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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd.

R&Q completes novation from Maryland self insurer

24 November 2016

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. ("R&Q") is pleased to announce the novation of liabilities from Maryland Motor Truck Association Workers' Compensation Self Insurance Group ("MMTA WCSIG"), to its wholly owned 'A-' AM Best rated US admitted insurer, Accredited Surety and Casualty ("Accredited").

The MMTA WCSIG was formed in August of 1994 as a workers' compensation self-insurance group for the members of the Maryland Motor Truck Association; and was later discontinued on January 1, 2006. Accredited assumed all liabilities from the group for years 1994-2006, and in doing so has provided full finality for the MMTA WCSIG.

Ken Randall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of R&Q, explained "We are delighted to complete this novation, which represents our first transaction with a US based self-insurer. This deal reinforces our team's innovation in structuring transactions to provide full finality to an increasing variety of entities with legacy insurance liabilities in the US marketplace. The US self-insurer market is very substantial in size and we have several legacy deals of this nature in the pipeline".

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About R&Q

Randall & Quilter pursues a buy and build strategy and has created a comprehensive range of investment activities and services in the global non-life insurance market.

R&Q is focused on the following three core areas:

· Insurance Investments

· Insurance Services

· Underwriting Management

The Group:

· provides a range of services to both the live and legacy (re)insurance markets to support growing and address complex and challenging run-off issues;

· employs close to 400 insurance professionals based in the UK, US, Bermuda, and Europe capability in ''off' markets;

· owns and manages a portfolio of insurance companies, both active and in run-off, in the UK, US and with net assets of £123.7m as at 31 December 2015;

· owns an admitted P&C Insurer, A- rated by AM Best, with licenses throughout the US; owns a Bermuda Class 3A insurance company which currently supports the Group's syndicate participations;

· launched Syndicate 1991, which commenced underwriting from January 1, 2013 and has an agreed of £130m for 2016, manages one RITC ('run-off') syndicate, 3330, and owns and operates an MGA platform;

· acquires and manages a portfolio of insurance receivables, with a carrying cost of £6.0m as at 31 2015, of which R&Q holds a 50% interest

The Group was founded by Ken Randall and Alan Quilter in 1991.

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