01.03.2012 - 15:33 [ Wall Street Journal ]

Goldman Sachs To Acquire Bermuda-Based Ariel To Boost Reinsurance Business

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) will acquire Ariel Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda reinsurance company, for an undisclosed sum in a deal that will boost the Wall Street bank‘s existing property and casualty insurance operations.

The deal is expected to close in April. A spokesman for Goldman Sachs said the purchase price was not material to Goldman‘s operations.