Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Kansas City’s Ascension Acquires Atlanta’s Haas & Dodd Insurance
Jul 15 2009 // Missouri-based Ascension Insurance, Inc. has acquired Haas & Dodd Insurance, Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., effective July 1, 2009. Haas & Dodd agency specializes in property/ casualty insurance and employee benefits...
Apex Global Partners Opens New Office in Oklahoma City
Jul 15 2009 // Dallas-based Apex Global Partners Inc. (AGP) has expanded its employee benefits operations by opening a new office in Oklahoma City. In conjunction with the expansion, AGP appointed Brad Williams as director of Oklahoma...
<em>Analysis:</em> U.S. Small Business Funding Dry, Getting Drier
Jul 14 2009 // U.S. small businesses, already facing the toughest credit conditions since the 1980s, may soon find things are about to get tougher. Concerns over the future of CIT Corp. — a major lender to small businesses —...
Zwiener Joins PartnerRe Board
Jul 10 2009 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that David Zwiener has been appointed to fill a vacancy on its Board of Directors effective July 7, 2009. Zwiener, aged 54, is an experienced insurance industry executive. Between...
Validus to Buy IPCRe
Jul 10 2009 // Validus Holdings Ltd. said it has agreed to buy Bermuda reinsurance rival IPC Holdings Ltd. for $1.65 billion in cash and stock, beating another rival, Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd, and likely ending a months-long...
Ameriana Insurance Agency Completes Chapin-Hayworth Acquisition
Jul 9 2009 // Ameriana Bancorp announced that its subsidiary, Ameriana Insurance Agency, has completed the acquisition of Chapin-Hayworth Insurance Agency Inc., a multi-line property and casualty insurance agency located in New Castle,...
Focus Holdings Closes on Acquisition of Capacity Insurance in Florida
Jul 8 2009 // Focus Holdings, LLC in Sunrise, Florida, reports that it closed on its acquisition of Capacity Insurance Co. (CIC), a Florida domestic commercial lines insurer, effective July 1, 2009. Focus, better known by the name of...
S&P Changes Outlook on PartnerRe’s Ratings to Negative
Jul 7 2009 // While Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services is positive in its outlook for PARIS RE (See related article), it is less so when it comes to the acquiring company, Bermuda-based PartnerRe. S&P said it has revised...
S&P, Best See Positive Outlook for PARIS RE Deal with PartnerRe
Jul 7 2009 // Both A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have taken a positive outlook for their ratings on PARIS RE and its operating companies, following the announcement that the group would be acquired by...
PartnerRe To Acquire PARIS RE; Best Sees no Rating Change
Jul 6 2009 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire PARIS RE, a French-listed, Swiss-based diversified reinsurer. PartnerRe will exchange 0.30 of its common shares for each PARIS RE...
Tower Group to Acquire Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance of Illinois
Jul 6 2009 // New York-based Tower Group Inc. has agreed to purchase Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc., headquartered in Chicago, in a transaction valued at approximately $107 million. SUA said the deal will enable it to...
Swimming Downstream: How a Regional Insurer Buys Others Through Demutualization
Jul 6 2009 // Donegal Group’s Strategy Has Taken It From Writing in One to 19 States in 20 Years Even in a good economy, mutual insurers face challenges trying to raise the capital they need to grow because they don’t have...
Farmers Acquisition of 21st Century Insurance Finalized
Jul 2 2009 // Los Angeles-based The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has completed the acquisition of 100 percent of AIG’s U.S. Personal Auto Group, which includes 21st Century Insurance. In addition to 21st Century Insurance,...
American Safety Insurance Acquires Oklahoma’s Victore Insurance Co.
Jul 2 2009 // Bermuda-based American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. reported that its American Safety Casualty Insurance Company (ASCIC) subsidiary has acquired, for cash, Victore Insurance Company (VIC), an Oklahoma domiciled admitted...
Apex Global Partners Acquires Dallas Insurance Broker
Jun 29 2009 // Dallas-based Apex Global Partners (AGP) has acquired the Corrigan Jordan Insurance Agency, a privately owned insurance and risk management brokerage also headquartered in Dallas. Corrigan Jordan has been providing...
California Broker Lawson-Hawks Acquires Truckee Insurance
Jun 25 2009 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired Truckee, California Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were...
Di Blasi to Lead Apex Global Partners’ Austin Sales Operations
Jun 25 2009 // Apex Global Partners Inc. (AGP) has appointed Mario Di Blasi as sales director of its Austin, Texas, employee benefits operations. Di Blasi is experienced in structuring contemporary healthcare programs for Texas...
Zurich Names Schiavone to Head Global M&A
Jun 24 2009 // Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Paul Schiavone (40, US citizen) to the position of Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for Global Corporate, with immediate effect. He will be responsible for developing...
Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Extends Partner Agent Agreements
Jun 23 2009 // Chicago-based Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc. has amended its Partner Agent Program Agreements with its three largest Partner Agents – Risk Transfer Programs LLC (RTP); American Team Managers Insurance...
Tower Group to Acquire Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance of Illinois
Jun 22 2009 // New York-based Tower Group, Inc. has agreed to purchase Illinois-based specialty insurer Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $107 million. Under the terms of that...
