Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC hosted “Capital Creativity — the Road to Renewals,” the Baden-Baden Reinsurance Symposium held in Baden-Baden on October 25. The event focused on the effective management of capital in the (re)insurance industry.The symposium was moderated by Chris Klein, Global Head of Business Intelligence at Guy Carpenter. Henry Keeling, President and CEO of International Operations at Guy Carpenter, provided the opening remarks, followed by presentations from Luzi Hitz, CEO of PERILS; Clemens von Weichs, CEO of Allianz SE, Reinsurance Division; and Victor Peignet, CEO of SCOR Global P&C. Wolfgang Gerstner, Lord Mayor of the City of Baden-Baden, welcomed attendees to the city.

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Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the world’s leading risk and reinsurance specialist, announced that it has entered an agreement to buy all of the issued shares of the London-based reinsurance broker Rattner Mackenzie Limited (RML) from HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (HCC).

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Guy Carpenter’s intellectual capital website, www.GCCapitalIdeas.com, was selected as the “Reinsurance Broker Initiative of the Year” at the 2009 British Insurance Awards, presented at Royal Albert Hall in London on July 8. The awards, in their 15th year, recognize outstanding performance and innovation throughout the insurance and reinsurance industries. This is the first year for the “Reinsurance Initiative of the Year” category.

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Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance specialist, today announced the successful completion of the previously announced acquisition of John B. Collins Associates, Inc. (Collins). The acquisition of Collins, the fifth largest reinsurance intermediary in the United States and seventh largest in the world, further strengthens Guy Carpenter’s capabilities in medical professional liability, agriculture, Florida property, program, and regional specialty lines of business.

Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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