Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Integro Acquires HealthCare Risk Specialists in Connecticut
Aug 27 2015 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced today that it acquired HealthCare Risk Specialists in West Hartford, Connecticut. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. HealthCare Risk...
Business Lobbies Seek Probe of Medical Funding Industry
Aug 27 2015 // Two business lobbying groups this week called on the Consumer Financial Protection Board to investigate the medical funding industry after a Reuters investigation revealed that private investors are funding operations for...
Integro Acquires Entertainment Risk Management, London-Based MGA
Aug 26 2015 // The insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has acquired Entertainment Risk Management Ltd. (ERM), a London-based managing general agent (MGA), to augment its international entertainment practice....
Auto-Owners Insurance Acquires North-Carolina Based Atlantic Casualty
Aug 26 2015 // Strickland Insurance Group, Inc. has reached a definitive agreement for Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., based in Goldsboro, N.C., to be acquired by Auto-Owners Insurance Group of Lansing, Mich. According to Bobby...
JLT Risk Solutions Hires 2 Execs for Credit, Political & Security Risks, M&A Division
Aug 25 2015 // JLT Risk Solutions AB, a member of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, has appointed Magnus Toftgård and Magnus Lindgren to strengthen the Credit, Political and Security Risks (CPS) and M&A Insurance (M&A)...
Zurich Insurance Offers $8.8 Billion to Acquire UK’s RSA
Aug 25 2015 // Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, proposed to buy the UK’s RSA Insurance Group plc for about 5.6 billion pounds ($8.8 billion). RSA is willing to recommend the possible offer of 550...
Distinguished to Acquire Fulcrum Insurance Programs in Washington
Aug 24 2015 // Distinguished Programs Holdings LLC announced the pending acquisition of Bellevue, Wash.-based Fulcrum Insurance Programs. The businesses will be combined and rebranded as Distinguished Specialty. Fulcrum principals Dusty...
New Jersey Transit Receives $71M Federal Sandy Relief Funding
Aug 24 2015 // New Jersey Transit is getting $71 million from the federal government to pay for rebuilding and replacing equipment damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The agency and New Jersey’s Congressional delegation announced the...
Meadowbrook Insurance Acquires Mackinaw Administrators
Aug 20 2015 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., based in Southfield, Mich., has acquired Mackinaw Administrators LLC (Mackinaw). Founded in 1995, Mackinaw is a Michigan-based program and claims administrator that provides tailored...
USG Unit Acquires Certain Program Renewal Rights From US Assure in Florida
Aug 20 2015 // Allied American Underwriters, a subsidiary of USG Insurance Services Inc., announced that it acquired the renewal rights on several books of business from Jacksonville, Florida-based US Assure. The terms of the acquisition...
Willis Completes Acquisition of Australia’s CKA Risk Solutions
Aug 20 2015 // Willis Australia, part of Willis Group Holdings plc, announced the completion of its acquisition of CKA Risk Solutions. The announcement noted that “CKA is a leading independent broker based in Perth with a strong...
The Hilb Group Acquires JWB Insurance in North Carolina
Aug 18 2015 // The Hilb Group LLC announced today that it acquired JWB Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wilmington, North Carolina. The transaction became effective Aug. 1, 2015. The terms of the deal were not...
Hub International Acquires Doctors Insurance Services of New England
Aug 17 2015 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced today that it acquired the assets of Doctors Insurance Services of New England (DISNE). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in the Boston suburb of...
Patriot National Acquires R.C.A. Insurance Group in New Jersey
Aug 17 2015 // Patriot National Inc., a workers’ compensation outsourcing services firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced today that it acquired R.C.A. Insurance Group (RCA), a Clifton, New Jersey-based property and...
Incoming, Outgoing Travelers CEOs Talk Transition, M&As
Aug 17 2015 // Departing Travelers Insurance CEO Jay Fishman and his successor, Alan Schnitzer, insist that the property/casualty insurance giant will experience a smooth transition. The Travelers Companies announced on Aug. 4 that...
Insurers Look to Cyber, M&A Coverage as Prices Decline for 9th Quarter: Marsh
Aug 14 2015 // Commercial insurance rates continued their global decline in the 2015 second quarter, a trend driven by a continued abundance of global capacity and a lack of large insured loss activity, Marsh said in its latest Global...
Integro Acquires UK’s AFL Insurance Brokers Aviation Division
Aug 14 2015 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. announced that it has acquired AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd.’s Aviation division; a move that it said would enhance “Integro’s global...
Beneficial Insurance Services Acquires Pye Karr Ambler & Co. in Pennsylvania
Aug 13 2015 // Beneficial Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Beneficial Bank in Philadelphia, announced that it has acquired Pye Karr Ambler & Co. Inc. (PKA), an independent insurance agency in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Terms of...
Johnson & Johnson Acquires John Handel & Associates in Florida
Aug 13 2015 // Managing general agency Johnson & Johnson, Inc. (J&J) has acquired John Handel & Associates, Inc. (JHA), located in St. Petersburg, Fla. Under its new ownership, JHA will continue to offer the same products and...
Willis Completes Acquisition of Taiwan’s Elite Risk Services
Aug 12 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc has announced the completion of its acquisition of Elite Risk Services Limited of Taiwan. Willis said the deal is a “significant boost” to its market presence in Taiwan, as it...
