Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ALDOI to Hold Hearing on Planned ProAssurance Merger with FD Insurance
Oct 7 2025 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing next week on the proposed merger of a ProAssurance unit and FD Insurance – the latest of many financial moves for both companies in the last...
M&A Settlements in Delaware Chancery Court Have Increased Substantially: Cornerstone
Oct 7 2025 // The number and total aggregate amount of settlements in merger and acquisition (M&A)-related lawsuits in the Delaware Court of Chancery have increased substantially since 2019, with the total aggregate settlement...
Viewpoint: How Transactional Risk Insurance Became Essential for M&A Certainty
Oct 7 2025 // Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are rarely simple. Even in buoyant deal environments, uncertainties around valuation, regulatory approval, or contingent liabilities can derail negotiations at the eleventh hour. Over the...
Canada’s Gifford Carr Wings Into Florida With Acquisition of Omni One Agency
Oct 7 2025 // It’s often insureds who come to Florida from Canada before winter sets in. But this week, it’s an Ottawa-based insurance brokerage that has moved into the Sunshine State with the acquisition of a Cape Coral...
SiriusPoint Sells MGA, Arcadian Risk Capital, for $139M, Forms Long-Term Capacity Deal
Oct 6 2025 // SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced an agreement to sell its 49% equity stake in managing general agent, Arcadian Risk Capital to private equity firm Lee Equity Partners for a...
Malaysia’s Weststar Secures $309 Million Funding for Expansion
Oct 6 2025 // Malaysia’s financial services firm MBSB Bhd will provide MYR1.3 billion ($309 million) in funding to support the expansion of Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd, the aviation arm of The Weststar Group, the Edge...
Trump Restores $187M Funding Cuts for New York Counterterrorism
Oct 6 2025 // President Donald Trump said Friday he has personally reversed $187 million in funding cuts made by his administration for New York’s law enforcement and counterterrorism operations, following bipartisan outcry from...
5-Year Cost of Litigation Funding to Commercial Insurers Could Top $25B
Oct 6 2025 // “Are you being serious?” Christopher Swift, chair and chief executive officer of The Hartford, was taken aback by a question from an analyst during the company’s second-quarter earnings call about the...
Mutual Growth Strategy: Northern Neck Insurance to Acquire Frederick Mutual
Oct 6 2025 // Northern Neck Insurance Co. and Frederick Mutual Insurance Co. announced they intend to affiliate, pending regulatory approval, in a move to grow across the Mid-Atlantic region. The partnership will unite Northern...
Howden Acquires Insurance Broker Gott & Wynne in North Wales
Oct 3 2025 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced the acquisition of Gott & Wynne Ltd., a property-casualty insurance broker based in Llandudno, North Wales, specializing in both personal and commercial...
Novacore to Acquire Real Estate Insurance MGA Minglewood Risk
Oct 2 2025 // Novacore, the specialty insurance managing general agent (MGA) formerly the U.S. commercial division of NSM Insurance Group, has agreed to acquire Minglewood Risk, an MGA specializing in habitational and real estate...
Farmer Woods Acquires iinsure in Arizona
Oct 2 2025 // Farmer Woods Group acquired iinsure in Arizona. iinsure clients will continue working directly with Jeff Martin, owner of iinsure, while also gaining access to Farmer Woods Group’s resources. iinsure is an...
Icen Risk Brings M&A Insurance Products to US With $50M Capacity From Zurich
Oct 2 2025 // Specialist transactional risk insurer Icen Risk announced it is expanding to the United States to meet strong demand. London-based Icen said minority owner Zurich Insurance Group is providing $50 million of capacity,...
World Acquires Indiana’s ACB
Oct 1 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of ACB Insurance Inc. (“ACB”) of Indianapolis, Indiana on June 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ACB provides insurance...
For Global M&A, Third Quarter Was One of the Best–and Worst–in Recent History
Oct 1 2025 // For dealmakers across the world, the third quarter was one of the best and one of the worst in recent history. Megadeals tallied a stunning $1.26 trillion in global mergers and acquisitions during the third quarter – up...
Korean Insurer DB to Buy Fortegra for $1.65 Billion in US Foray
Sep 26 2025 // South Korea’s DB Insurance Co. agreed to buy US specialty insurer Fortegra Group for $1.65 billion, in what would be the biggest US acquisition by a non-life insurer from the country. The Seoul-based company will...
Inszone Acquires Arkansas Best Insurance Agency
Sep 26 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its expansion into Arkansas through the acquisition of Arkansas Best Insurance Agency, Inc., a long-standing independent agency based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Founded in 1905, Arkansas...
ALKEME Insurance Acquires New York’s Alliance Brokerage
Sep 26 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance announced it has acquired Alliance Brokerage Corp., a Melville, New York-based property/casualty agency. The acquisition strengthens ALKEME’s presence on the East Coast and adds...
McGowan Acquires Limit.com in California
Sep 25 2025 // The McGowan Companies acquired Limit, a digital wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Covina, California, via an asset purchase agreement. After the transaction is closed, Limit will continue to operate under the...
King Risk Adds Another South Carolina Agency with Acquisition of LH Griffith
Sep 24 2025 // King Risk Partners has expanded again in the Southeast with the acquisition of LH Griffith & Co., an agency with offices in Walterboro and Goose Creek, in southeast South Carolina. Griffith agency was founded 25 years...
