Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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USI Acquires Construction Agency Professionals in New Jersey
Jun 9 2015 // USI Insurance Services announced that it has acquired the construction insurance and surety business of Chester, New Jersey-based KORE Group Inc., doing business as Construction Agency Professionals (CAP). This business...
Prime Risk Partners Acquires Cook Maran & Associates in New York
Jun 8 2015 // Prime Risk Partners Inc., a national insurance distribution firm in Atlanta, announced its acquisition of Cook Maran & Associates Inc., an independent agency with offices in East Hampton, Southampton and Melville, New...
Update: Bermuda Court Rules in Favor of PartnerRe; EXOR Responds
Jun 8 2015 // The Supreme Court of Bermuda has denied EXOR’s request to obtain shareholder information from PartnerRe, the reinsurer that is seeking to merge with AXIS Capital Holdings and avoid a hostile takeover from EXOR...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Solid Benefit Guidance in New Jersey
Jun 5 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of Solid Benefit Guidance (SBG) in Montvale, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2005, SBG is an employee benefits brokerage and...
South Carolina Lawmakers Fail to Pass Road Funding Bill
Jun 5 2015 // Getting more money to South Carolina roads was a top priority of the governor, lawmakers and businesses for this year. But with one day left in the 2015 session, the road funding bill appeared dead on the Senate...
UK’s Allianz Insurance Aims to Improve Fleet Safety With Telematics Partnership
Jun 5 2015 // Allianz Commercial has joined forces with fleet incident management provider FMG, to provide commercial fleet and motor trade customers with the capability to improve driver safety and fleet efficiency. Allianz Commercial...
Hudson Insurance Acquires Euclid Managers of Kansas City
Jun 4 2015 // Hudson Insurance Co. (Hudson) has acquired Euclid Managers LLC of Kansas City, Mo. (Euclid-KC) from Euclid Insurance Services Inc. and Euclid-KC’s management. Euclid-KC is an underwriting and claims manager for...
Kansas-Based Infinity Insurance Solutions Acquired by Patriot National
Jun 4 2015 // Patriot National Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has acquired Infinity Insurance Solutions, a premium auditing and underwriting survey agency based in Overland Park, Kan. Infinity serves providers of...
AssuredPartners Acquires Indianapolis’ CoLiance Risk Advisors
Jun 4 2015 // Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired CoLiance Risk Advisors through its AssuredPartners of Indiana subsidiary. The Indianapolis-based agency will operate under the local leadership of Managing Director...
Hub Acquires Assets of Shofner, Lynch & Shulse in New Mexico
Jun 4 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of New Mexico-based Shofner, Lynch & Shulse. SLS will become part of the operations of Hub International New Mexico, which is based in Albuquerque. SLS will maintain its...
EXOR Files Suit to Get PartnerRe’s Shareholder List; Takeover Battle Heats Up
Jun 4 2015 // EXOR, the Turin, Italy-based investment company and a suitor in the ongoing takeover battle of PartnerRe, filed a lawsuit on June 1 in the Supreme Court of Bermuda, seeking to obtain PartnerRe’s list of shareholders...
Risk Strategies Acquires Dubraski & Associates in California
Jun 3 2015 // Risk Strategies Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Dubraski & Associates Insurance Services, a national brokerage and consulting firm that provides risk and insurance solutions to the healthcare...
Hub Acquires Assets of Lovsted-Worthington in Washington
Jun 3 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Lovsted-Worthington Insurance, which serves Seattle and Western Washington. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LW will become part of the Hub International Northwest...
ITC Acquires Rater Multico-Online in Washington
Jun 3 2015 // Insurance Technologies Corp., a provider of marketing, rating and management software and services, has acquired Multico-Online from Multico Rating Systems Inc., a large Seattle, Wash.-based comparative rating vendor. The...
Alliant Acquires Mary Roach Insurance Agency in California
Jun 3 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Mary Roach Insurance Agency Inc., a provider of crop insurance to the agribusiness community headquarter in Fresno. Mary Roach will be instrumental in...
Confie Acquires Colyer Insurance in San Antonio
Jun 2 2015 // National personal lines insurance specialist, Confie, has acquired Colyer Insurance Agency Inc. of San Antonio, Texas. Colyer Insurance has been part of the San Antonio community for over 35 years providing personal...
Swiss Re Targets Nigerian Acquisition, Seeking to Tap African Growth Rates
Jun 2 2015 // Swiss Re AG, which has had an African presence for more than 60 years, said it’s in talks with Nigerian insurers to buy minority stakes and benefit from growth in the continent’s largest...
Confie Seguros Acquires 2 Brokerages in New York
Jun 2 2015 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, California, announced that it has acquired two insurance brokerages in New York State, including its first location in New York...
Shareholders to Vote on Proposed Merger of AXIS Capital, PartnerRe on July 24
Jun 2 2015 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and PartnerRe Ltd. have scheduled special shareholder meetings to vote on the proposed merger of AXIS Capital and PartnerRe. AXIS Capital’s special meeting of shareholders in connection...
Marsh to Acquire UK-Based Broker, SME Insurance Services
Jun 2 2015 // Marsh announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire SME Insurance Services (SMEi), a UK independent broker which provides specialist commercial insurance to small and medium-sized enterprises. Terms of the...
