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Carlyle Group In, KKR Out as Sedgwick Majority Investor in $6.7 Billion Transaction

Sep 12 2018 // Global claims services firm Sedgwick announced today that funds managed by The Carlyle Group have agreed to become the majority owner of Sedgwick in a transaction valued at approximately $6.7 billion. Current majority...

UK Could See Surge in Subsidence Claims Due to Prolonged Dry Weather: Sedgwick

Aug 22 2018 // The UK could see a surge in subsidence due to the prolonged spell of hot and dry weather across the country, according to Sedgwick, a London-based provider of technology enabled risk, benefits and integrated business...

Business Moves

May 7 2018 // Sedgwick, Cunningham Lindsey Memphis, Tenn.-based global claims services firm Sedgwick has finalized the acquisition of competitor global loss adjusting and claims management firm, Cunningham Lindsey and its...

Sedgwick Adds 6,000 Claims Specialists with Acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey

Apr 20 2018 // Memphis-based global claims services firm Sedgwick has finalized the acquisition of competitor global loss adjusting and claims management firm Cunningham Lindsey and its subsidiaries. Sedgwick purchased its competitor...

Claims Firm Sedgwick to Acquire Competitor Cunningham Lindsey

Dec 6 2017 // Global claims firm Sedgwick Claims Management Services has agreed to acquire Cunningham Lindsey, another global loss adjusting and claims management firm. No terms were disclosed. CVC Capital Partners, a private investor...

California-based Insurance Law Firm Sedgwick Closing Offices

Nov 21 2017 // Sedgwick LLP, a San Francisco, Calif.-based law firm that represented numerous insurance clients, is closing. The news of the closure came in the form of a letter sent out to employees this week making it known that...

Sedgwick Elects Blancett as Office Managing Partner in New York

Jan 5 2017 // Sedgwick LLP, has elected John W. Blancett as an office managing partner (OMP) in New York, effective January 1. Blancett represents leading U.S., London and European insurers in litigation, investigations and counseling...

Sedgwick LLP Names Holmes Managing Partner in Los Angeles

Jan 4 2017 // Sedgwick LLP has named James Holmes an office managing partner in Los Angeles. Holmes is an experienced trial attorney and litigator, representing major media and entertainment entities, as well as major insurance carriers...

Sedgwick Claims Subsidiary Buys Michigan’s Ternullo & Assoc.

Jun 19 2015 // Unified Investigations & Sciences Inc., a subsidiary of Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., has acquired Stephen Ternullo & Associates, a provider of structural engineering, forensic investigations and fire...

Sedgwick to Oversee Louisiana Property/Casualty Self-Insurance Program

Mar 16 2015 // A new private contractor is being hired to oversee claims processing and loss prevention services for Louisiana’s self-insurance program. The Office of Risk Management announced that Sedgwick Claims Management...

Sedgwick Finalizes T&H, VeriClaim Acquisition

Oct 2 2014 // Memphis-based Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. said it has completed its purchase of T&H Global Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries (T&H). Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition brings to Sedgwick the...

Sedgwick to Acquire VeriClaim, Other T&H Units

Sep 17 2014 // Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. has agreed to acquire T&H Global Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries that provide insurance claims services to insurance carriers, insurance brokers, corporations and public...

KKR to Buy Majority Stake in Claims Firm Sedgwick for $2.4 Billion

Jan 27 2014 // Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. said KKR & Co. LLP and company management would buy the provider of claims services for $2.4 billion, the latest in a wave of private-equity activity in the growing industry. A...

Sedgwick Claims Management Could Fetch $2 Billion: Reuters

Dec 24 2013 // Private equity-owned Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc, one of the largest U.S. providers of claims services, is exploring a sale that could value it at more than $2 billion, according to four people familiar with...

Sedgwick Announces Job Openings at 2 New Midwest Offices

Aug 16 2012 // Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. announced the planned opening of two new Midwest service centers, located in New Albany, Ohio, and Coralville, Iowa. The Coralville location is contingent on the approval of...

Moody’s Changes Debt Ratings of Insurance Brokers & Service Cos.

Feb 8 2012 // Moody’s Investors Service has changed various debt ratings of insurance brokers and service companies based on the application of its loss given default (LGD) framework to guide notching decisions for...

Business Moves

Jan 10 2011 // AmWINS Brokerage of Texas The Texas operations of Colemont Insurance Brokers was officially renamed AmWINS Brokerage of Texas effective Dec. 1, 2010. AmWINS and Colemont announced a planned merger in April 2010. Combined,...

Business Moves

Jan 10 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency, Trion Marsh’s retail agency business has acquired Trion Group Inc., the largest privately held employee benefits specialist in the United States with $74 million in annual revenue. Terms...

Business Moves

Jan 10 2011 // Brown & Brown, Comcover Insurance broker Brown & Brown of Florida Inc. is buying Comcover Insurance Group Inc., based in Dania, Fla. With annualized revenues of approximately $1.6 million, Comcover specializes in...

Business Moves

Dec 5 2010 // ISU, Bekan Insurance Group ISU International added Bekan Insurance Group to the ISU Network. Founded in 1992 and owned by Jim Langen II, ISU Bekan Insurance Group specializes in both commercial lines and personal lines and...