Insurance M&A Activity Slowed in 2022: S&P December 29, 2022 Berkshire Hathaway’s $11.6 billion acquisition of Alleghany Corp. was the largest insurance transaction in 2022 but insurance M&A activity dropped...
Florida-Based Prepared Holdings to be Acquired by Meridian September 11, 2015 Prepared Holdings, LLC, the holding company for Prepared Insurance Co., has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Meridian Insurance...
Insurance Underwriter, Broker Merger Activity Up 20%: SNL June 26, 2014 Year-to-date through June 20, the insurance mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market witnessed 160 deal announcements, compared to 134 deals over...
Insurance Executives See Jump in Acquisitions Ahead March 27, 2014 After a slowdown following the 2008 financial crisis, the volume of insurance mergers and acquisitions should increase over the next...
Agency M&A in 2013 Reverted to Norm After Busy 2012: OPTIS Partners March 13, 2014 Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agencies fell in 2013, with 248 reported transactions in the United States and Canada, according...
Liberty Mutual Entering Malaysia with $113 Million Acquisition February 18, 2014 Liberty Mutual Insurance Group in Boston announced the company’s entry into Malaysia’s $4.6 billion non-life insurance market with its planned...
CNA Selling Continental Life, Group Business to Wilton Re February 10, 2014 CNA Financial Corp. said it is selling its life and group insurance business, Continental Assurance Co., to a subsidiary of...
KKR to Buy Majority Stake in Claims Firm Sedgwick for $2.4 Billion January 27, 2014 By Devin Banerjee Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. said KKR & Co. LLP and company management would buy the provider of claims services...
Insurance M&A Trends That May Lead to ‘Perfect Storm’ in 2014 January 9, 2014 By Mark Sponseller and Brent Perkel Encouraged by a vigorous period of insurance M&A activity in the second half of 2012, many in the industry had...
ProAssurance to Acquire Workers’ Comp Insurer Eastern Holdings September 24, 2013 Medical professional liability insurer ProAssurance Corp. said it is acquiring monoline workers’ compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. in an...