Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
United Fire Gets Approval to Acquire Mercer Insurance Group
Mar 18 2011 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Co. said it has the necessary approvals from state regulators and company shareholders to complete its acquisition of Mercer Insurance Group Inc. United Fire announced in...
MDS Acquires 50% Stake in Portuguese Auto Insurance Specialist
Mar 18 2011 // MDS Holdings, the Iberian and Latin American insurance broking group, announced that it has acquired a “50 percent stake in Coral, the former Portuguese in-house broker of Salvador Caetano Group, the largest...
Integro Acquires Windward International
Mar 16 2011 // New York-based Integro has acquired Windward International Inc., a marine insurance broker based in New Jersey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Windward International Inc. has developed a significant subspecialty in...
Markel Renews Partnership with American Camp Association
Mar 15 2011 // Markel Specialty announced the renewal of its American Camp Association (ACA) Mission Partner Sponsorship for the next three years. This announcement follows the completion of the Markel-funded Healthy Camp Study, a...
Brown & Brown Acquires Louisiana’s Robert Ellis & Associates
Mar 11 2011 // Brown & Brown of Louisiana Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the insurance agency assets of Robert Ellis & Associates Inc. of Mandeville, La., the companies...
Kane to Acquire HSBC’s Insurance Management Operations
Mar 11 2011 // Kane, a provider of specialist risk and insurance management services, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the insurance management operations of HSBC. The bulletin explained that “under the...
Vredenburg Heads Acquisitions for Florida’s Assured Agencies
Mar 11 2011 // Paul Vredenburg has joined Assured Agencies in Lake Mary, Fla. as senior vice president of business development. In this position, Vredenburg will be responsible for identifying acquisition opportunities for Assured...
RCM&D Buys TRION’s Commercial P&C Division
Mar 10 2011 // Baltimore-based Insurance broker RCM&D acquired the commercial property and casualty insurance division of Philadelphia-based TRION Inc. and has opened a Philadelphia regional office to serve clients throughout...
Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Mergers with PRM Insurance
Mar 9 2011 // Rocklin, Calif.-based Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Services Inc. and PRM Insurance Services Inc. have inked a contractual agreement for the companies to work together under the management of newly formed Phoenix Risk...
William Palumbo Agency Partners with Investment Firm
Mar 9 2011 // Massachusetts insurance agency William Palumbo Insurance Agency said it has partnered with The Bulfinch Group, a financial services firm in the state, to offer its P&C clients access to Bulfinch’s wealth planning...
U.K. Brokerage Acquires Dallas-based CSI Entertainment Insurance
Mar 8 2011 // Doodson Broking Group, an entertainment insurance specialist based in the United Kingdom, has acquired Dallas-based CSI Entertainment Insurance to form Doodson Entertainment. The partnership creates an insurance broker for...
Marek Named Partner at K&S Insurance Agency
Mar 8 2011 // Richard Daiker, president of the Texas-based commercial insurance and risk management firm K&S Insurance Agency, announced that John D. Marek has joined the company as partner. Daiker said that Marek will help lead the...
USI Acquires Amerisc
Mar 8 2011 // Insurance broker USI Insurance Services has acquired The Amerisc Corp., Atlynx Surety Brokers and its principal affiliates. Amerisc, based in Garden City, New York with an office in Nanuet, specializes in commercial...
QBE Completes Acquisition of RenRe’s U.S. Insurance Operations
Mar 8 2011 // Australia’s QBE announced that it has completed its acquisition of the U.S. admitted insurance businesses of Renaissance Re, which include a U.S. crop and small specialist program insurance business. QBE said the...
Never Have More Partners Than Fit In An Elevator
Mar 7 2011 // Never have more partners than you can fit in an elevator. That seems like a joke but it’s serious advice when starting a business. Having too many partners creates conflicts. Even the most bonded of partnerships will...
USI Acquires Amerisc
Mar 7 2011 // Insurance broker USI Insurance Services has acquired The Amerisc Corp., Atlynx Surety Brokers and its principal affiliates. Amerisc, based in Garden City, New York with an office in Nanuet, specializes in commercial...
Direct-Link Acquires Mother Lode Insurance
Mar 7 2011 // Direct-Link Holding Group LLC has acquired Mother Lode Insurance Services LLC of Cameron Park, Calif. The transaction marks the 40th acquisition for Direct-Link Holding Group. Founded in 1999, Direct-Link Holding Group is...
Tower Hill Completes Royal Palm Acquisition in Florida
Mar 2 2011 // The sixth largest insurance company writing property coverage in Florida is looking to increase its market share by acquiring the 14 highest property insurer in the state. Tower Hill Insurance Group, LLC., has announced...
Crawford & Co. Completes Studio Bolton Acquisition
Mar 2 2011 // Crawford & Company announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Studio Bolton & Associati s.r.l., first announced in November 2010. Studio Bolton is a leading specialist liability adjusting and...
York Specialized Loss Adjusting Acquires Texas-based BC Johnson Assoc.
Mar 1 2011 // York Specialized Loss Adjusting (York SLA), a division of New Jersey-based York Risk Services Group Inc., announced it has acquired BC Johnson Associates, a provider of specialized loss adjusting and risk assessment...
