AmTrust Financial Services News

AmTrust Weighs Going Private with Stone Point Capital, CEO Zyskind

A bid is afoot to take AmTrust Financial Services private. Stone Point Capital Partners, along with AmTrust Chairman and CEO Barry Zyskind and Director George Karfunkel (and his wife, Leah Karfunkel), have proposed to acquire all outstanding shares of AmTrust …

AmTrust Selling Stake in Certain Units to Raise $950M

AmTrust Financial Services will make about $950 million by selling a majority equity interest in some of its U.S.-based fee businesses including managing general agencies and warranty third-party administrators to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP). Barry Zyzkind, AmTrust’s …

Planned Sale of Israel’s Phoenix Holdings to China’s Yango Is Scrapped

Israeli energy conglomerate Delek said its planned sale of a controlling stake in Israeli insurer Phoenix Holdings to China’s Fujian Yango Group has been called off by both sides after it failed to secure regulatory approval. It did not give …

AmTrust Denies Knowledge of FBI Accounting Probe; Touts New Financial Team

AmTrust Financial saw its stock price plunge nearly 19 percent Tuesday following a Wall Street Journal report alleging a 2014 FBI investigation of its accounting practices. The New York-based insurance company denied knowledge of any investigation and has tried to …

BTIS Announces Launch of New Direct Bill Option for Victory Contractor General Liability

Rocklin, CA, January 13, 2017- Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the launch of BTIS DirectPay, the direct bill option for Victory Contractor General Liability. “We’ve been committed to helping our producers serve the small …

AmTrust Buys ANV Holdings for $203M – More Than Doubling Its Lloyd’s Presence

AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of ANV Holdings B.V. and its affiliates from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for approximately $203 million in cash. During the last 12 months ending September 30, 2016, ANV’s three managed …

AmTrust Acquires Total Program Management in New York

AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced that it has acquired Total Program Management LLC in Ronkonkoma, New York, for cash. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2005, Total Program Management is a managing general agency focused on programs …

AmTrust Seeks to Boost Lloyd’s Presence with Purchase of Specialty Insurer ANV

AmTrust Financial Services said it has agreed to buy specialty insurance company ANV Holdings B.V. and its Lloyd’s affiliates for $218.7 million in cash. The seller is the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. As part of the acquisition deal, AmTrust said …

AmTrust to Pay $152M for Wells Fargo’s Vehicle Warranty Business

New York-based insurance holding company AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has agreed to acquire Warranty Solutions, a Wells Fargo business, for $152 million in cash. Warranty Solutions markets and underwrites vehicle service contracts for new and used automobiles through a network …

AmTrust to Acquire Florida Workers’ Comp Insurer OptaComp

AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced that it has agreed to purchase Comp Options Insurance Co. Inc., a Jacksonville, Florida-based workers’ compensation insurer and a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida, for cash. Further terms of the transaction …