ACE Completes Acquisition of Agribusiness Insurer Penn Millers
November 30 2011 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE) announced today that it has completed its
acquisition of Penn Millers Holding Corporation (PMHC) (NASDAQ:
PMIC) for approximately $107 million in cash.
PMHC’s primary insurance subsidiary, Penn Millers Insurance
Company, provides specialty property and casualty insurance
coverages to companies that manufacture, process and distribute
agricultural products. Based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the company has
served the agribusiness market since 1887 and operates in 34
states.
“We are pleased to complete this transaction, which provides us
with an established, specialty niche business and offers us the
opportunity to expand our substantial agricultural market
capabilities offered through our Rain and Hail crop insurance and
ACE Westchester excess and surplus lines businesses,” said Brian
Dowd, Office of the Chairman, ACE Limited.
The ACE Group is a global leader in insurance and reinsurance
serving a diverse group of clients. Headed by ACE Limited, a
component of the S&P 500 stock index, the ACE Group conducts
its business on a worldwide basis with operating subsidiaries in
more than 50 countries. Additional information can be found at:
www.acegroup.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements:
All forward-looking statements made in this press release,
related to the acquisition of Penn Millers Holding Corporation,
potential post-acquisition performance or otherwise, reflect ACE’s
current views with respect to future events, business transactions
and business performance and are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause
actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these
statements. For example, ACE’s forward-looking statements related
to Penn Millers Holding Corporation and the acquisition could prove
incorrect if Penn Millers Holding Corporation and its subsidiaries
were to perform differently than currently expected by ACE or if
anticipated expense-related efficiencies are not realized. More
generally, the businesses of ACE and Penn Millers Holding
Corporation could be affected by competition, pricing and policy
term trends, the levels of new and renewal business achieved, the
frequency of unpredictable catastrophic events, actual loss
experience, uncertainties in the reserving or settlement process,
integration activities and performance of acquired companies, new
theories of liability, judicial, legislative, regulatory and other
governmental developments, litigation tactics and developments,
investigation developments and actual settlement terms, the amount
and timing of reinsurance recoverable, credit developments among
reinsurers, rating agency action, possible terrorism or the
outbreak and effects of war, and economic, political, regulatory,
insurance and reinsurance business conditions, as well as
management’s response to these factors. Readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the dates on which they are made.
ACE undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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