Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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PartnerRe Names Bruniecki as Head of Global Client & Broker Management
Aug 8 2016 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. has appointed Jörg Bruniecki as head of Global Client & Broker Management, effective August 1. Responsible for ensuring that PartnerRe’s largest multinational clients experience a...
Robust M&A Deal Activity Continues in Q2 2016
Aug 8 2016 // Merger and acquisition activity was slower in the second quarter of 2016, compared to Q2 2015, but was still above 2012, 2013 and 2014 levels for the same period. In Q2 2016, there were 88 transactions, compared with 119...
Attorney Sentenced for Insider Trading on Harleysville Merger
Aug 8 2016 // A lawyer with a law firm that represented Harleysville Group Inc. in its $760 million merger with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in 2011 has been sentenced to six months in jail for trading on inside information related...
U.S. Risk Acquires Continental Marine in California
Aug 5 2016 // U.S. Risk L.L.C. has acquired Continental Marine Insurance Services. Continental is a Lodi, Calif.-based wholesale insurance broker. Continental has specialized in placing marine insurance for both commercial and personal...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Miami-Based Gabor Insurance Services, Inc.
Aug 5 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Gabor Insurance Services, Inc., including its subsidiary, American Professional Liability Underwriters, headquartered in Miami, Florida. Terms of the transaction were not...
Sandy Spring Insurance Acquires The Advantage Group in Maryland
Aug 4 2016 // Sandy Spring Insurance Corp., a subsidiary of Md. headquartered Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc., has acquired The Advantage Group Inc. Following the acquisition, The Advantage Group will continue to operate under its current...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Blue Horizon in California
Aug 4 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Blue Horizon Insurance Services in San Diego, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ronald Zappelliand his team will continue to operate in San Diego under the direction of...
New York Regulator Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Anthem-Cigna Merger
Aug 4 2016 // New York’s insurance regulator has “significant concerns” about Anthem Inc.’s proposed $48 billion acquisition of rival health insurer Cigna Corp. and will hold a hearing to address them before...
AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Private Client Group in Florida
Aug 3 2016 // Special insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. said it has completed its acquisition of the acquisition of Private Client Insurance Group, a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based wholesale broker specializing in personal lines...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas-Based Victory Insurance Agency
Aug 3 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Victory Insurance Agency Inc., based in Pearland, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1983, Victory Insurance Agency (Victory) is a retail insurance...
Hub’s Totten Insurance Group Buys Canadian Resources Insurance Solutions
Aug 3 2016 // Totten Insurance Group, the Toronto-based managing general agency, announced that it has acquired the shares of Canadian Resources Insurance Solutions Inc. (CRIS), a Sudbury, Ontario-based insurance wholesaler. Terms of...
Congress Urged to Interrupt Recess to Act on Zika Funding
Aug 3 2016 // Federal health officials, scrambling to fund efforts to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, said on Tuesday they have provided more stopgap money to various locales while calls grew for Congress to...
EPIC Sells Northern California Office to InterWest
Aug 2 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has sold its Petaluma, Calif. branch office and its book of business to Sacramento-based InterWest Insurance Services. The deal closed on July 31. Terms were not disclosed. EPIC is...
ANV Global Services Raises Capacity for M&A Insurance
Aug 2 2016 // ANV Global Services Ltd, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) of global specialty insurance group ANV, has today announced an increase in its Lloyd’s underwriting capacity for mergers and acquisitions...
Element Risk Management Acquires Singleton Insurance in Pennsylvania
Aug 2 2016 // West Chester, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Singleton Insurance in Ickesburg, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Element...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires UK-Based Orb Financial Services Ltd.
Aug 1 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Orb Financial Services Ltd. in Surrey, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2007, Orb Financial Services is an employee benefits...
The Hartford Closes on $168M Acquisition of Maxum Specialty
Aug 1 2016 // The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) has completed its acquisition of Maxum Specialty Insurance Group for $168 million in cash. The transaction, announced in March, closed on July 29. Maxum will maintain its brand and...
AXA, Alibaba and Ant Financial Services Form Global Strategic Partnership
Jul 29 2016 // AXA, Alibaba and Ant Financial Services have formed a global strategic partnership to explore opportunities to distribute AXA’s insurance products and services through Alibaba’s global e-commerce platforms. The...
The Crichton Group in Tennessee Names Hite Partner, Vice President
Jul 29 2016 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has promoted industry veteran Dan Hite to the position of partner and vice president. Previously, Hite served as commercial insurance advisor for the...
Allianz Unveils Transactional Liability Unit as M&A Surges
Jul 27 2016 // Allianz Group is launching a new transactional liability unit designed to take advantage of greater M&A deal activity in the U.S. and, ultimately, around the world. The insurer’s Allianz Global Corporate &...
