Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Align Financial Forms Catalytic, Acquires Western RE Stock
Jan 9 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based Align Financial Group LLC. has formed Catalytic Holdings LLC, a specialist property catastrophe underwriting manager, and Catalytic has acquired the property catastrophe business of Align General...
Willis to Acquire Specialist Broker Charles Monat Limited
Jan 9 2014 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it has agreed to acquire Charles Monat Limited, a life insurance solutions adviser to high net worth clients. Willis said: “Charles Monat Limited has placed over US$13 billion in...
Daves Appointed Managing Partner at Willis of Illinois
Jan 8 2014 // Paty Daves has been appointed managing partner at Willis of Illinois, retail insurance broker, Willis North America (WNA), announced. In this role, Daves will oversee business operations in Willis’ Chicago,...
CBIZ Acquires Centric Insurance Agency in New Jersey
Jan 8 2014 // Cleveland-based CBIZ Inc. announced that it acquired substantially all the assets of Centric Insurance Agency in New Providence, New Jersey, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Established in 1994, Centric Insurance Agency is an...
Segal Group Acquires Employee Benefits Firm Moroni Fantin in Michigan
Jan 7 2014 // The Segal Group announced it has acquired a portion of the business of Moroni Fantin, an employee benefits consulting firm located in the Detroit, Mich.-area. Moroni Fantin specializes in working with Michigan and...
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...
