Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Top East Region Insurance M&As of 2020
Jan 5 2021 // The top M&A story of 2020 was a global story that captured more readers in every geographic region than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained the leading merger and...
Top South Central Region Insurance M&As of 2020
Jan 5 2021 // The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained...
Top Midwest Region Insurance M&As of 2020
Jan 5 2021 // The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained...
Top National Insurance M&As of 2020
Jan 5 2021 // The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained...
Top West Region Insurance M&As of 2020
Jan 5 2021 // The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained...
Top Southeast Region Insurance M&As of 2020
Jan 5 2021 // The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained...
Judge Rules Former Viacom Shareholders Can Sue Over ViacomCBS Merger
Jan 5 2021 // A Delaware judge ruled this week that former Viacom shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing Shari Redstone of engineering a “patently unfair” merger that created ViacomCBS Inc. so she could become a media...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Ashton Tiffany in Arizona
Jan 5 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Ashton Tiffany LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ashton Tiffany founders John Ashton and Michael Tiffany, Jr., and their associates, will continue to...
PHLY Acquires Staffing Insurance Business from World Wide Specialty Programs
Jan 5 2021 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) has acquired the Staffing Insurance Business offered by World Wide Specialty Programs Inc., based in Melville, N.Y. World Wide will operate as a division of PHLY and assume...
World Insurance Associates Acquires R.S. Gilmore Insurance Agency
Jan 5 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired R.S. Gilmore Insurance Agency Inc. of North Attleboro, Mass., on December 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The R.S. Gilmore Insurance Agency Inc. was...
UK Broker Specialist Risk Group Acquires KBIS British Equestrian Insurance
Jan 5 2021 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a London-based specialist insurance broker, announced it has acquired KBIS British Equestrian Insurance, a well-established broker within the equestrian market. Financial details of the...
UK-Based BMS Group Launches Asia Broking Operations with M&A Insurance Focus
Jan 5 2021 // BMS Group Ltd., the London-based independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the launch of its Asia broking operations, headquartered in Singapore and with proposed operations in Hong Kong, pending...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Ohio’s Berry Insurance Group
Jan 4 2021 // Brown & Brown of Ohio LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Berry Insurance Group, based in Ohio. Founded in 2002 by Mark Berry, Berry Insurance Group has grown to...
Global Risk Solutions Acquires Texas’ Tailored Adjustment Services
Jan 4 2021 // Global Risk Solutions Inc., a provider of property/casualty claims, environmental risk management and complex claims products and services, has acquired Tailored Adjustment Services Inc., based in Colleyville,...
CBIZ Acquires New Jersey’s Borden Perlman Insurance Agency
Jan 4 2021 // CBIZ Inc., a provider of financial, insurance and advisory services, has acquired Borden Perlman Insurance Agency Inc. (BP) of Ewing, N.J., effective December 31, 2020. Founded more than 100 years ago, BP is a fourth...
Nexus Completes Acquisition of Hiscox MGA Marine Business
Jan 4 2021 // Independent specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group announced it completed the acquisition of the Hiscox MGA Marine business (HMM) from Hiscox MGA Ltd. Completed on Dec. 30, 2020 via an asset purchase into...
UK’s M&A Watchdog Emerges from EU’s Shadow with Massive New Powers
Dec 30 2020 // The UK’s parting of the ways from the European Union means that an obscure 7-year-old watchdog is about to gain massive new powers over corporate mergers. Itself the product of a merger of two failing regulators, the...
The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Hiram Cohen & Son Inc.
Dec 30 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired New York-based Hiram Cohen & Son Inc. (HCS). The transaction became effective on December 1, 2020. HCS, founded in 1919, is still operated by descendants of Founder Hiram Cohen,...
Constellation Affiliated Acquires Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Cybercom of Florida
Dec 30 2020 // Constellation Affiliated Partners has acquired Florida-based MGU Coastal Insurance Underwriters and Cybercom. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Coastal Insurance Underwriters, founded by President and...
UK Insurer Admiral Sells Price Comparison Unit to Zoopla in $685 Million Deal
Dec 29 2020 // UK home and car insurer Admiral Group Plc agreed to sell its price-comparison unit to the owner of property portal Zoopla in a transaction valued at 508 million pounds ($685 million). Admiral will get about 450 million...
