Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Insurance Software Firm Ebix Partners With E-Signature Provider Silanis
Oct 25 2012 // Atlanta-based insurance software and e-commerce platform supplier Ebix Inc. is partnering with electronic-signature services provider Silanis. Ebix Inc. said Silanis’ technology will now become the preferred...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Park Row Associates in Rhode Island
Oct 24 2012 // Itasca, Ill.-headquartered global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Park Row Associates Inc. in Providence, R.I., from its parent company, Delta Dental of Rhode Island. Terms of the transaction...
Powter Acquires Jordan in Texas
Oct 22 2012 // Powter Insurance Inc. has acquired Jordan and Jordan Insurance Group, of Frisco, Texas. Jordan and Jordan Inc., which will continue to operate separately under its current structure, operates both commercial insurance and...
Nationwide Settles Harleysville Merger Suit
Oct 22 2012 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced on Oct. 11 that it has agreed to settle litigation related to the merger with Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. The $26 million settlement relates to In re Harleysville Mutual, a...
Electric Insurance Acquires Renewal Rights for Millers First Personal Lines
Oct 18 2012 // Beverly, Mass.-based Electric Insurance Co. has entered into an agreement for renewal rights to preferred personal lines business of Millers First Insurance Co. and Millers Classified Insurance Co. (collectively...
Hong Kong’s Li Nears $2 Billion Acquisition of ING Units: Reuters
Oct 18 2012 // Hong Kong businessman Richard Li, younger son of Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing, is nearing a deal to buy ING’s Hong Kong and Thailand business for over $2 billion, sources with direct knowledge of the matter...
Mapfre Says Turkey Key to Its Expansion; Acquires Motor Repair Firm
Oct 18 2012 // Turkey holds strategic significance for insurer Mapfre in its plans to expand into East Europe and the Middle East, the chairman of the company said in remarks in Istanbul. Antonio Huertas confirmed his company’s...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Unison Inc.
Oct 12 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of employee benefits insurance broker Unison Inc. in Minnetonka, Minn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980, Unison offers a full range of...
Hastings Mutual Insurance Partners with National Farmers Union
Oct 11 2012 // Hastings Mutual Insurance Co., a regional property/casualty insurance carrier headquartered in Hastings, Mich., announced a new marketing partnership with National Farmers Union. Through this new partnership, Hastings...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Coyle Insurance Agency
Oct 11 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Coyle Insurance Agency Inc., in Peoria, Ill.. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1984, Coyle Insurance is a retail insurance broker providing...
Kaufman Financial Group Acquires Premium Insurance Auditor
Oct 9 2012 // The H.W. Kaufman Financial Group announced the acquisition of Mertens Enterprises Inc. (DBA Tracz & Associates), a provider of premium insurance audit services headquartered in Lockport, Ill. The transaction closed on...
Cameron, Louisiana Residents Urged to Buy Flood Insurance Now
Oct 9 2012 // Residents without flood insurance in Louisiana’s Cameron Parish should buy coverage before the new Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps become effective Nov. 16 so they can get the best premiums, a FEMA...
Preferred Concepts Acquires Metro Insurance Services in New Jersey
Oct 8 2012 // Preferred Concepts LLC, a program underwriter and specialty insurance broker based in New York City, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Metro Insurance Services in Springfield, N.J. Metro Insurance...
N.J. Brokerage Bollinger Acquires The Morville Agency
Oct 4 2012 // Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance brokerage Bollinger Inc. has acquired The Morville Agency of Newton, N.J. The Morville Agency specializes in insuring New Jersey public entities. The agency’s owner George Morville...
Equity Risk Partners Launches Defense, Government Contractor Practice Group
Oct 3 2012 // Equity Risk Partners, an insurance brokerage, employee benefits and risk management consulting firm, has launched a new practice group for defense, aerospace and government contractors. DefCon Risk Group will focus on...
Ryan Specialty Group Acquires Atlantic Star Intermediaries in New York
Oct 2 2012 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group L.L.C. announced Monday that its wholesale arm R-T Specialty L.L.C. has acquired assets and operations of Atlantic Star Intermediaries L.L.C. Terms of the transaction were not...
MJ Insurance Acquires Indianapolis-Based Mead & Company
Oct 2 2012 // Property/casualty and employee benefits agency, MJ Insurance, has acquired Indianapolis-based Mead & Company. Terms of the deal between the two private firms were not disclosed. Mead & Company is a...
Lockton Dunning Benefits Acquires Excelsior Solutions
Oct 2 2012 // Lockton Dunning Benefits, a Dallas-based employee benefits consulting company, has acquired Excelsior Solutions, a pharmaceutical and healthcare consulting company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. The Excelsior...
Alteris Acquires Sonoma Risk, Contract Litigation Insurance Program
Oct 1 2012 // Alteris Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has acquired Sonoma Risk Insurance Agency, a litigation products provider and the first agency in the U.S. providing contract litigation...
American Family Acquiring Permanent General, Lumbermens Casualty
Sep 27 2012 // American Family Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., is acquiring Nashville, Tenn.-based PGC Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, including non-standard auto insurers Permanent General and The General. The agreement was...
