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Seeman Holtz Acquires Wisconsin’s Asenbrenner Insurance Agency
Aug 6 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Asenbrenner Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Shawano, Wisconsin. Asenbrenner Insurance Agency has been serving the state of Wisconsin for almost three decades....
Hub International Acquires The Ward Agency in Texas
Aug 6 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Texas-based The Ward Agency (Ward Agency). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Longview, Texas with an office in Tyler, Texas, Ward...
Hub International Buys Ontario-Based Southland Insurance Brokers
Aug 6 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), the Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired Southland Insurance Brokers Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. With Ontario offices in Leamington, Tecumseh...
M.J. Hall Acquires Renewal Rights from Wholesale Connection Insurance Services in California
Aug 3 2018 // M.J. Hall & Co. has acquired the policy renewal rights from Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Wholesale Connection Insurance Services’ commercial property/casualty business. Terms of the deal weren’t...
Hub International Buys P/C Business of Ontario Broker Cypher Systems Group
Aug 3 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired the property and casualty insurance business of Cypher Systems Group Inc. (CSG) and certain of its affiliates, an insurance broker...
RSG Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of New York’s ARC Specialty Brokerage
Aug 2 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has completed its acquisition of certain assets of ARC Specialty Brokerage LLC, the property and casualty division of ARC Excess & Surplus LLC, a wholesale insurance brokerage based in...
Insurtech Firm Wefox Seeks New Funding with Softbank Among Investors: Sources
Aug 2 2018 // Wefox, one of Europe’s fastest-growing insurance technology firms, is close to settling on a new “triple-digit million” euro funding round, with Softbank’s Vision Fund among the suitors, three...
AIG, Carlyle Group Partner to Build Reinsurer, Run-Off Firm for Complex Risks
Aug 1 2018 // Global insurer American International Group and private equity and financial services firm The Carlyle Group are forming a partnership to build a standalone provider of reinsurance, claims handling and run-off management...
Update: Chubb Partners with Uber to Cover South African Drivers
Aug 1 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. is partnering with insurance company Chubb Ltd. to cover its South African drivers in case of death or injury as violent attacks plague the country’s cities. The new deal will pay out a lump...
Crest Insurance Acquires Colorado Restaurant Insurance
Jul 31 2018 // Crest Insurance Group has acquired Colorado Restaurant Insurance. Colorado Restaurant Insurance will operate as Crest Restaurant Insurance. Sean Pechan will remain president of Crest Restaurant Insurance and the company...
Broker Ed Appoints Jordan from Lloyd & Partners as Divisional Director, Marine
Jul 31 2018 // Ed, the global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, today announced the appointment of Patrick Jordan as divisional director, Marine. Based in London, he takes up his role with immediate effect and reports to...
AXIS Launches AXIS Digital Ventures to Accelerate Innovation via Insurtech Partners
Jul 31 2018 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced the launch of AXIS Digital Ventures, a new unit that will lead enterprise-wide efforts to partner with insurtech companies that focus on high value re/insurance applications, new...
RSG to Acquire Certain Assets of New York’s ARC Specialty Brokerage
Jul 30 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) and ARC Excess & Surplus LLC (ARC) have entered into a definitive agreement in which RSG will acquire certain assets of ARC Specialty Brokerage LLC, the P&C Division of ARC, a...
Chubb Partners with DynaRisk to Offer Cyber Loss Mitigation Service in UK, Ireland
Jul 30 2018 // Chubb has partnered with cyber security company DynaRisk to offer a cyber loss mitigation service to Chubb’s Cyber Enterprise Risk Management policyholders in the UK and Ireland. The DynaRisk service assesses a...
French Insurer CNP Declines to Comment About Merger Speculation
Jul 30 2018 // French insurer CNP, which has been the subject of merger speculation, reiterated its annual earnings growth targets as it posted higher interim net profits. CNP’s first-half net profits rose 2.3 percent to 672...
Aspen MGA, Tower Hill Specialty Partner on Property Programs in Texas
Jul 26 2018 // Aspen Managing General Agency, a division of Atlanta-based Allstar Financial Group, has partnered with Tower Hill Specialty (THS) to offer property insurance programs in Texas. Tower Hill Specialty offers a range of...
Seeman Holtz Acquires Lakes Insurance Group of Florida
Jul 26 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired Lakes Insurance Group, a South Florida agency specializing in commercial insurance serving thousands of South Florida business owners. With this acquisition, Seeman...
Chinese Acquisitions of High-Tech Firms Pose Security Risk: German Spy Chief
Jul 25 2018 // Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top counterintelligence official said Chinese acquisitions of high-tech companies in Germany represent a potential national-security threat. The head of Germany’s top domestic...
China’s Fosun Weighs Acquisition of Belgian Insurer Ageas
Jul 25 2018 // Fosun International Ltd., the Chinese group backed by billionaire Guo Guangchang, is considering an offer for all or parts of Belgian insurer Ageas in what could be its boldest move to expand its international footprint,...
M&A Deals Likely to Become More Challenging as Sellers Seek High Deal Values
Jul 24 2018 // The current operating environment continues to prompt mergers & acquisitions (M&A) among insurers and reinsurers. However, the number of potential M&A candidates has declined and sellers’ expectations of...
