Argo

The specialty insurer booked an $11.9mn overall net adverse reserve development, up from $6.2mn last year, fueled by a $16.2mn charge in the US business.

Axis’ pivot away from property reinsurance comes just as the sector reaches one of the biggest inflection points.

The activist investor has been trying to join the board of the struggling firm and has been interviewed by Argo.

The company said the resignation was due to “professional and personal commitments”.

Argo Group has been sued by investors, who claim the company has engaged in inadequate underwriting and misrepresentation of facts which resulted in a 60% drop in the specialty carrier’s common stock value this year.

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Bobman said the board of directors “demonstrated poor judgment” by approving the recruitment of Jessica Snyder as president of Argo’s US insurance division.

Capital Returns Master has proposed its president Ronald Bobman and David Michelson, president of DWM Consulting, as two new Argo board members.

A broader approach to deal structure leaves room open for a private firm to reverse into the company to go public.

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Westfield will take on 2021 and 2022 as part of the agreement, but it is not yet clear if 2020 will be included in a legacy deal Argo struck this year for 2018 and 2019 in the run-up to sale.