Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lucien Wright Insurance Agency Acquires Paul Lowe Agency
Jan 7 2014 // The Lucien Wright Insurance Agency announced it has purchased the Paul Lowe Agency in Arlington, Texas, effective Dec. 17, 2013. The Paul Lowe Agency represents several national carriers and specializes in personal...
Insureon to Acquire Insurance Noodle Wholesale Site from Willis
Jan 7 2014 // Insureon, an online insurance delivery platform for small business owners, said it has agreed to acquire Insurance Noodle, an online wholesale insurance broker, from Willis Group Holdings. The transaction is expected to...
Hilb Group Acquires Tampa’s Hockman Insurance
Jan 7 2014 // The Hilb Group, LLC said it has acquired Hockman Insurance Agency Inc. of Tampa, Florida. The transaction was effective January 1, 2014. Terms were not disclosed. Hockman Insurance will continue to operate at its current...
Marsh to Acquire Scotland-Based Central Insurance Services
Jan 7 2014 // Marsh Inc. (UK) announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Aberdeen-based Central Insurance Services, the leading independent insurance broker in Scotland. The transaction is anticipated to close later...
NSM Insurance Group Acquires American Collectors Insurance
Jan 6 2014 // NSM Insurance Group, a national insurance program administrator based in Conshohocken, Penn., announced its acquisition of American Collectors Insurance in Cherry Hill, N.J. NSM Insurance Group said the acquisition of...
AmTrust, NGH to Acquire Tower Group Renewal Rights; Tower Signs $172M Merger Deal with ACP Re
Jan 6 2014 // In two announcements, AmTrust Financial Services said it would acquire renewals rights for Tower Group International’s commercial lines business for $125 million, and Tower said it entered into a $172 million merger...
Hub International Acquires Agency Business of Michigan’s Pinnacle Insurance Partners
Jan 3 2014 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the insurance agency business of certain member firms operating as Pinnacle Insurance Partners (Pinnacle), a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based full-service...
ProAssurance Completes Acquisition of Eastern Insurance Holdings
Jan 3 2014 // Medical professional liability insurer ProAssurance Corp. announced Thursday that its previously announced acquisition of monoline workers’ compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings was completed effective Jan....
All Risks Ltd. Acquires Minnesota-Based Stonebridge Underwriters
Jan 3 2014 // Independent insurance wholesaler, All Risks Ltd. announced it has acquired Stonebridge Underwriters, a national general agency and program administrator, based in St. Paul, Minn. Stonebridge Underwriters offers a variety...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds Brennan & Stuart Inc. as Partner in Illinois
Jan 2 2014 // Brennan & Stuart Inc. of La Salle, Ill., is Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in Illinois. Harold Brennan started Brennan & Stuart Inc. (BSI) as a family business in 1956. CEO Jerry Stuart...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Claims Firm ICA
Jan 2 2014 // Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired certain assets of insurance claims adjusting firm ICA Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Terms were not disclosed. With annualized net revenues of approximately $13.2 million, ICA...
AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Bliss & Glennon and eReinsure
Jan 2 2014 // AmWINS Group Inc. completed its acquisition of Bliss & Glennon and eReinsure. AmWINS signed an agreement to acquire the firms from Fortegra Financial Corp. on Dec. 2. Terms were not disclosed. Bliss & Glennon is an...
CoreLogic Acquires Catastrophe Modeling Firm Eqecat
Dec 29 2013 // CoreLogic, an Irivine, Calif. company that provides the insurance, financial services and real estate industries with data and analytics, has acquired catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat from ABS Group. Alyson Austin,...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Jenkins And Associates
Dec 27 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Jenkins and Associates in Springfield, Mo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jenkins and Associates offers employee benefit brokerage and consulting services, such as group...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Cleaveland Insurance Group
Dec 27 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Cleaveland Insurance Group in Rock Island, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cleaveland Insurance Group is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty, employee...
FTC Allows Fidelity National Acquisition of Lender Processing Firm
Dec 27 2013 // Fidelity National Financial Inc., the largest U.S. title insurer, won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services Inc. The Federal Trade Commission cleared the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Barmore in Texas
Dec 24 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Barmore Insurance Agency Inc. in Houston, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Barmore is an insurance broker providing retail and wholesale commercial property/casualty,...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires McIntyre Risk Management in New Jersey
Dec 23 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of McIntyre Risk Management LLC in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2002, McIntyre Risk Management is a retail...
USI Insurance Acquires Alabama’s Molton, Allen & Williams
Dec 23 2013 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Molton, Allen & Williams (MAW), headquartered in Birmingham, Ala. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. USI said it will combine MAW with its existing Birmingham office under...
Business Risk Partners Hires 3 Underwriters in Connecticut
Dec 22 2013 // Business Risk Partners, a Windsor, Conn.-based managing general agency focused on specialty commercial insurance, recently added three new underwriters. Elizabeth Chapin Martinelli was hired as a miscellaneous professional...
