Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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Kibble & Prentice Acquires BGI Inc.

Feb 2 2004 // As part of its strategy to grow through acquisitions and provide its customers with expanded services and market access, Seattle-based Kibble & Prentice has acquired BGI Inc., a player in the Northwest insurance...

Brown & Brown Acquires Doyle Consulting Group

Feb 2 2004 // Florida’s Brown & Brown, Inc announced the asset acquisition of Doyle Consulting Group, Inc. and Doyle Consulting Group of New Jersey, Inc. with offices in Philadelphia, Penna. and Woodbridge, N.J. by a Delaware...

BB&T Insurance Services Finalizes Acquisition of Ala. Firm

Feb 2 2004 // North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services has completed its acquisition of McGriff, Seibels & Williams Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., creating the sixth largest insurance broker in the nation. The transaction was...

ISO Acquires Quality Planning Corporation

Jan 30 2004 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has acquired Quality Planning Corporation (QPC), a San Francisco-based provider of analytic methods for helping auto insurance companies achieve greater rating integrity. Terms were not...

Lloyd’s Partners with London Police

Jan 29 2004 // “East London Bobbies will be experiencing the world of brief cases and pin-striped suits as part of a new mentoring scheme,” said a bulletin from Lloyd’s. Senior police officers from Tower Hamlets will...

Texas Mutual, Argonaut Partner for Other States Coverage

Jan 28 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it is partnering with Argonaut Insurance to offer workers’ compensation coverage for Texas-based businesses that have operations in other states. The agreement will apply to...

Doug Flake Becomes Partner at Alexander Morford & Woo

Jan 26 2004 // Alexander Morford & Woo Inc. announced that Doug C. Flake has become a partner of the firm, joining Paul Nowak, who became a partner this past October. As the manager of the firm’s California branch, Flake has...

Members Approve Trade Association Merger; New Group Known as PCI

Jan 26 2004 // Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as Property Casualty Insurers...

Members Approve Association Merger; New Group Opens Doors as PCI

Jan 26 2004 // Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as the Property Casualty Insurers...

Members Approve Association Merger; New Group Opens Doors as PCI

Jan 26 2004 // Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as the Property Casualty Insurers...

PartnerRe Reports Claims from its Exposure to Algerian Gas Plant Explosion to Range Between $27-30 Million

Jan 23 2004 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that claims relating to its net exposure to an explosion at Algeria’s largest LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant earlier this week are expected to approximate $27-30 million. The...

Willis Acquires Remaining Shares in Danish Sub

Jan 22 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has acquired the remaining shares of Willis A/S in Denmark that it did not already own. The move is the second major acquisition Willis has made in the Nordic...

Allenbrook, Whitehill Technologies Strike Partnership for the Future

Jan 22 2004 // Allenbrook Inc., a provider of processing software and consulting services for the property/casualty industry, announced a partnership with Whitehill Technologies, Inc. Whitehill provides companies the ability to extract...

Holland’s Actuac, Japan’s IIC Partners Join Milliman Global

Jan 22 2004 // Seattle-based Milliman Global, an organization of independent, international consulting firms, announced that the Netherlands’ Actuac and Japan’s IIC Partners have joined its roster of international consulting...

Acordia Acquires Feeney Durler West Insurance Services

Jan 21 2004 // Acordia,Inc., the fifth largest insurance brokerage in the U.S., and a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, acquired Feeney Durler West Insurance Services, LLC. The agency’s professional staff will continue...

Toronto-Dominion Bank to Buy Liberty Mutual Auto and Home Units

Jan 21 2004 // Toronto-based Meloche Monnex, a subsidiary of Toronto-Dominion Bank, has agreed to acquire Liberty Mutual Group’s Canadian automobile and homeowner insurance operations for an undisclosed price. When the acquisition...

Willis Acquires Danish Reinsurance Broker

Jan 14 2004 // London-based global brokerage Willis Group Holdings announced it has agreed to acquire Kirecon A/S, based in Copenhagen. Terms were not disclosed. Kirecon is a leader in providing reinsurance broking services in Denmark....

St. Louis MGA Acquired by BISYS

Jan 14 2004 // New York City-based commercial lines wholesaler BISYS has acquired St. Louis-based Uhlemeyer Services Inc., a managing general agency that specializes in workers’ compensation. BISYS said the acquisition complements...

Document Sciences, Align360 Partner on Streamlining Enterprise Content Workflow for Companies

Jan 13 2004 // Document Sciences Corporation, a provider and innovator in automating creation and delivery of enterprise business communications, and Align360, a provider of information technology and management consulting services to...

Alliance, NAII Boards Approve Merger; New Group to be Called PCI

Jan 12 2004 // The governing boards of two of the nation’s largest property/casualty trade groups have agreed to a merger that would have more than 1,000 members and represent 40 percent of the P/C marketplace. The National...