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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires N.Y.’s Yanoff
Oct 26 2004 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) announced the acquisition of I. Arthur Yanoff & Co., Ltd., headquartered in Valley Stream, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Incorporated in 1966, I....
Cox Acquires J. McWhirter (Insurance Brokers) Ltd.
Oct 22 2004 // The U.K.’s Cox Insurance Holdings Plc announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of J. McWhirter (Insurance Brokers) Ltd. (JMW), a Northern Ireland broking business for a total cash consideration...
State Farm Partners with HFSC’s Steering Committee to Increase Home Safety
Oct 21 2004 // The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) announced that State Farm Insurance is the first representative of the insurance industry to join HFSC’s Steering Committee. “From the Coalition’s...
Scottish Re to Acquire ING Re’s Individual Life Reinsurance Business
Oct 19 2004 // Scottish Re Group Limited, a global life reinsurance specialist, announced that it has agreed to acquire the individual life reinsurance business of ING Re. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the...
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...
