Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Simpson McCrady Benefits
Oct 6 2017 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has completed the acquisition of Simpson McCrady Benefits LLC, effective October 1, 2017. Terms of the...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of Capitol Special Risks of Georgia
Oct 6 2017 // Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a holding company for specialty brokerage, contract binding, and insurance underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Capitol Special Risks, Inc. (CSR). Terms of the acquisition...
Alera Group Acquires Employer Concept in California
Oct 5 2017 // Alera Group has acquired Employer Concept Insurance Services, based in Irvine, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Employer Concept Insurance Services will join Alera Group through local firm...
Alera Group Acquires Illinois, Wisconsin Agencies
Oct 5 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Axis Benefit Consultants in Westmont, Illinois, and Jeatran Associates in...
Insurtech Pie Insurance Eyes Slice of Workers’ Comp Market with $4.3M Funding and Pricing Tool
Oct 4 2017 // Oddly-named Pie Insurance took an initial step toward entering the workers’ compensation insurance market at the InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas by introducing an interactive pricing tool for small and...
Hub Acquires Shares of Rural Alaska Insurance Agency
Oct 3 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the shares of Rural Alaska Insurance Agency Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. John Kohler, Jr., president of Rural Alaska, will join Hub Northwest and report to Steve Wagner,...
Pennsylvania Public Relations Agency Rebrands, Adds Hughes as Partner
Oct 2 2017 // Kimball Communications, a boutique, Philadelphia, Penn.-based public relations agency specializing in insurance, real estate, law, trade associations and other niche industry communications, has rebranded as Kimball Hughes...
XL Catlin’s Accelerate Partners with UK Artificial Intelligence Startup Cytora
Oct 2 2017 // XL Catlin’s internal innovation team, Accelerate, announced it is working with Cytora, a UK-based insurtech startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and open source data to improve the way insurers quantify,...
Canada’s Intact Financial Completes OneBeacon Acquisition; Vows to Grow Specialty Insurer
Sep 29 2017 // Intact Financial Corp. said it has completed its acquisition of U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group from Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group. The purchase price was C$2.3 billion (US$1.7...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Pennsylvania’s David M. Banet & Associates
Sep 28 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired David M. Banet & Associates Inc. (Banet), an Exton, Penn.-based leader in benefits consulting and administration, human capital management and insurance brokerage and...
Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s West Park Insurance and Risk Management
Sep 27 2017 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired West Park Insurance and Risk Management of Allentown, Penn. Formed in 2002, West Park Insurance and...
Allianz Partners with Cyence to Expand Capabilities in Cyber Risk Analysis
Sep 27 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), Allianz Group’s specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, has teamed up with San Mateo, Calif.-based cyber risk analytics and modeling firm Cyence to...
AXIS Capital to Complete Acquisition of Novae Group in October
Sep 26 2017 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said it will complete its acquisition of London-based Novae Group plc in two phases, beginning with the acquisition of Novae shares, which is expected on Oct. 2, 2017. This will be followed by...
Seeman Holtz Continues Florida Expansion With Acquisitions of 3 Agencies
Sep 26 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired three different agencies in Florida as part of its geographic expansion and continued growth throughout the United States. The three Florida agencies most recently...
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires Austin’s RateGenius Insurance Agency
Sep 24 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., based in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired RateGenius Insurance Agency Inc., an affiliate of RateGenius, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Serving all of Texas for almost 10 years,...
First Light Program Managers, Inc. Acquires the Assets of Piedmont Transportation Underwriters, Inc.
Sep 22 2017 // Dania, FL, September 22, 2017 – Anthony L. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of First Light Program Managers, Inc. and James A. Butler, President of Piedmont Transportation Underwriters, Inc. of Winston-Salem, North...
PartnerRe Forms Partnership with Fintech Money Transfer Specialist, RemitRadar
Sep 21 2017 // PartnerRe has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with RemitRadar, a London-based money transfer specialist. PartnerRe and RemitRadar said they have formed this agreement “to capitalize on...
AIA Buys Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Life Insurance Business for A$3.8B
Sep 21 2017 // AIA Group Ltd. agreed to buy Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s life insurance business for A$3.8 billion (more than $3 billion), in its most ambitious foray beyond the Hong Kong-based company’s core markets in...
AXA Continues Search for Fund Management Partner
Sep 21 2017 // AXA has talked to BNP Paribas and Natixis in its search for a partner for its fund management arm, aiming to build a business with at least 1 trillion euros ($1.2 trillion) of assets under management, sources familiar with...
First Light Program Managers Acquires Piedmont Transportation Underwriters of North Carolina
Sep 21 2017 // Anthony L. Johnson, chief executive officer of First Light Program Managers, Inc. and James A. Butler, president of Piedmont Transportation Underwriters, Inc. of Winston-Salem, North Carolina announced an agreement for...
