate as a branch of Ironshore Australia, led by Katherine Simmonds, managing director of the Sydney-based oper...

Chinese investment firm Fosun International Ltd has completed the acquisition of the remaining 80 per cent equity interest in Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore. The Shanghai-based firm, headed by billionaire Guo Guangchang, bought 20 per cent of Iron...

As official insurer of Oracle Team USA, Bermuda-based Ironshore is underwriting not only the risks of the team, but also many aspects of the America’s Cup events. Since Oracle is the defender, it is hosting all the events associated with the ‘Auld Mu...

Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore has been named the official insurer for Oracle Team USA for the 35th America’s Cup. Ironshore will provide comprehensive insurance coverage for the team, from the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda regatt...

Ironshore may be in the process of being taken over by a Chinese firm — but its roots will remain firmly entrenched in Bermuda. Maintaining what Ironshore chief executive officer Kevin Kelley calls “the Bermuda advantage” was a key element of the $1....

Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore has agreed to be acquired by Chinese investment firm Fosun International Ltd. In a statement released late yesterday, Ironshore said it had reached an agreement to sell to Fosun the four-fifths of the company that the ...

A massive Chinese investment firm could open an office in Bermuda. The news came as Fosun International cemented a deal to become Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore’s biggest shareholder. Ironshore chief operating officer Mitch Blaser said: “We will wor...

Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore has closed a deal that will make Chinese investment firm Fosun International Ltd the firm’s biggest shareholder. Hong Kong-listed Fosun completed its purchase of 20 per cent of Ironshore’s outstanding shares, the compa...

A subsidiary of Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore has bought out a Dubai-based underwriter as it looks to expand its business in Asia and Africa. Ironshore International said it completed the acquisition of Visionary Underwriting Agency last month. Vis...