

Bermuda-based specialty reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance and multi-line re/insurer Sirius International Insurance Group have entered into a definitive agreement for Third Point Re and Sirius Group to combine in a cash and stock transaction valued at $788m.
The new company will be renamed SiriusPoint Ltd. and will be based in Bermuda.
Third Point Re will purchase Sirius from its parent company, China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG), for $100m in cash and approximately 58 million of Third Point Re shares.
The transaction, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2021, will create a global company with approximately $3.3bn of tangible capital.