Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Alliant Acquires Texas Employee Benefits Firm, CLS Partners
Jul 10 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired the Austin, Texas-based employee benefits and risk management consulting firm, CLS Partners. The Austin-based firm brings a team of more than 50 professionals to Alliant, bolstering...
TMK Completes Acquisition of WNC Holdings in Southern California
Jul 10 2018 // Tokio Marine Kiln has bought the remaining 51 percent share in Irvine, Calif.-based WNC Holdings. WNC, a managing general underwriter, provides a range of specialty risk management solutions including private flood,...
Zurich’s Flood Resilience Alliance Extended to Generate Additional Funding of $1B
Jul 10 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group announced that after five successful years its flood resilience alliance will be extended until 2023. In the last five years, a multi-sector alliance comprising the non-governmental organization...
Massachusetts’ Partners Insurance Group Promotes Audette
Jul 9 2018 // Partners Insurance Group LLC, a Swansea, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency with eight locations in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has promoted Kristine Audette to assistant vice president of...
AXA Liabilities Managers Acquires Gothaer Re Run-Off Portfolio
Jul 9 2018 // Specialist run-off acquirer and manager AXA Liabilities Managers (AXA LM) has acquired the legacy assumed portfolio of Cologne-based Gothaer Finanzholding A.G., which is been in run-off since it ceased trading in 2004. The...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Australia Broker Milne Alexander
Jul 9 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Milne Alexander, with offices in Sydney, New South Wales and Port Lincoln, South Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1973, Milne...
Lawsuit Claims Guggenheim Defrauded Insurance Buyers to Buy Baseball Team
Jul 6 2018 // Guggenheim Partners, overseen by billionaire Mark Walter, is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded annuity investors by saddling an insurance affiliate with risky assets, and siphoning cash for purposes including...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota’s Klein Agency
Jul 6 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Klein Agency Inc., a St. Paul, Minnesota-based surety and property/casualty agency specializing in the construction...
BKS Partners Enters Georgia Through Partnership with Midsouth Benefits
Jul 6 2018 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has partnered with Midsouth Benefits of Atlanta. The merger was finalized on June 22, 2018 and...
TrueNorth Acquires Iowa’s Gateway Insurance Services
Jul 3 2018 // TrueNorth Companies has acquired Iowa-based Gateway Insurance Services, which will adopt the TrueNorth name and brand. With locations in Ames and Iowa Falls, Gateway Insurance Services has been committed to providing...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Maryland’s Insurance Associates
Jul 3 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Insurance Associates, a Rockville, Md.-based independent insurance agency specializing in the construction industry. Terms...
Legacy Acquirer DARAG Taps Booth from Randall & Quilter to Become Group CEO
Jul 3 2018 // DARAG, the Malta-based legacy acquirer, announced that Tom Booth has been appointed DARAG group CEO, effective July 23, to lead global expansion. Stuart Davies will remain executive chairman until the transition is...
Kemper Completes Acquisition of Specialty Auto Insurer Infinity P&C
Jul 2 2018 // Chicago-based insurer Kemper Corp. has closed on its $1.6 billion acquisition of Birmingham-based nonstandard auto insurer Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. The stock portion of the cash and stock deal announced in...
AFL Insurance Brokers Acquires Majority Stake in Employer Protection MGA
Jul 2 2018 // AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. has acquired a controlling stake in specialist employer protection managing general agency (MGA) Concordia Employment Services Ltd., for an undisclosed sum. London-based Concordia was launched in...
Effective Coverage Acquires New York’s Bungalow Insurance
Jul 2 2018 // Effective Coverage has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based BungalowInsurance.com, an online renters insurance platform geared toward the modern generation. Effective Coverage, a specialty provider of renters insurance and...
Partnering with Insurtech to Transform Rather Than Disrupt Insurance
Jul 2 2018 // The insurance industry is experiencing a convergence with technology that is transforming the way it develops products, underwrites, prices and sells policies, and services its customers. This change can seem disruptive,...
FERMA, Latin American Risk Mgmt. Group ALARYS Partner to Offer Rimap Certification
Jun 29 2018 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) and Latin American risk management association ALARYS signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote the FERMA rimap® risk management certification...
Amazon to Buy Online Pharmacy Startup PillPack as Entry Into Health Care
Jun 28 2018 // Amazon.com Inc. agreed to buy the online pharmacy startup PillPack, jumping into the health care business with a deal that will give the retail giant an immediate nationwide drug network. The move represents a formidable...
Florida-Based AssuredPartners Acquires B&W Brokers of London
Jun 28 2018 // AssuredPartners Inc., the Lake Mary, Fla.-based insurance broker, has acquired B&W Brokers Ltd. of London. Specializing in providing casualty and property insurance and placing binding authorities, B&W services...
Sirius Group Plans Nasdaq Listing After Merger with Easterly Acquisition
Jun 26 2018 // Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, plans to become a publicly listed company, trading on Nasdaq, after a planned merger with Easterly Acquisition Corp. Under the terms of the merger...
