Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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NFP Acquires Arkansas’ Thomas Insurance Agency
Apr 10 2017 // National insurance broker and consultant, NFP, has acquired The Thomas Insurance Agency of Benton Inc. in Benton, Ark. Thomas Insurance Agency is a property/casualty insurance broker that provides commercial and personal...
S&P Raises Ratings for Belgian Aviation Insurer Aviabel After AXIS Acquisition
Apr 7 2017 // S&P Global Ratings has raised its long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Aviabel Cie. Belge d’Assurances Aviation to “A” from “A-“, following the completion of its...
Pennsylvania’s V3 Insurance Partners Hires 2, Promotes 1
Apr 7 2017 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC (V3), a Newtown, Penn.-based specialty program administrator offering insurance programs targeted at middle market companies, has added two senior executives to its professional lines practice –...
Markel Canada Buys Remaining 50% Stake in Allsport
Apr 6 2017 // Markel Canada, the Toronto-based subsidiary of Markel International, has acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in Allsport Insurance Marketing Ltd. Allsport is an incorporated managing general agent (MGA) specializing in...
Worldwide Facilities, Oklahoma Petroleum Assoc. Partner on Well Control Insurance
Apr 6 2017 // Managing general agency, Worldwide Facilities – Houston, announced a partnership with Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA) for well control insurance through the OIPA’s Partners Program. Worldwide...
Ohio’s TDC Risk Management Partners with Highline Insurance
Apr 6 2017 // TDC Risk Management, a Maumee, Ohio-based independent property and casualty insurance agency and risk management firm announced a partnership with California’s Highline Insurance. Highline Insurance is an independent...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota’s RJF Financial Services
Apr 6 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired RJF Financial Services, a retirement advisory firm based in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Terms of the transaction were not...
UK’s Alan Boswell Group Buys Sutcliffe Insurance Brokers
Apr 6 2017 // Alan Boswell Group, the Norwich, England-based insurance broker and financial adviser, announced it has acquired Sutcliffe Solloway & Co. Ltd. (trading as Sutcliffe Insurance Brokers), thereby expanding its business...
Expect Another Active M&A Year with Tech Gaining Interest, Says Conning
Apr 6 2017 // Signs point to 2017 being another year of “robust” mergers and acquisitions, thanks in part to a number of ongoing industry trends and a current government climate that show no sign of letting up, Conning said...
Alliant Acquires SES Insurance Brokerage Services in Southern California
Apr 5 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired SES Insurance Brokerage Services Inc. in Santa Ana, Calif. SES will join Alliant MGA and program administrator. The executive leadership team of SES will continue to operate the...
Maximum Acquires Starpoint General Agency in Pennsylvania
Apr 5 2017 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago, Ill.-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has acquired Philadelphia, Penn.-based transportation specialist Starpoint General Agency. Kevin Long, who manages the Philadelphia office,...
Ascension Acquires Yosemite Pacific’s California Operations
Apr 4 2017 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Ascension Insurance Services Inc., dba Pan American Insurance Agency Inc., entered into an agreement on March 31 with Ag Providers Insurance Services LLC, dba Yosemite Pacific Insurance Services...
Cook Maran Set to Acquire New York Insurer Gundermann
Apr 4 2017 // Cook Maran & Associates (Cook Maran), one of New York and New Jersey’s largest insurance brokers, will acquire Gundermann & Gundermann (Gundermann), a third-generation, family-owned company that’s grown...
Mercedes’ Parent, Daimler, Partners with Bosch to Develop ‘Robo-Taxis’
Apr 4 2017 // Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler and supplier Robert Bosch are teaming up to develop self-driving cars in an alliance aimed at accelerating the production of “robo-taxis.” The pact between the world’s largest...
K2 Insurance Services Acquires Georgia-Based Star & Shield Insurance
Apr 4 2017 // San Diego-based K2 Insurance Services has acquired Star & Shield Insurance, an affinity distributor of insurance products to members of the public safety community and their families located in Alpharetta, Ga. Star...
Smith Joins Ohio Agents Group as Company Partners Manager
Apr 3 2017 // The Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has added Megan Smith as company partners manager. With a passion for the independent agency system, Smith is excited to foster partnerships with OIA’s carrier partners to...
Uber’s Biggest SE Asia Rival, Grab, Buys Indonesian E-Commerce Platform
Apr 3 2017 // Grab, Uber Technologies Inc.’s biggest rival in Southeast Asia, will acquire Indonesian e-commerce startup Kudo for an undisclosed amount, striking its first deal since pledging to invest $700 million in its largest...
Ryan Specialty Group Agrees to Acquire Assets of New York-Based LoVullo
Mar 31 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of LoVullo Associates Inc. (LoVullo), a wholesale insurance brokerage and binding authority operation based in...
Artificial Intelligence, IoT Startups Gaining in Global Insurtech Funding
Mar 31 2017 // Investing in technology-oriented insurance ventures (insurtech) is clearly a global trend and almost half of all the money being poured into them globally is going into artificial intelligence and internet of things...
Risk Strategies Co. Acquires Dallas-Based Terrell Insurance Services
Mar 28 2017 // Boston-based Risk Strategies Co. has acquired Terrell Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Dallas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2012 by President and Principal Charles T....
