Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
USI Insurance Acquires Richard J. Princinsky & Associates in Maryland
Oct 8 2013 // USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of Richard J. Princinsky & Associates Inc., located in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1976, Richard J....
Confie Seguros Acquires Family Insurance in Texas
Oct 4 2013 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, Calif., announced it has acquired Family Insurance in Corpus Christi, Texas, a local provider of personal lines auto...
Confie Seguros Buys 2 Agencies in New York, 1 in Texas
Oct 4 2013 // Personal lines insurance brokerage Confie Seguros, has acquired three additional brokers — two in New York and one in Texas. Terms were not disclosed. The insurance brokerages acquired are: James S. Sullivan Agency and...
Fairfax Completes Acquisition of American Safety
Oct 4 2013 // American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. has announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. After Fairfax increased its offer, American Safety...
AssuredPartners Acquires AJM Insurance in New Jersey
Oct 3 2013 // AssuredPartners of New Jersey, an AssuredPartners Inc. platform operation, acquired Anderson-Jackson-Metts (d/b/a/ AJM Insurance). AJM Insurance specializes in commercial insurance coverage, personal insurance coverage and...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Kansas-Based RJ Dutton
Oct 3 2013 // Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced it has acquired RJ Dutton Inc. (RJ Dutton) of Overland Park, Kan. Established in 1995, RJ Dutton provides employee benefit...
Allied World Europe Acquires Markel Int’l.’s Aviation Renewal Rights
Oct 3 2013 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG and Markel International announced that they have entered into an agreement for Allied to acquire the renewal rights to a book of aviation business written by Lloyd’s...
Alliant Insurance Services Acquires Fort Worth-Based EnRisk
Oct 2 2013 // Specialty insurance brokerage firm, Alliant Insurance Services Inc., has acquired EnRisk Services Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas-based firm that specializes in insurance and risk management for the energy industry. EnRisk has...
Monsanto to Buy Weather Data Modeler, Farm Insurer Climate Corp. for $930 Million
Oct 2 2013 // Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, agreed to buy The Climate Corp. for about $930 million to provide farmers with weather data and agronomic modeling to boost yields and manage risk. Closely held Climate...
Hub Acquires Florida’s Connelly, Carlisle, Fields & Nichols
Oct 1 2013 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Connelly, Carlisle, Fields & Nichols (CCFN), a Clearwater, Florida-based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not...
AmTrust to Acquire The Insco Dico Group in California
Sep 27 2013 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Insco Dico Group for roughly $85 million, $7 million above its tangible book value, the company has announced. The acquisition is to be...
Kentucky Judge Rules Woman Must Testify Against Same-Sex Partner
Sep 25 2013 // The same-sex partner of a woman charged with murder must testify against her and isn’t protected by the husband-wife privilege under state law, a Jefferson County judge ruled this week. The case is the first legal...
B&B Protector Plans, Aspen US Partner for Lawyers Professional Liability
Sep 25 2013 // B&B Protector Plans, Inc. and Aspen US Insurance have partnered for lawyers professional liability, with Aspen US now the carrier for the Lawyer’s Protector Plan (LPP). The program will offer lawyers professional...
Zimmer Named VP, Mergers and Acquisitions at Sentry Insurance
Sep 25 2013 // Michael V. Zimmer has been named vice president of mergers and acquisitions for Stevens Point, Wis.-based Sentry Insurance. Zimmer joined with Sentry in 2005, most recently serving as vice president – chief...
Willis North America Names Doyle Managing Partner in Tampa
Sep 24 2013 // Willis North America announced that James Doyle has been appointed managing partner of Willis’ Tampa operations. In this role, Doyle will oversee Willis’ Tampa operations and will focus on strategic planning,...
ProAssurance to Acquire Workers’ Comp Insurer Eastern Holdings
Sep 24 2013 // Medical professional liability insurer ProAssurance Corp. said it is acquiring monoline workers’ compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. in an all-cash transaction that values Eastern at $24.50 per...
Ironshore Int’l. Appoints O’Reilly to Underwrite M&A in Singapore
Sep 24 2013 // Ironshore International has appointed Astrid O’Reilly to write Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) insurance lines, based in its Singapore office. She will oversee Ironshore’s M&A insurance offerings and...
Cooper Gay and Swett & Crawford Acquires Lloyd’s Broker NMB
Sep 23 2013 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has announced the acquisition of independent Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance brokerage group Newman Martin and Buchan (NMB), subject to regulatory approval from the UK...
JLT to Acquire Towers Watson Reinsurance Brokerage Unit, Expand Into U.S.
Sep 20 2013 // UK-based broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) said it is acquiring the reinsurance brokerage business of New York-based Towers Watson for $250 million. JLT said the acquisition would provide “a very strong...
Ascension Acquires North Carolina Transportation Broker Transure
Sep 19 2013 // Ascension Insurance Inc. has acquired transportation and trucking specialist Transure Services Inc., located in Whitsett, North Carolina. Transure’s brokerage platform is augmented by an in-house wholesale operation,...
