Press Releases

Date	Title
Toggle Summary12-09-2003	White Mountains to Acquire Sirius Insurance Group HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with ABB Ltd. to acquire the Sirius Insurance Group, an insurance and reinsurance organization based in Sweden, at a purchase price
Toggle Summary12-05-2003	OneBeacon to Purchase Atlantic Mutual's Commercial Insurance Business BOSTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- OneBeacon Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM), announced it has signed an agreement in principle to acquire the Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Atlantic Mutual, and the renewal rights
Toggle Summary11-25-2003	Folksamerica Acquires Sierra Insurance Group from Sierra Health Services, Inc. NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Folksamerica Holding Company, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Sierra Insurance Group companies -- California Indemnity Insurance Company and its three subsidiaries -- from Nevada-based Sierra Health
Toggle Summary11-20-2003	Lon Smith and Allan Waters Elected Directors George Gillespie Elected Non-Executive Chairman Jack Byrne Elected Chairman of the Executive Committee HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) today announced the election of Lowndes (Lon) Smith and Allan
Toggle Summary10-30-2003	White Mountains Book Value Per Share up Slightly to $282 Excellent Underwriting Performance Continues HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct 30, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) ended the third quarter of 2003 with a fully converted tangible book value per share of $282, up slightly from the second quarter of 2003 and up
Toggle Summary10-08-2003	BSX Approves Secondary Listing of Common Shares of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct 8, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The Listing Committee of the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) today announced the approval of the listing of up to 12,246,680 Common Shares of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. White Mountains was originally formed as a Delaware
Toggle Summary10-03-2003	Folksamerica Acquires Renewal Rights from CNA Re NEW YORK - October 3, 2003 - Folksamerica Reinsurance Company announced today that it has acquired renewal rights to the property and casualty treaty reinsurance business of CNA Reinsurance, a division of CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA). Under the terms of the transaction, Folksamerica will
Toggle Summary09-11-2003	Cavoores Elected CEO of Onebeacon BOSTON (September 11, 2003) – OneBeacon Insurance Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM), has announced that John Cavoores has been elected CEO of OneBeacon effective immediately. Cavoores will continue as President of OneBeacon.
Toggle Summary07-31-2003	White Mountains Continues Strong Growth In Book Value Click here to view this release in printable (PDF) format Book value per share up to $281; an annualized growth rate of 18% HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) ended the second quarter of 2003 with a fully converted tangible book
Toggle Summary06-27-2003	White Mountains Files $2 Billion Shelf Registration Statement HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. ("White Mountains") (NYSE: WTM) today announced that it has filed an unallocated universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.