Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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JenCap Holdings to Acquire Risk Innovations of Atlanta

Dec 5 2018 // JenCap Holdings LLC (JCH), a specialty insurance business, will acquire privately-held Risk Innovations LLC, a specialty wholesale insurance broker based in Atlanta, Georgia. Financial terms were not disclosed. Risk...

Dean & Draper Insurance Acquires Houston’s Painter Reichman & Co.

Dec 5 2018 // Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP has acquired Painter Reichman & Co., a Houston-based agency specializing in personal and commercial insurance. Painter Reichman & Co was founded in 1906 and was purchased by...

Generali Acquires Alternative Asset Management Firm CM Investment Solutions

Dec 5 2018 // Italian insurer Generali Group has acquired CM Investment Solutions Limited (CMISL), an alternative asset manager in London, from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. CMISL, which...

Judge Questions Government’s Approval of CVS Acquisition of Aetna

Dec 5 2018 // QQA federal judge who has been asked to sign off on the U.S. government’s decision to approve CVS Health Corp.’s acquisition of insurer Aetna Inc. said Tuesday he was “less convinced” than the...

Verisk to Acquire London Market Pricing Software Firm Rulebook

Dec 3 2018 // U.S.-based data analytics firm Verisk has agreed to acquire Rulebook, a provider of business intelligence and software for the London Insurance Market. The purchase price is $87 million in cash, which Verisk said will be...

NSM Acquires Louisiana’s KBK Insurance Group

Dec 3 2018 // NSM Insurance Group has acquired the assets of Harahan, Louisiana-based program manager, KBK Insurance Group. With over 25 years of experience, KBK specializes in the towing and transportation industries. NSM Insurance...

The Hartford Acquires Sharing Economy Insurance Specialist Y-Risk

Dec 3 2018 // The Hartford has purchased Y-Risk, a managing general underwriter that specializes in serving sharing and on-demand economy risks, from Allstar Financial Group, an Atlanta-based holding company with multiple specialty...

Marriott Starwood Data Breach Highlights Silent Cyber Risk in Acquisitions

Dec 3 2018 // Marriott International’s $13.6 billion purchase of Starwood Hotel & Resorts was a bet that its popular loyalty program would bring more travelers to its Courtyards and Residence Inns. It turns out Marriott was...

Macquarie Pursues 3-Way Joint Venture in China Under New Rule

Dec 3 2018 // Macquarie Group Ltd. is in advanced talks to create a majority-owned securities joint-venture firm in China, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest international bank seeking to establish itself in one of...

CVS Says It Closed on Deal to Buy Aetna But Judge Balks

Nov 30 2018 // In an unusual move on Thursday, a federal judge raised the prospect of not approving CVS Health Corp.’s deal to buy insurer Aetna Inc., which closed earlier this week, during a routine portion of the legal...

What Insurers Want and Get from Insurtech Partnerships

Nov 29 2018 // Remember the scene in the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally? During lunch with Harry at a deli, Sally very publicly fakes a wild orgasm. A nearby patron, when asked what she’d like to order, signals in Sally’s...

Markel International to Partner with Yacht Insurer Pantaenius

Nov 28 2018 // Markel International, the specialist insurer, will partner with Pantaenius GmbH, the European yacht insurance provider, to strengthen and broaden the capabilities and services that together they provide their clients...

AXA to Buy Remaining 50% Stake in AXA Tianping for China Growth

Nov 28 2018 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with the current domestic shareholders of AXA Tianping Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Ltd. to acquire the remaining 50 percent stake of the company. Total consideration...

Hong Kong M&As Slump in 2018 with Insurance Sector Deals Hardest Hit

Nov 28 2018 // Mergers and acquisitions targeting Hong Kong financial firms have slumped this year, with insurance sector deals particularly hard hit, as China’s moves to tighten capital controls and crack down on corporate debt...

Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s CRISP Insurance Advisors, Two Additional Firms

Nov 27 2018 // Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based, national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired three new firms: CRISP Insurance Advisors, Lively Insurance and Loretz...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Buckman-Mitchell in California

Nov 26 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Buckman-Mitchell Inc., with offices in Visalia and Fresno, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Clifford Dunbar, Judy Fussel, Brent Swanson, Todd Williams, Stephan...

Employers Mutual Looks to Acquire Outstanding Stock of EMC Group

Nov 26 2018 // Employers Mutual Casualty Co. has proposed to purchase all the outstanding common stock of its affiliate EMC Insurance Group Inc. As the parent company, Employers Mutual Casualty currently owns approximately 55 percent of...

Chubb Partners with Conservation Group on Flood Protection in Miami

Nov 21 2018 // Chubb announced that it is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest conservation organization, to work together in Miami to reduce the risk from storm impacts and rising sea levels on the...

Generali Earmarks €4 Billion ($4.6 Billion) for Acquisitions, Growth

Nov 21 2018 // Generali has earmarked up to four billion euros for acquisitions and growth as it looks to asset management and high-margin business in Latin America and Asia to fuel earnings. Italy’s top insurer — which...

Alera Group Acquires Orion Risk Management Insurance Services in California

Nov 20 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Orion Risk Management Insurance Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Orion is a commercial insurance broker and risk management firm with three locations throughout Southern...