January 8, 2025
In mid-December, PwC tallied a surge in M&A deals in the U.S. insurance industry in the second half of 2024, and predicted an active year in 2025 with brokerage and MGA deals leading the way. According to PwC’s U.S. Insurance …
April 26, 2021
McKinsey analysts believe insurers focused on large one-off deals undertaken to scale their companies and those that stick to organic growth are both headed down unfruitful paths if outsized shareholder return is their success metric. In a report published in …
April 23, 2020
The chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel on Thursday called for a moratorium on mergers in the next coronavirus stimulus package and a ban on deals that are not directly related to companies about to fail. Democratic U.S. …
February 22, 2019
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is in advanced discussions to sell its Applied Underwriters workers compensation unit to a consortium of insurance firms, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The deal would be a rare divestment by Buffett, …
March 27, 2017
Baldwin Risk Partners, a Tampa, Fla.-based insurance distribution holding company, has partnered with Bradenton Insurance LLC, of Bradenton, Fla., adding the agency to its group of companies. Bradenton Insurance has been a local independent insurance agency on the west coast …
September 29, 2016
Business development managers at Chinese state-owned firms have been put on notice: mess up on M&A deals and you can be held personally liable – for life. Under new rules unveiled by China’s State Council, or cabinet, last month, managers …
July 20, 2016
The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired Florida-based Carrier Insurance Agency, Inc., continuing its nationwide growth through acquisitions and expanding its regional presence in central Florida. The transaction became effective July 1, 2016. Carrier Insurance has been serving central Florida …
February 29, 2016
Breckenridge Insurance Group has formed Vista Insurance Advisors, a new company for the transactional and mergers & acquisitions market offering various coverage options. Vista Insurance Advisors is led by Chief Executive Officer Thomas Dowd based in New York. Dowd has …
January 13, 2016
Wallace Welch & Willingham (W3) has acquired Sondregger Insurance, an independent agency based in St. Petersburg, Fla. The acquisition was made final on December 9, 2015. Sondregger Insurance specializes in personal and business insurance. The agency brings one employee and …
January 4, 2016
NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. has completed its acquisition of FD Insurance, a Florida domiciled medical malpractice provider for physicians and surgeons. This acquisition expands NORCAL’s national footprint and establishes Jacksonville, Fla. as the company’s new Southeast regional office. “We’re very …