Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Generali CEO Says Insurer Has Financial Strength for M&A Deals
Mar 12 2024 // Italian insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali SpA has the financial means for acquisitions that fit its template for value creation, according to Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet. “We are considering very...
HUB Acquires Assets of Bolds Risk & Insurance Services in California
Mar 12 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Bolds Risk & Insurance Services in Larkspur, California. Ron Bolds, president of Bolds Risk, and the Bolds Risk team will join Hub Central and Northern California in the...
Towers Watson Again Denied Coverage for $90M Settlements Over 2016 Willis Merger
Mar 11 2024 // Towers Watson has been hit with another roadblock on its long and winding road to reach coverage for $90 million in settlements of two lawsuits related to its merger with broker Willis in 2016. A Virginia federal district...
Brown & Brown’s Lonmar Acquires Renewal Rights for Bloodstock Portfolio
Mar 7 2024 // Lonmar Global Risks, part of Bridge Specialty International, Brown & Brown Inc.’s International Wholesale and Specialty division, has acquired the renewal rights for a bloodstock portfolio from Norwich,...
North Risk Partners Acquires South Dakota’s McKinneyOlson
Mar 7 2024 // North Risk Partners, one of the largest independent insurance brokers and risk advisory firms in the Midwest, has acquired McKinneyOlson Insurance in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, effective February 1. With this new...
Hub Int’l Acquires Canada Employee Benefits Specialist Zavitz Insurance and Wealth
Mar 7 2024 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired Zavitz Insurance and Wealth Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in London, Ontario,...
Howden Acquires UK Sport and Entertainment Specialist Broker, Hencilla Canworth
Mar 6 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired Hencilla Canworth GI Ltd., a leading British independent specialist performing arts insurance broker. Founded in 1981, based in Croydon, UK,...
Brown & Brown Acquires Texas’ Hillco Insurance
Mar 6 2024 // Brown & Brown announced that it has acquired the assets of Hillco Insurance. Hillco was established by Hunter Hill in the Dallas metropolitan area to serve the personal and commercial insurance needs of the expansive...
Most Americans Want Legal Reforms Against Practices Like Litigation Funding: Survey
Mar 6 2024 // A majority of Americans are unaware of third-party litigation funding but most believe state and federal laws should be changed to address abuses in the legal system. According to the results of a recent survey of 2,000...
Hub International Acquires Pair of Michigan Agencies
Mar 5 2024 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced that it has acquired A.S. Arbury and Sons, Incorporated (Arbury Insurance Agency) and the assets of Michelle L. Everett, Inc....
IMA Acquires RiskPoint in Pacific Northwest
Mar 5 2024 // IMA Financial Group acquired RiskPoint Insurance Advisors LLC in the Pacific Northwest. With the transaction, k.p.d. Insurance and JL Jones and Associates will join RiskPoint in rebranding as IMA companies and expanding...
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines Call Off $3.8B Merger on Antitrust Hurdle
Mar 4 2024 // Low-cost air carriers JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines canceled their $3.8-billion merger agreement on Monday, seeing no path forward after a U.S. judge blocked the deal in January on anti-competition concerns. A...
UK Insurer Aviva to Enter Lloyd’s Market via Acquisition of Probitas for £242M
Mar 4 2024 // Aviva plc announced it will acquire 100% of Probitas Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., the parent company of the Probitas Group, for a minimum fixed consideration of £242 million (US$306.2 million). The transaction includes...
Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Pair of Louisiana Agencies
Mar 4 2024 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisitions of two Louisiana-based middle-market agencies, Querbes & Nelson (Q&N) and Louisiana...
FTI Consulting Acquires Madison Group Actuarial Firm
Mar 4 2024 // A global risk advisory firm has beefed up its actuarial muscle with the acquisition of Madison Consulting Group, based in Madison, Georgia, and Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. FTI Consulting, which recently released its own...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of ClearPath Following Merger With Harford
Mar 4 2024 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) of...
Construction Insurtech Shepherd in California Raises $13.5M in Series A Funding
Mar 4 2024 // San Francisco, California-based insurtech Shepherd announced it raised a $13.5 million Series A funding round led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Intact Ventures, Era Ventures, Greenlight Re and Spark...
People Moves: Fusion Specialty Appoints Harwood for APAC M&A Team; Specialty MGA Nirvana Hires García-Beltrán to Grow European Cyber SME Portfolio
Feb 29 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the managing general agents Fusion Specialty and Nirvana. A summary of these new hires follows here. Fusion Specialty Appoints Harwood for M&A in Asia...
Howden Acquires Ireland’s Intersure Group
Feb 29 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired Intersure Group Ltd., trading as Intersure Group, further strengthening its ability to service the Irish insurance market, as it expands its...
Clyde & Co: M&A Activity to ‘Start to Increase Through 2024’
Feb 27 2024 // The number of worldwide mergers and acquisitions in the insurance sector in 2023 dropped to 346, down from 449 in the previous year, according to a new report from Clyde & Co. But the global law firm believes...
