Debevoise Advises Paraline Group and ICAT on Sale of ICAT to The Schinnerer Group

10 August 2017

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising the Paraline Group, Ltd. and International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC (ICAT) on the sale of ICAT to The Schinnerer Group, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. and a leading underwriting manager. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017.

Paraline Group, Ltd. is building a Lloyd's-based international insurance and reinsurance business. ICAT is a managing general agent providing property catastrophe insurance to businesses and homeowners across the United States.

The Debevoise team is led by partner Nicholas F. Potter and includes partners Michael Bolotin, Henry Lebowitz, Jonathan F. Lewis and Vadim Mahmoudov; counsel Michael D. Devins; and associates Risa B. Gordon and Clare K. Lascelles.

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