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Munich Re subsidiary Munich Re America said it has entered a definitive merger agreement with stop-loss insurer Cairnstone Inc. via its operating division Munich Re America Healthcare.


MUNICH RE Munich Re AG, in German Münchener Rück AG (ISIN: DE0008430026), is the world's second largest reinsurance company with over 5,000 customers in 160 countries and has its headquarters in Munich, Germany.  subsidiary MUNICH RE AMERICA said it has entered a definitive merger agreement with stop-loss insurer CAIRNSTONE ING. via its operating division MUNICH RE AMERICA HEALTHCARE. According to according to
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 Munich Re, Cairnstone has been in the stop-loss area of the market since it was founded in 1996 and currently manages more than $80 million of employer stop-loss business. The reinsurer re·in·sure  
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To insure again, especially by transferring all or part of the risk in a contract to a new contract with another insurance company.
 said it expects the transaction to close in September.
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Date:Oct 1, 2007
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