Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Montpelier Re to Hold Special Shareholders’ Meeting on Endurance Acquisition
May 22 2015 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd announced that it has scheduled a special general meeting of its shareholders to “consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the previously announced Agreement and Plan of...
AXA to Acquire Large Commercial Risks Subsidiary of SulAmérica
May 22 2015 // AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with SulAmérica SA to acquire 100 percent of its large industrial and commercial risks insurance subsidiary, SulAmérica Companhia de Seguros Gerais, for 135 million...
EXOR Refuses to Sweeten $6.8 Billion Offer to Acquire PartnerRe
May 22 2015 // EXOR SpA, the investment vehicle of Italy’s Agnelli family, reiterated that it won’t sweeten a $6.8 billion offer to buy PartnerRe Ltd. as the reinsurer demands a higher price to abandon a merger deal with AXIS...
NFP Acquires Horenberg Insurance Services in Maryland
May 21 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced it has acquired Horenberg Insurance Services Inc., an independent agency in...
Brokerslink Signs Partnership Pact with African Insurer Saham Finances
May 21 2015 // Independent broker network Brokerslink has signed a three year strategic partnership agreement with pan-African insurance group, Saham Finances. The bulletin said the agreement one of the biggest pan-African insurance...
AXIS Says Termination Fee Would Soften Blow if PartnerRe Deal Collapses
May 21 2015 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Albert Benchimol, who’s working to complete a merger with PartnerRe Ltd., said his company can withstand a collapse of the deal and that a termination fee would...
Insurance Council of Texas Partners With Police For Crime Prevention Program
May 20 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas has joined the Tomball Police Department in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and burglaries. The program involves the creation and distribution of signs that read,...
USI Acquires Personal Risk Business from BBVA Compass in Arizona
May 20 2015 // USI Insurance Services has acquired the personal risk services business of BBVA Compass Insurance Agency Inc. The accounts, homeowner, automobile, umbrella and other recreational policies, will be combined into the USI...
Update: PartnerRe Says $6.8B EXOR Offer Unacceptable; Open to Negotiations
May 20 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd. said it would engage in discussions with hostile bidder EXOR SpA to seek a better offer than the $6.8 billion proposal that the target company called “unacceptable.” “While we believe that...
AIG Acquires Controlling Stake in ING Employee Benefits Global Network
May 20 2015 // American International Group Inc. has acquired a controlling stake in ING Employee Benefits Global Network and renamed it AIG Global Benefits Network. The network is based in Belgium. The network’s minority...
Cross Insurance Acquires Schonning Insurance in Rhode Island
May 19 2015 // Cross Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Bangor, Maine, announced it has acquired Schonning Insurance, an independent agency in Westerly, Rhode Island. Terms of the transaction were not...
NFP Acquires Hackett Valine & MacDonald in Vermont
May 19 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced its acquisition of Hackett Valine & MacDonald Inc. (HVM)., an independent...
Update: Russell Investment Exits Joint Venture With China’s Ping An
May 19 2015 // Russell Investment Management and China’s Ping An Insurance Group said they have terminated their investment joint venture after four years, the latest sign of friction between foreign fund managers and their Chinese...
Arch Reinsurance Completes Acquisition of Dubai’s Gulf Re
May 19 2015 // Bermuda-based Arch Reinsurance Ltd., a member of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has completed the acquisition of Gulf Reinsurance Ltd. Gulf Re, a specialty reinsurer based in the Dubai International Financial Centre, was founded...
Marsh Partners with FireEye on Cyber Risk Management Program
May 18 2015 // Marsh and cybersecurity company FireEye, Inc., have collaborated to offer clients Marsh Cyber OASIS (Objective Assessment Scorecard of Information Security). This service is designed to assists clients by providing an...
EPIC Acquires Executive Financial in Southern California
May 18 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has acquired Los Angeles, Calif.-based Executive Financial Inc. Executive Financial is an employee benefits consulting firm specializing in executive benefits, life and disability...
A.M. Best: Middle Eastern Insurance Market Primed for M&As, Stakebuilding
May 18 2015 // Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity and stakebuilding is gaining momentum in the Middle East as financially strong and profitable insurers seek to deploy surplus capital to broaden their profiles and satisfy...
Integro Acquires UK’s Kite Warren & Wilson, Marine Broker Specialist
May 15 2015 // Integro Ltd., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in New York City, has acquired London-based Kite Warren & Wilson Ltd., which specializes in marine hull & liability coverage and financial...
Confie Seguros Acquires 3 Brokerages in Buffalo, New York
May 15 2015 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, California, announced that it has acquired three new insurance brokerages in Buffalo, New York. Confie acquired three agencies in...
AssuredPartners Acquires Jones, Raphael & Oulundsen in Connecticut
May 14 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced its acquisition of Jones, Raphael & Oulundsen Inc. (JRO), an independent insurance agency based in New Britain, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. JRO will...
