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sdc:p="3">(IG), a London-based insurance</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">company, from Imagine</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">Insurance Co Ltd (IC), a unit</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">of the Imagine Reinsurance</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">Holdings Ltd subsidiary of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">Brookfield Asset Management</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">Inc's Imagine Group Holdings</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">Ltd unit, for an estimated 11</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">mil British pounds ($21.847</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">mil US) in cash. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">transaction was to include</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">IC's operations in Denmark and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">Japan. Upon completion, IG was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">to be renamed Max Lloyd's Ltd.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">The transaction was subject to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>IRELAND - Max Capital Group Ltd of Bermuda agreed to acquire Imagine Group (UK) Ltd (IG), a London-based insurance company, from Imagine Insurance Co Ltd (IC), a unit of the Imagine Reinsurance Holdings Ltd subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc's Imagine Group Holdings Ltd unit, for an estimated 11 mil British pounds ($21.847 mil US) in cash. The transaction was to include IC's operations in Denmark and Japan. Upon completion, IG was to be renamed Max Lloyd's Ltd. The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">IRELAND - Max Capital Group Ltd of Bermuda agreed to acquire Imagine Group (UK) Ltd (IG),</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">a London-based insurance company, from Imagine Insurance Co Ltd (IC), a unit of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Imagine Reinsurance Holdings Ltd subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc's Imagine</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">Group Holdings Ltd unit, for an estimated 11 mil British pounds ($21.847 mil US) in cash.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">The transaction was to include IC's operations in Denmark and Japan. Upon completion, IG</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">was to be renamed Max Lloyd's Ltd. The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">IRELAND - Max Capital Group Ltd of Bermuda agreed to acquire Imagine Group (UK) Ltd (IG), a London-based insurance company, from Imagine Insurance Co Ltd (IC), a unit of the Imagine Reinsurance</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">Holdings Ltd subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc's Imagine Group Holdings Ltd unit, for an estimated 11 mil British pounds ($21.847 mil US) in cash. The transaction was to include IC's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">operations in Denmark and Japan. Upon completion, IG was to be renamed Max Lloyd's Ltd. 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During ####, Max Capital reported gross  premiums written of $### million and net  premiums written of $### million. The  proportion of Max Capital s net premiums  written to gross premiums written for ### # was ##%, where a significant amount of  retrocessional reinsurance protection is used for the company s primary insurance  operations. As of June ##, ####, s hareholders' equity was $#.# billion.  Max Capital s operating subsidiaries include companies located in the United  States, Bermuda and Europe. The group manages its internal capital and risk  through a combination of quota share and  stop loss reinsurance to its subsidiaries,  and also shares the Max Capital bran d amongst its operating entities.   Max Capital focuses largely on writing property, casualty, and specialty lines of ...

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