Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Centennial Insurance Agency in Colorado
Dec 15 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Centennial Insurance Agency LLC based in Pueblo, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mark Swanson, David Swanson, Doug Helzer, Tom Ratzlaff and their team will continue to...
Integro Acquires UK’s Entertainment Insurance Partners Limited
Dec 15 2015 // Global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers Holdings Ltd. announced that it has acquired London-based Entertainment Insurance Partners Limited (EIP), the parent company of Robertson Taylor...
Brown Named Marketform’s M&A Insurance Global Practice Leader
Dec 14 2015 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced the appointment of Robert Brown as the Global Practice Leader of its Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance operations. He joins to lead the team of...
Great American Insurance Launches M&A Liability Division in New York
Dec 11 2015 // Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has launched a new Mergers & Acquisitions Liability Division. This unit, which is based in New York, will offer primary and excess representations and...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Smith Insurance in Connecticut
Dec 11 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of Connecticut Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Smith Insurance, an independent agency based in Niantic, Connecticut. Terms of...
Towers Watson and Willis Shareholders Approve $8.9 Billion Merger Deal
Dec 11 2015 // Towers Watson & Co. won approval from its shareholders for an $8.9 billion merger with insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Plc, overcoming opposition from proxy advisers. Willis shareholders also supported the...
U.S. Risk Announces Acquisition of Matias Underwriters, LLC.
Dec 10 2015 // Names Glenn Matias National Practice Leader and Vice President for the Workers Compensation Divisions of U.S. Risk Underwriters, Inc. Dallas, TX, December 10, 2015- U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., the nations’ sixth...
Associates of Glens Falls Insurance Acquires Loomis & LaPann in New York
Dec 9 2015 // Associates of Glens Falls Insurance, an independent agency in Glens Falls, New York, announced that it has acquired Loomis & LaPann Inc., an insurance brokerage unit of regional commercial bank Glens Falls National...
Woodruff-Sawyer to Acquire Capstone Insurance in Massachusetts
Dec 8 2015 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., an independent brokerage based in San Francisco, announced today that it will be acquiring Capstone Insurance, the property/casualty brokerage division of Newton, Massachusetts-based financial...
N.Y. Sen. Schumer Calls for Increased Federal Funding for Fire Departments
Dec 8 2015 // Federal funding for fire departments looking to buy new equipment or train new firefighters is down, putting pressure on local departments to do more with less. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says less than one in four...
African Bank in Talks with MMI’s Guardrisk on Insurance Joint Venture
Dec 8 2015 // African Bank Investments Ltd.’s lending unit, which collapsed last year, said it is in “advanced” talks with MMI Holdings Ltd.’s Guardrisk business to form an insurance joint venture that will...
Sino-Ocean Land Says Nan Fung Sells Shares to Anbang Insurance Group
Dec 8 2015 // Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Ltd. said Anbang Insurance Group Co. purchased about a fifth of the Chinese developer’s shares from members of Nan Fung Group Holdings Ltd. for HK$7.8 billion ($1 billion). Members of closely...
Risk Strategies Acquires Minnesota-Based Re-Solutions Intermediaries
Dec 7 2015 // Risk Strategies Co., a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Re-Solutions Intermediaries LLC, a reinsurance specialist focused on assisting healthcare organizations around the...
Highway Bill Restores Crop Insurance Funding Cut in Budget Deal
Dec 4 2015 // The $305 billion highway bill that was agreed upon by the House and Senate and is on its way to President Obama’s desk has a little something for everyone, including farmers and crop insurers. The five-year measure,...
J. Smith Lanier Announces Stock Merger with Alabama’s Rogers, Parker & Associates
Dec 3 2015 // J. Smith Lanier & Co., an independent insurance brokerage firm, has announced a stock merger with Rogers, Parker & Associates, Inc., of Florence, Ala., effective December 1, 2015. Rogers, Parker & Associates,...
Hub International Acquires Illinois-Based Forest Financial Group Assets
Dec 2 2015 // Chicago-based global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Forest Financial Group Inc. (FFG). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Lake Forest, Ill., FFG specializes...
U.S. Risk Insurance Group Acquires Matias Underwriters in Boston
Dec 2 2015 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., a managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler based in Dallas, announced that it has acquired Matias Underwriters LLC in Boston. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Matias...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New Zealand’s Reid Manson
Dec 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.* announced the acquisition of Reid Manson Ltd. located in Timaru, New Zealand. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded more than 30 years ago, Reid Manson is a retail insurance...
All Risks Acquires Florida-Based Specialty Risk Underwriters
Dec 2 2015 // All Risks, Ltd., a nationwide independent wholesaler, has acquired Specialty Risk Underwriters (SRU), a national program administrator based in St. Petersburg, Fla. Specialty Risk Underwriters has developed a variety of...
PartnerOne Launches Contractors Pollution & Professional Product
Dec 1 2015 // PartnerOne Environmental is working in partnership with Berkley Environmental, a Division of Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, to offer PartnerOne Contractors Pollution & Professional. This product is a combined...
