<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001267395-17-000084.txt : 20171219
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20171219084345
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001267395-17-000084
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171219
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171219

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001267395
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31909
		FILM NUMBER:		171262850

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		141 FRONT STREET
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM 19
		BUSINESS PHONE:		1 441 295 8201

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		141 FRONT STREET
		CITY:			HAMILTON
		STATE:			D0
		ZIP:			HM 19
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<TYPE>8-K
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1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:9px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">&#160;</font><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:27%;"></td><td style="width:46%;"></td><td style="width:27%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid 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(&#8220;CGB DS&#8221;). Under the terms of the partnership, Aspen has acquired a 23.2% stake in a newly formed company, Crop Re Services LLC (&#8220;Crop Re&#8221;), which is responsible for directing the placement of reinsurance on behalf of CGB DS. The remaining 76.8% of Crop Re is owned by CGB DS. In exchange for its stake in Crop Re, Aspen has sold AG Logic Holdings,  LLC (&#8220;AgriLogic&#8221;), its U.S. crop insurance business, to CGB DS for $68.4 million.  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style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(d) Unless otherwise specified above, the following exhibit is furnished as part of this report:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:28px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s64ABB266AC62542387E8E3BDDC5BA847"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">99.1 Press Release of the Registrant, dated December 19, 2017</font></a></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr 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<div><a name="s4B9187CCF4773F425693117F570727ED"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;"><img src="image0a01a25.gif" alt="image0a01a25.gif" style="height:158px;width:156px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:30px;font-size:24pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:194px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:30px;"></td><td style="width:162px;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="image1a04a25.jpg" alt="image1a04a25.jpg" style="height:64px;width:18px;"></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:24pt;">PRESS  RELEASE</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:13px;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;font-weight:bold;">Aspen Announces Strategic Partnership with CGB Diversified Services</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Hamilton, Bermuda, December 19, 2017 - </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (&#8220;Aspen&#8221;) (NYSE:AHL) announced today a strategic partnership with CGB Diversified Services, Inc. (&#8220;CGB DS&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Under the terms of this partnership, Aspen has acquired a 23.2% stake in a newly formed company,  Crop Re Services LLC (&#8220;Crop Re&#8221;), which is responsible for directing the placement of reinsurance on behalf of CGB DS. The remaining 76.8% of Crop Re is owned by CGB DS. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In exchange for its stake in Crop Re, Aspen has sold AG Logic Holdings, LLC (&#8220;AgriLogic&#8221;), its U.S. crop insurance business, to CGB DS for $68.4 million. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aspen will receive rights to provide quota share reinsurance capacity, in proportion to its shareholding of Crop Re, on the combined crop insurance portfolios of AgriLogic and CGB DS. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aspen will also have access to additional crop reinsurance premium by bringing its reinsurance expertise to a substantially larger, faster growing, and more diversified crop insurance business.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The annual combined gross written premium of AgriLogic and CGB DS was approximately $1.1 billion for the 2017 crop reinsurance year, making it one of the largest portfolios in the U.S. crop insurance market.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Chris O&#8217;Kane, Aspen&#8217;s Group Chief Executive Officer, said: &#8220;We are excited by the strategically compelling opportunity brought to us by CGB DS, a highly-respected company in the crop insurance industry. Our investment in Crop Re provides Aspen with the opportunity for further growth through access to a much larger and more diversified portfolio of business. AgriLogic is an outstanding business and, together with CGB DS, will be able to progress more rapidly to the next stage of its development.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Rick Pemberton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for CGB Enterprises, Inc. said: &#8220;Forming this strategic partnership with Aspen is a natural fit for our crop insurance platform and a true win for both parties. AgriLogic is an excellent business with strong customer-centric focus, and together we will continue to provide world-class service and provide innovative risk management solutions to our agents and customers. We are delighted to officially welcome the AgriLogic team to CGB Diversified Services.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">- ENDS -</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. For the year ended December 31, 2016, Aspen reported $12.1 billion in total assets, $5.3 billion in gross reserves, $3.6 billion in total shareholders&#8217; equity and $3.1 billion in gross written premiums. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of &#8220;A&#8221; by Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s Financial Services LLC (&#8220;S&amp;P&#8221;), an &#8220;A&#8221; (&#8220;Excellent&#8221;) by A.M. Best Company Inc. (&#8220;A.M. Best&#8221;) and an &#8220;A2&#8221; by Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, Inc. (&#8220;Moody&#8217;s&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About CGB Diversified Services, Inc. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">CGB Diversified Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of CGB Enterprises, Inc. and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Illinois. The company is a part of the Federal Crop Insurance system and services policies in 48 states. CGB DS offers a wide range of services which includes crop insurance, risk management, and grain marketing expertise, and is an equal opportunity provider. Learn more </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">www.diversifiedservices.com</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#333333;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About CGB Enterprises, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In addition to its crop insurance business, CGB Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Mandeville, LA, has nearly 100 grain facilities across the Midwest and has dedicated operations in logistics and transportation, fertilizer, agri-finance, soybean processing and other related businesses. For more information on CGB Enterprises, Inc, please visit </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">www.cgb.com</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">This press release may contain written &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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