2012

  • December

    12-18-2012

    Alleghany Announces Its Preliminary Sandy Loss Estimate

     

    NEW YORK, NY, December 18, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE-Y) (“Alleghany”) today announced a preliminary estimate of its consolidated after-tax loss related to Sandy, net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums, of approximately $288 million.  This estimate reflects a consolidated pre-tax loss estimate, net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums, of approximately $443 ...

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  • 12-03-2012

    Alleghany Announces Management Changes at Pacific Compensation Corporation

    New York, NY, December 3, 2012 – Janet D. Frank has joined Pacific Compensation Corporation (“PacificComp”), the California workers’ compensation specialist and wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation (NYSE-Y), as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.  Ms. Frank will also be named as Chair of the Board of Directors of PacificComp.

     

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  • November

    11-06-2012

    Alleghany Announces 2012 Third Quarter Results

    NEW YORK, NY, November 6, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE-Y) reported stockholders’ equity per common share of $388.67 as of September 30, 2012, an increase of 13.6% from stockholders’ equity per common share of $342.12 at 2011 year-end.  Stockholders’ equity per common share as of September 30, 2012 ...

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  • August

    08-06-2012

    Alleghany Announces 2012 Second Quarter Results

    NEW YORK, NY, August 6, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE-Y) reported stockholders’ equity per common share of $370.93 at June 30, 2012, an increase of 8.4% from stockholders’ equity per common share of $342.12 at 2011 year-end.  Stockholders’ equity per common share as of June 30, 2012 reflects ...

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  • June

    06-21-2012

    Alleghany Announces Commencement of Senior Notes Public Offering

    New York, NY, June 21, 2012 - Alleghany Corporation (“Alleghany”) (NYSE-Y) today announced that it has commenced a public offering of its Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”). 

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  • 06-21-2012

    Alleghany Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering

    New York, NY, June 21, 2012 - Alleghany Corporation (“Alleghany”) (NYSE-Y) today announced that it has set the price for the public offering of $400 million of its 4.95% Senior Notes due June 27, 2022 (the “Senior Notes”).

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  • May

    05-07-2012

    Alleghany Announces 2012 First Quarter Results

    NEW YORK, NY, May 7, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE-Y) reported stockholders’ equity per common share of $365.24 at March 31, 2012, an increase of 6.8% from stockholders’ equity per common share of $342.12 at 2011 year-end.  Shares outstanding at March 31, 2012 include 8,360,959 shares ...

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  • 05-02-2012

    Alleghany Announces Acquisition of Bourn & Koch

    NEW YORK – May 2, 2012 Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) (“Alleghany”) today announced that its subsidiary, Alleghany Capital Corporation (“ACC”), has acquired a majority interest in Bourn & Koch, Inc. (“Bourn & Koch”), a privately-held manufacturer and remanufacturer/retrofitter of precision machine tools and supplier of replacement parts for 27 different product lines ...

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  • March

    03-09-2012

    Alleghany Announces Final Merger Consideration Election Results

    NEW YORK – MARCH 9, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) (“Alleghany”) today announced the final results of the elections made by the former stockholders of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (“Transatlantic”) regarding the form of consideration to be received in connection with the merger of Transatlantic with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...

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  • 03-06-2012

    Alleghany and Transatlantic Announce Successful Closing of Merger

    NEW YORK, NY, March 6, 2012 -- Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) (“Alleghany”) and Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (“Transatlantic”) today announced the closing of their previously announced combination, creating a leading franchise across specialty insurance and reinsurance lines.  With the closing of the transaction, Transatlantic becomes an operating subsidiary of Alleghany, and is ...

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  • 03-05-2012

    Alleghany and Transatlantic Provide Merger Closing Update

    NEW YORK – March 5, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) (“Alleghany”) and Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRH) (“Transatlantic”) today announced that the closing of the pending merger has been scheduled for March 6, 2012.

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  • 03-02-2012

    Alleghany and Transatlantic Announce Preliminary Merger Consideration Election Results

    NEW YORK – MARCH 2, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) (“Alleghany”) and Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRH) (“Transatlantic”) today announced the preliminary results of the elections made by Transatlantic stockholders regarding the form of merger consideration to be received in Alleghany’s pending acquisition of Transatlantic.

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  • February

    02-23-2012

    Alleghany Announces 2011 Results

    NEW YORK, NY, February 23, 2012 --  Stockholders’ equity per common share of Alleghany Corporation (NYSE-Y) at December 31, 2011 was $342.12, an increase of 5.2% from stockholders’ equity per common share of $325.31 at December 31, 2010 (all as adjusted for the stock dividend declared in February ...

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  • 02-22-2012

    Alleghany and Transatlantic Announce Stockholder Election Deadline

    NEW YORK – February 22, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) (“Alleghany”) and Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRH) (“Transatlantic”) today announced that Transatlantic stockholders that wish to make an election with respect to the consideration to be received in the proposed merger with Alleghany must deliver a properly completed election form to ...

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  • 02-06-2012

    Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

    NEW YORK, NY – February 6, 2012 – Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) (“Alleghany”) today announced that its stockholders overwhelmingly voted to approve the previously announced merger of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRH) (“Transatlantic”), into Shoreline Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alleghany (formerly Shoreline Merger Sub, LLC), pursuant to the merger ...

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