Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Russell Bond Buys Independent Garage and Towing Contractors Services in N.Y.
Jan 4 2013 // Buffalo, N.Y.-based insurance wholesaler Russell Bond & Co. Inc. recently acquired Independent Garage and Towing Contractors Services Inc. (IGTC), also of Buffalo. IGTC is a nationwide insurance purchasing group...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Gardner & White in Indiana
Jan 4 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Gardner & White Corp. (Gardner & White) headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1965, Gardner & White provides...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota-Based Liscomb Hood Mason
Jan 4 2013 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Liscomb Hood Mason Co., a $2.2 million revenue agency based in Duluth, Minn. With roots dating back to 1927, Liscomb Hood...
EPIC Acquires Homeplace Insurance Brokers in Southern California
Jan 4 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center entered into an agreement to acquire Ontario, Calif.-based Homeplace Insurance Brokers Inc. The Ontario team will report to Dan Ryan, EPIC’s managing principal in Orange...
Hub International Acquires Oklahoma Independent Agency, CFR
Jan 3 2013 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired CFR Inc. (CFR), a Tulsa, Okla.–based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The operations will form a new regional Hub called Hub...
USI Acquires Wick Pilcher in Arizona
Jan 3 2013 // USI Insurance Services acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Wick Pilcher Insurance Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wick Pilcher provides insurance programs for all facets of employee benefits, commercial and personal...
Fidelity National Financial Buys Health Insurance Broker Digital Insurance
Jan 3 2013 // Florida-based title insurer and financial services firm Fidelity National Financial Inc. has acquired Digital Insurance Inc., a health insurance distribution and benefits management firm for small and medium sized...
Confie Seguros Buys 3 More Florida Brokerages
Jan 3 2013 // Hispanic market-focused insurance agency network Confie Seguros said it has acquired three insurance brokerages in Florida that will strengthen the company’s operations in that state. Confie Seguros completed the...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Hardman & Howell in Kansas
Jan 2 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Hardman & Howell Benefits in Wichita, Kan. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hardman & Howell Benefits provides a range of employee benefit program consulting services for...
R-T to Acquire Workers’ Comp Wholesaler IFIS in California
Dec 28 2012 // R-T Specialty LLC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire West Coast workers’ compensation specialist International Facilities Insurance Services. Chicago, Ill.-based R-T is the brokerage arm of Ryan Specialty...
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 &...
