Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Hub Acquires Assets of Florida-Based Cooper Simms Insurance
Jul 9 2015 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Cooper, Simms, Nelson & Mosley (Cooper Simms), based in Winter Park, Fla. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cooper...
Berry Joins FIRST Insurance Funding in Illinois
Jul 7 2015 // FIRST Insurance Funding Corp. in Northbrook, Ill., has added Justin Berry as a senior vice president and regional sales manager. Berry will manage FIRST Insurance Funding Corp.’s Midwest sales team and assist with...
1347 Property Insurance, Brotherhood Mutual Partner for Wind/Hail Coverage in Texas
Jul 7 2015 // Florida-based 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc. is partnering with Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. to offer wind/hail coverage in Texas. Under this partnership, 1347 Property Insurance subsidiary, Maison Insurance Co....
Integro Acquires Lemme Insurance Group in Illinois
Jul 7 2015 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has acquired Lemme Insurance Group Inc., based in Arlington Heights, Ill. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Lemme, a boutique insurance...
Innovative Captive Strategies Acquires Aceterrus in Montana
Jul 7 2015 // Innovative Captive Strategies has acquired Aceterrus Insurance Resources of Bigfork, Mont. Aceterrus will operate as a subsidiary of Innovative Captive Strategies. The Aceterrus office and team members will remain...
Based in Chicago, Rubin to Head Integro’s M&A Unit
Jul 7 2015 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has hired Ben Rubin as a principal and head of mergers and acquisitions, a new position. He is based in Chicago. Ben Rubin Rubin joins Integro from...
PartnerRe’s Ex-CEO: Shareholders Should Vote Against AXIS Merger Plan
Jul 6 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd.’s former Chief Executive Officer Patrick Thiele said the reinsurer’s shareholders should vote against a planned merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and called the cash offer from Italy’s...
Redpoint Insurance Acquires Texas’ Safeway County Mutual
Jul 6 2015 // Redpoint Insurance Group LLC has acquired Safeway County Mutual Insurance Co. in Dallas, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Safeway County Mutual Insurance will operate under the name Redpoint County...
Ohio OKs Fosun Acquisition of Meadowbrook Insurance Sub
Jul 6 2015 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., based in Southfield, Mich., that on July 1, 2015, Fosun International Limited received the required approval from the Ohio Department of Insurance regarding the acquisition of control of...
Hub International Acquires The HDH Group in Pittsburgh
Jul 2 2015 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced today its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based The HDH Group (HDH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HDH will establish a new regional operation for Hub that...
Alliant Insurance Services Acquires Preferred Concepts in New York
Jul 2 2015 // Specialty insurance brokerage Alliant Insurance Services announced today it has expanded its managing general agent (MGA) practice through the acquisition of Preferred Concepts, an insurance program underwriter and...
Marsh & Mclennan Agency Acquires J.W. Terrill in Missouri
Jul 2 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired St. Louis, Mo.-based J.W. Terrill, one of the largest independent agencies in the Midwest. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This...
Big ACE-Chubb Deal Triggers ‘Feverish’ Merger Speculation
Jul 1 2015 // Evan Greenberg just took dealmaking to the next level. The chief executive officer of property/casualty insurer ACE Ltd. on Wednesday announced a $28 billion deal for rival Chubb Corp. It’s the biggest acquisition in...
Propel Insurance Acquires Ross & Associates in Oregon
Jul 1 2015 // Propel Insurance has acquired Portland, Ore.-based Ross & Associates Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ross & Associates provides business and personal insurance, including...
ACE to Acquire Chubb in $28.3 Billion Deal
Jul 1 2015 // In a major transaction, ACE Limited has agreed to acquire The Chubb Corp. for $28.3 billion in cash and stock. The two firms said the combined company will have complementary businesses, skills and distribution and greater...
Hilb Group Acquires Cornerstone Group, Gencorp Insurance Group in R.I.
Jun 30 2015 // The Hilb Group, a Richmond, Virginia-based middle market insurance agency, today announced its acquisition of two New England insurance brokerage firms: Cornerstone Group, a benefit advisory firm in Warwick, Rhode Island;...
Willis Group, Towers Watson Agree to Merger
Jun 30 2015 // Global reinsurance and insurance broker Willis Group Holdings and professional services and analytics firm Towers Watson have agreed to an all-stock merger of equals. Upon completion of the merger, Willis shareholders will...
Fosun’s Acquisition of Meadowbrook’s California Subsidiaries OK’d
Jun 29 2015 // The California Department of Insurance has approved Fosun International Ltd.’s acquisition of control of Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc.’s subsidiaries commercially domiciled in of California. The subsidiaries...
Integro Acquires Atlanta-Based Clearview Group
Jun 29 2015 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has further expanded its benefits practice with the acquisition of Clearview Group, an Atlanta-based national health benefits consultant with a...
Sica | Fletcher Leads The Hilb Group to an Investment by ABRY Partners
Jun 26 2015 // TRANSACTION MARKS INSURANCE M&A ADVISORY FIRM’S 13th TRANSACTION OF 2015 New York, NY, June 26 2015–The Hilb Group, LLC has announced that leading private equity firm ABRY Partners, headquartered in Boston,...
