Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Key Coverage Business Partnerships Might Be Missing
Mar 9 2015 // There could be a risk flying under the radar in your client portfolio, one you may believe is satisfactorily covered. You can reveal it by answering a seemingly basic question: how are your clients’ businesses...
4 Reasons Direct Mail Should Be Part of Your Plan to Acquire New Customers
Mar 9 2015 // As an independent insurance agent you’re an expert in many things. You understand the right questions to ask in order to provide the right level of coverage. You know how to overcome price sensitivity by explaining...
Road Funding Bill Passed by Texas Senate
Mar 6 2015 // The Texas Senate has approved the first bill of the legislative session, with speedy passage of a plan to shift billions of dollars generated by vehicle sales taxes to building and maintaining roads strained by the...
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Plans to Buy 15% Stake in French Reinsurer SCOR
Mar 6 2015 // Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. will buy a 15 percent stake in French reinsurer SCOR SE in potentially its biggest investment abroad amid diminishing opportunities for growth at home. The insurer will initially buy 7.8...
Totten Insurance Group Acquires Quebec-Based Wholesaler NBS
Mar 5 2015 // Totten Insurance Group, the Toronto-based insurance managing general agency, announced it has acquired the shares of National Brokerage Services S.C.N. Inc. (NBS), a Montreal, Quebec-based commercial insurance...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires NationAir Aviation Insurance
Mar 4 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired NationAir Aviation Insurance (NationAir) based in West Chicago, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1978, NationAir is a retail insurance broker offering...
Vanbridge to Acquire Alan Gray in Boston
Mar 4 2015 // Vanbridge LLC, an insurance intermediary, capital advisory and insurance and reinsurance management firm based in New York, announced that it has agreed to acquire Alan Gray Inc., an audit, actuarial, underwriting,...
CBIZ Acquires Model Consulting in Pennsylvania
Mar 4 2015 // CBIZ Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, announced that it has acquired Model Consulting Inc. in Trevose, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1990, Model Consulting provides employee benefit...
World Insurance Associates Acquires John Cecchettini Agency in New Jersey
Mar 4 2015 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, completed its acquisition of the John Cecchettini Agency of South Plainfield, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not...
Hilb Group Acquires Florida-Based West Coast Insurance
Mar 4 2015 // The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired West Coast Insurance (WCI) of Tampa, Fla. The transaction became effective on March 1. WCI will continue to operate at its current location under the leadership of previous owner and...
AmTrust Financial Services Completes CorePointe Insurance Acquisition
Mar 3 2015 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has completed the acquisition of Michigan-based CorePointe Insurance Co. Established in 1964, and located in Birmingham, Mich., CorePointe is a specialty property/casualty insurance company...
Georgia’s State Bank & Trust Acquires Boyett Agency, Creates Insurance Division
Mar 3 2015 // State Bank and Trust Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Bank Financial Corp., has launched an insurance division to offer State Bank customers a range of personal and commercial insurance products. State Bank enters...
Merger of Hyperion & R K Harrison Approved by Boards, Shareholders
Mar 3 2015 // Hyperion Insurance Group Limited and R K Harrison Holdings Limited announced the signing of the terms of agreement for the merger of the two London-based businesses, following approval by the two companies’...
JLT Australia Buys Recovre, a Provider of Workplace Health & Safety Services
Mar 3 2015 // JLT Australia, a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, announced it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Recovre Group from Hawkesbridge Capital. Recovre is a leading national provider of workplace...
MedMal Direct to Expand Through Liberty Mutual Partnership
Mar 3 2015 // Jacksonville, Fla.-based MedMal Direct Insurance Co. formed a strategic alliance with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance, effective January 1, 2015. As a quota share reinsurer...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Excel Insurance, Metcom Excess in N.J.
Mar 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of two New Jersey-based wholesale brokers: Excel Insurance Services Inc., located in Hamilton; and McCloskey Surplus & Excess Inc. (d/b/a Metcom Excess),...
RenaissanceRe Completes Acquisition of Platinum Underwriters
Mar 2 2015 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. The acquisition was originally announced on November 24, 2014. “The combination of RenaissanceRe and...
Amlin, Hiscox Say They Plan to Remain Independent Amid Flurry of M&As
Mar 2 2015 // Lloyd’s of London insurers Amlin plc and Hiscox Ltd. both said they have enough scale to stay independent and see no need to find a buyer amid a flurry of deals in the industry. Both insurers reported lower full-year...
ACE Forms Travel Insurance Partnership with Transavia Airlines
Mar 2 2015 // ACE Group has signed a partnership agreement with Transavia to provide the airline’s customers with travel and flight cancellation insurance cover. Transavia, based in The Netherlands, is a member of the Air France...
Fairfax Financial to Benefit From its Acquisition of Brit plc: Moody’s Report
Feb 27 2015 // The proposed acquisition of Brit plc by Fairfax Financial Holdings is “credit positive” for Fairfax, according to Moody’s, which noted that the deal will significantly boost Fairfax’s underwriting...
