Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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AJ Gallagher Acquires Assets of Caribbean Broker Minvielle & Chastanet
Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired certain assets of Minvielle & Chastanet Insurance Brokers located in the eastern Caribbean. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The bulletin...
Coverys to Acquire ELM Exchange in Maryland
Aug 11 2014 // Coverys, a Boston-based medical professional liability insurer, announced it has finalized an agreement to acquire ELM Exchange Inc. in Rockville, Maryland. ELM provides customized online educational programs that are...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Missouri-Based Travel Insurance Agency
Aug 11 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Trip Mate Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo. Established in 1989, Trip Mate is a full service travel insurance agency that provides a wide variety of travel protection plans and...
Missouri Voters Deny Highway Funding; Officials Fear Rise in Fatalities
Aug 8 2014 // Missouri transportation officials warned of a potential rise in traffic fatalities and bridge closures, after voters defeated a sales tax hike that would have funded hundreds of highway and transportation projects across...
Integro’s Entertainment Practice Acquires London Based Stonehouse Conseillers
Aug 8 2014 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has announced its acquisition of Stonehouse Conseillers Ltd., “a London based specialist insurance broker servicing the needs of commercial film...
Aon Acquires Peru-based Graña y Asociados to Bolster Latin American Presence
Aug 7 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the acquisition of Graña y Asociados, a Lima, Peru-based leader in risk and insurance solutions for individuals and businesses. Financial terms...
‘Robust’ Activity Ahead for Agency M&As, Says OPTIS
Aug 6 2014 // There were 165 announced merger and acquisition transactions of insurance agencies in the U.S. and Canada in the first six months of 2014, a jump of nearly 40 percent over the same period in 2013. Also, according to an...
Norman-Spencer Acquires Northern Star Management in N.J.
Aug 6 2014 // Norman-Spencer Agency Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based national insurance provider and program administrator, has completed the acquisition of Northern Star Management Inc. Based out of New Jersey since 1997, Northern Star has...
Confie Seguros Acquires Brokerages in New York, Texas, South Carolina
Aug 6 2014 // Confie Seguros, a Huntington Beach, California-based national provider of personal lines insurance, has acquired three insurance brokerages. Among these additions is Bower Insurance, an agency in Lockport, New York,...
Turner Appointed Managing Partner of Willis of Texas
Aug 5 2014 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, the global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Jeff Turner as managing partner at Willis of Texas Inc. Turner will be responsible for...
Best’s Report Sees M&A Activity for P/C & Reinsurance Focused on Diversification
Aug 5 2014 // A report from A.M. Best concludes that “global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the property/casualty (P/C) and reinsurance industries continued at a steady pace in the first half of 2014.” Best...
Hilb Group Acquires Martin Agency of Kentucky, Florida
Aug 5 2014 // The Hilb Group has acquired The Martin Agency Inc. (TMAI) with offices in Danville, Kentucky, and Celebration and Ormond Beach, Florida. TMAI will continue to operate at its current locations under the leadership of John...
Hub International Acquires Florida’s Ballard Insurance
Aug 5 2014 // Chicago-based global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Ballard Insurance Agency, a Melbourne, Florida-based insurance brokerage with coastal personal lines experience. Terms of the...
AssuredPartners Buys The Wright Group in Colorado
Aug 4 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired The Wright Group Services in Colorado. AssuredPartners made the acquisition through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Colorado. The terms were not disclosed. Denver, Colo.-based The Wright...
ProMutual Completes Acquisition of Medical Malpractice Insurer PPIC
Aug 4 2014 // Boston-based Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co. (ProMutual), a Coverys company, said it has finalized the previously-announced acquisition of Preferred Professional Insurance Co. (PPIC), located in Omaha,...
Guardian Life Acquires Dental Insurer Premier Access
Aug 4 2014 // The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America said it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Sacramento, Calif.-based Premier Access Insurance Co., a provider of dental coverage serving more than 5,000...
Broker-Dealer Buys Alabama Wholesale Broker for $42M
Aug 1 2014 // Miami-based broker-dealer Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. said it has acquired Highland Capital Brokerage Inc., an independent life, annuities and long term care insurance brokerage, for $42 million. Highland,...
Dhandho Acquiring Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Mutual Insurance
Jul 31 2014 // Stonetrust Commercial Mutual Insurance Holding Co. announced it has agreed to be acquired by Dhandho Holdings LP and Dhandho Holdings Qualified Purchaser LP, based in Irvine, Calif. Stonetrust is a Louisiana-based mutual...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Benefits Brokerage, Insurance Point
Jul 31 2014 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Insurance Point LLC in St. Charles, Ill. and Salt Lake City, Utah. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Insurance Point offers employee benefit...
Endurance Terminates Offer to Acquire Aspen
Jul 31 2014 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that it has terminated its offer to acquire Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited; adding that “in connection with the termination of its acquisition offer,...
