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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Australia’s CA Insurance Brokers

Jun 9 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of CA Insurance Brokers in Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002 by Andrew Howard, CA...

Trinity Benefit Advisors of Tennessee Joins BKS-Partners Operating Group

Jun 9 2020 // Knoxville-based Trinity Benefit Advisors (TBA) has entered a partnership with BRP Group, Inc. to become part of its BKS-Partners operating group. TBA is a provider of employee benefits to employers across the southeastern...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires CRES Insurance in Nevada

Jun 8 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Las Vegas, Nev.-based CRES Insurance Services LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The CRES team will continue to operate from their current locations in Las Vegas and San...

Worldwide Facilities Acquires Virginia’s Royal Oak Underwriters

Jun 8 2020 // Worldwide Facilities LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has acquired Royal Oak Underwriters Inc., an excess and surplus lines insurance wholesaler based in Richmond,...

Global Re Forum Taps PartnerRe’s Clarke as Chair, Hannover Re’s Henchoz as Vice Chair

Jun 8 2020 // The Global Reinsurance Forum (GRF) has appointed Emmanuel Clarke, president and CEO of PartnerRe for a two-year term. He succeeds Kevin J. O’Donnell, CEO of RenaissanceRe, who became chairman in 2018. Jean-Jacques...

Insurtech MGA Hippo to Buy Its Carrier Partner Spinnaker Insurance

Jun 5 2020 // Home insurance insurtech agency Hippo plans to acquire New Jersey-based Spinnaker Insurance Co., an insurer with which it has has had a three-year partnership. The deal, first reported by Carrier Management, is designed to...

Applied Underwriters to Acquire Blue Ridge of South Carolina

Jun 5 2020 // Blue Ridge Specialty Group of Greenfield, South Carolina, a managing general underwriter specializing in trucking -related risks, has been acquired by Applied Underwriters, according to Applied Chairman and CEO Steve...

Billionaire Del Vecchio Doesn’t Seek Merger Between Generali and AXA or Zurich: Source

Jun 3 2020 // Leonardo Del Vecchio’s plans to boost the European presence of Italy’s top insurer Generali do not include a cross-border merger with rivals AXA or Zurich, a source close to the billionaire said on...

Carlyle, T&D Holdings Complete Acquisition of 76% Interest in Fortitude Group From AIG

Jun 3 2020 // Global investment firm The Carlyle Group and T&D Holdings announced have completed their acquisition of a 76.6% interest in Fortitude Group Holdings, whose group companies include Fortitude Re, from insurer American...

BRP Group’s BKS-Partners Acquires Assets of Chicago Agency, Rosenthal Bros.

Jun 2 2020 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners LLC (BKS-Partners), the middle-market subsidiary of Tampa, Florida-based insurance distribution firm, BRP Group, has acquired substantially all assets of Rosenthal Bros. Inc. (Rosenthal...

Reliance Partners Promotes Cannon to VP of Freight Brokerage Division

Jun 2 2020 // Reliance Partners (Reliance), a privately-held commercial insurance agency for the transportation and logistics industry, has promoted Jamie Cannon to vice president of the 3PL division. Cannon will lead Reliance’s...

Investors, Bondholders Sue Occidental Over Anadarko Merger

Jun 1 2020 // Occidental Petroleum Corp. has been sued by investors who claim they suffered billions of dollars of losses because the heavily indebted company concealed its inability to weather plunging oil prices, after paying $35.7...

Texas Windstorm Insurer Lays Out Funding Plan for 2020 Hurricane Season

Jun 1 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail in the state’s coastal counties in February set a goal of $4.2 billion in catastrophe funding for 2020. At a meeting of the...

AssuredPartners Acquires Cypress Insurance Group of Florida

May 29 2020 // AssuredPartners, Inc. has acquired Cypress Insurance Group, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The team of 20 will remain under the operational leadership of Terry Bond and Debbie Arciola. The agency currently reports $3...

New Hampshire Man Charged in Scheme that Used Bitcoin to Buy Personal Data

May 29 2020 // A New Hampshire man has been charged in a fraud scheme that involved using Bitcoin to buy stolen personal data belonging to people across the country, officials said. Jonathan Nguyen, 23, of Windham, was charged Tuesday in...

U.S. Warns Partners, Industrial Firms About Russian Hacking Operation

May 29 2020 // The U.S. National Security Agency on Thursday warned government partners and private companies about a Russian hacking operation that uses a special intrusion technique to target operating systems often used by industrial...

Texas Windstorm Insurer Outlines Funding for 2020 Hurricane Season

May 29 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail in the state’s coastal counties in February set a goal of $4.2 billion in catastrophe funding for 2020. At a meeting of the...

Workers’ Compensation Insurtech Pie Raises $127 Million With Plan to Acquire Carriers

May 28 2020 // Workers’ compensation provider Pie Insurance announced the closing of $127 million in new financing and capital commitments. Gallatin Point Capital joined the insurtech’s current investors in the capital raise,...

Insurtech Trov Partners with LatAm Insurer Sura to Bring On-Demand Insurance to Brazil

May 28 2020 // Trov, the San Francisco-based insurtech company, is partnering with Latin American insurer Seguros Sura to bring on-demand insurance products to the Brazilian market. Recent regulatory changes in Brazil have enabled...

PartnerRe Taps Meyenhofer as CEO Specialty Lines, Haft as CEO Global Cat

May 27 2020 // PartnerRe announced that the company will change responsibilities in its executive leadership for Specialty Lines and will create the new role of CEO Global Cat. Effective June 1, Philippe Meyenhofer will be appointed CEO...