Article: World Updates; Euclidian shuts syndicate after funding delay.(International)(Euclidian Underwriting Ltd.)

Euclidian Underwriting Ltd. is running off multiline Lloyd's of London syndicate 1243. The syndicate had 2004 capacity of [pounds sterling]251.7 million ($449.0 million). Euclidian is owned by Capital Insurance Holdings P.L.C., which formed earlier this year and hoped to consolidate other small Lloyd's companies into a single publicly traded entity. CIH planned to raise [pounds sterling]125 million ($232.5 million) from institutional investors to help capitalize Euclidian's syndicate. The previous capital provider, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., had pledged to take a 25% stake when CIH listed. Those plans were postponed due to lack of support from U.K. investors (BI, Aug. 2; ...

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