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Assurex Global Adds Four New Partners

Oct 13 2004 // Assurex Global has expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of international broker Partners in Monte Carlo, Monaco; Baton Rouge, La.; Philadelphia, Penn.; and Wilmington, Del. The newest Assurex Global Partners...

APCapital to Acquire Minority Interest in PIC Wisconsin

Oct 12 2004 // East Lansing, Mich.-based medical liability insurer American Physicians Capital Inc. announced that its subsidiary, American Physicians Assurance Corp. has entered into a stock purchase agreement as of September 17, 2004,...

Disaster Recovery Planning Heads Report Partnership to Help Businesses Prevent Loss

Oct 12 2004 // The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and the Global Partnership for Preparedness (GPP) have announced a partnership to pilot test a new disaster planning toolkit at the launch of the Global Partnership for...

30th Annual NAPSLO Conference: Acquisitions, Consolidations, Objectives, Trends Highlighted

Oct 11 2004 // Agency consolidations, consolidators’ objectives and a broad range of other trends and developments were highlighted by Steven S. Wevodau and Robert J. Lieblein, both with WFG Capital Advisors LP, during the National...

Mergers & Acquisitions Made Easy with Your Strategic Advisory Director

Oct 11 2004 // There’s no doubt that mergers and acquisitions are a booming trend right now. Every day, agencies purchase other agencies; large insurers buy out agencies, brokerages merge together to form a united front against...

30th Annual NAPSLO Conference: Acquisitions, Consolidations, Objectives, Trends Highlighted

Oct 11 2004 // Agency consolidations, consolidator’s objectives and a broad range of other trends and developments were highlighted by Steven S. Wevodau and Robert J. Lieblein, both with WFG Capital Advisors LP, during the National...

ING to Acquire Most of Allianz Canada, S&P Puts Insurer on CreditWatch

Oct 10 2004 // The Netherlands’ ING Group and Germany’s Allianz announced that they have concluded a definitive share purchase agreement for the acquisition of Allianz’ property and casualty (P&C) insurance...

Willis Acquires Grande Insurance Brokers, Hong Kong

Oct 6 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced the purchase of the business portfolio of Hong Kong-based insurance broker The Grande Insurance Broker Limited. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Willis...

Vista Equity Acquires Applied Systems

Oct 5 2004 // Vista Equity Partners and James P. Kellner have acquired Applied Systems Inc., the insurance software company born 20 years ago in suburban Chicago as a one-product, home-based business that grew to become a leading...

Willis Completes Acquisition of English Broker

Oct 5 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has completed the acquisition of CH Jeffries (Insurance Brokers) Limited, a North West England-based insurance broker with annual revenues of approximately...

Willis Completes Coyle Hamilton Acquisition

Oct 4 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that, following the granting of regulatory approval, it has completed the acquisition of a 56 percent shareholding in Coyle Hamilton, the Republic of Ireland’s...

Endurance to Acquire XL Re America Surety Business

Oct 1 2004 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. and XL Reinsurance America Inc. jointly announced that Endurance’s U.S. subsidiary, Endurance Reinsurance Corporation of America (Endurance Re), will acquire the...

XDimensional Technologies®, Inc. leverages the Internet to instantly link insurance agencies with collaboration partners

Sep 30 2004 // XDimensional Technologies Inc., the provider of Nexsure™, a hosted insurance agency management solution, announced today the introduction of Nexsure Instant Collaborator (NIC), a revolutionary means of accelerating and...

GNW-Evergreen Complete Phase One of Merger

Sep 30 2004 // Los Angeles-based GNW Insurance Services Inc. and Evergreen Insurance Services Inc. of Tarzana, Calif. two independently owned insurance brokerage firms, have announced completion of phase one of their merger. The newly...

HCC Acquires RA&MCO Insurance

Sep 30 2004 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire RA&MCO Insurance Services Inc. for an undisclosed consideration consisting of cash and HCC shares. The transaction is expected to close...

PartnerRe Estimates Q3 Hurricane Losses

Sep 28 2004 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. said it estimates that claims relating to its exposure to Hurricane Ivan are expected to be between $35-$45 million, with the loss split equally between U.S. and Caribbean exposures. “The...

Milne Scali & Company Acquires Surety Business

Sep 28 2004 // Richard W. Milne Jr., chairman of Phoenix-based Milne Scali & Company, a subsidiary of BNC National Bank and its parent company BNCCORP Inc., announced its acquisition of Tim Mitchell’s surety business. The...

Flood Zone Correction, Willis Group Partner

Sep 24 2004 // Flood Zone Correction Inc. (FZC), a flood zone correction company, has announced an alliance with Willis Group, one of three global insurance brokers. For a two-year term, Flood Zone Correction Inc. will provide flood zone...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas Brokerage

Sep 23 2004 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired the Sheridan Insurance Group of Friendswood, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1984, the Sheridan Insurance Group, doing business as...

MJM Investigations, Royal & SunAlliance Partner in Fight Against Fraud

Sep 20 2004 // With insurance fraud reportedly totaling an average of $80 billion a year, North Carolina-based MJM Investigations Inc. and Royal & SunAlliance have inked an agreement that emphasizes the commitment of both companies...