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Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Heiser in Illinois
Dec 28 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Heiser Insurance Agency Inc. in Morton, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Heiser Insurance Agency is a retail insurance broker providing retail property/casualty, employee...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Eriksen Group Of Michigan
Dec 27 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired The Eriksen Group Inc., in Birmingham, Mich. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Eriksen Group is a retirement consulting firm that provides ongoing and project-based retirement...
Canadian Private Equity Firm Onex Completes USI Acquisition
Dec 27 2012 // Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. said today it has completed its previously announced acquisition of USI Insurance Services from Goldman Sachs Group’s GS Capital Partners for approximately $2.3 billion. The...
Neace Lukens Acquires Davis-Garvin Agency in South Carolina
Dec 26 2012 // Louisville, Ky.-based insurance agency Neace Lukens announced it completed the acquisition of the Davis-Garvin Agency in Columbia, S.C. In addition to its Columbia, S.C., headquarters, Davis-Garvin Agency has offices in...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ahrold Fay Rosenberg of Iowa
Dec 26 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Ahrold Fay Rosenberg in Des Moines, Iowa. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ahrold Fay Rosenberg is a retail insurance broker providing retail property/casualty, employee benefits...
Regions Insurance Acquires Argyle Benefits Consultants in Tennessee
Dec 21 2012 // Regions Insurance, a subsidiary of Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Financial Corp., is expanding its employee benefits practice in Memphis, Tennessee, with the acquisition of Argyle Benefits Consultants LLC. Argyle...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Independent Insurance Group Benefits in Texas
Dec 20 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., acquired Independent Insurance Group Benefits Inc., the employee benefits division of Dallas, Texas-based Independent Insurance Group. Terms of...
Sandy Losses: Arch Capital – $170 to $240 Million; PartnerRe – $200 to $240 Million
Dec 20 2012 // Bermuda-based insurers Arch Capital Group Ltd and PartnerRe Ltd. Have released their respective preliminary estimates of losses incurred from Hurricane Sandy. Arch said its preliminary estimate of losses “ranges...
Markel Acquiring Alterra for $3.1B to Diversify, Expand to Reinsurance
Dec 19 2012 // Specialty insurer Markel Corp. has agreed to acquire Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. for $3.1 billion in cash and stock to increase business diversification and expand into reinsurance. The two companies announced Wednesday...
AmWins Group to Acquire Georgia-Based Gresham & Associates
Dec 19 2012 // AmWINS Group Inc. — the largest wholesale insurance brokerage in the U.S. by premiums placed — announced that it reached a definitive agreement to acquire Gresham & Associates Inc. Gresham &...
PartnerRe to Acquire Calif.-based Presidio Re Group
Dec 19 2012 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced a definitive agreement to acquire California-based Presidio Reinsurance Group, a U.S. specialty accident and health reinsurance and insurance writer. PartnerRe said it would...
AssuredPartners Acquires Two Agencies
Dec 18 2012 // AssuredPartners Inc., based in Lake Mary, Fla., recently announced the acquisition of two independent insurance agencies. In its first significant expansion west of the Mississippi River, AssuredPartners acquired...
Brown & Brown Acquires Behnke & Associates in South Florida
Dec 18 2012 // Florida-based national insurance brokerage Brown & Brown Inc. announced this month asset acquisitions of Behnke & Associates Inc., an independent insurance agency located in South Florida. Founded in 1995, Behnke...
Integro Acquires Southern California’s The Rule Group
Dec 17 2012 // New York-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has acquired The Rule Group of Pasadena, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Rule Group consists of three divisions: The Rule Co., a provider...
Conn.-Based Business Risk Partners Appoints Senior Underwriter
Dec 14 2012 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based managing general underwriter, appointed Jayne Downey as a senior underwriter overseeing the firm’s technology errors-and-omissions (E&O) and data...
Beebe: Arkansas to Stick With Partnership Exchange
Dec 14 2012 // Gov. Mike Beebe said Arkansas will move forward on a partnership with the federal government for an online insurance marketplace required under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, though he believes the...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Western Benefit Solutions of Idaho
Dec 12 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Boise, Idaho-based Western Benefit Solutions LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Western Benefit Solutions LLC provides a range of employee benefit insurance...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Charter Lakes Marine Insurance Agency
Dec 12 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Charter Lakes Marine Insurance Agency, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, Charter Lakes operates as a retail...
Hiscox, Rocket Lawyer Partner to Provide Resources to Small Businesses
Dec 12 2012 // Hiscox has partnered with Rocket Lawyer, an online legal service, to provide small businesses with both insurance and legal advice. In addition to Hiscox’s insurance policies for small businesses, Hiscox customers...
Berkshire Hathaway Buys Back $1.2B of Stock
Dec 12 2012 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said on Wednesday that it had repurchased $1.2 billion of its own stock and raised the price at which it is willing to buy back shares. The conglomerate run by Warren Buffett, which operates a...
