Acquisition of Barbados Insurer

30 December, 2019

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (“R&Q”) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary R&Q Re (Bermuda) Limited has completed the acquisition of the Barbados insurer, Distinguished Re Ltd. (“Distinguished Re”), formerly known as the Saranac Insurance Company, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Distinguished LLC.

Distinguished Re participated as a reinsurer of the capacity providers on business written through its sister company, Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager that provides specialized Insurance Programs to brokers and agents with specific expertise in Real Estate, Community Associations, Cultural Institutions and Hospitality & Restaurants.

Distinguished Re had net technical reserves of $19.3m following completion. The cash consideration payable at closing by R&Q is $1. This represents a discount to Distinguished Re’s net assets which, following completion were $0.6m. In the year to 31 December 2018, Distinguished Re recorded a loss of $3.4m.

Roger Sellek, Joint Chief Executive Officer of R&Q, commented: “We are pleased to have completed the acquisition of Distinguished Re, providing full finality for the parent Distinguished LLC. The acquisition marks the tenth transaction R&Q has completed in 2019, across five jurisdictions, underlining R&Q’s continuing position as a market of choice for a broad range of legacy solutions.”

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