The reinsurer experienced higher adverse prior year loss development of $210.4 million in the AmTrust reinsurance segment compared to $61.1 million in the same period in 2017. According to the company the 2018 development was largely from workers compensation, which represented nearly half of the adverse development, and was primarily driven by accident years 2014 to 2017, and to a lesser extent, development in European hospital liability, commercial auto and general liability. The announced sale of the US reinsurance treaty operations resulted in an impairment loss of $74.2 million as the company wrote off the remaining goodwill and intangible assets. In addition Enstar Group is acquiring Maiden Reinsurance North America from a subsidiary of Maiden Holdings. Maiden Re North America is a diversified insurance company domiciled in Missouri that provides property and casualty treaty reinsurance, casualty facultative reinsurance and accident and health treaty reinsurance.