Merger Suits Stall Under DOJ Boss Who Opposes Blocking Deals July 8, 2026 By Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen A nearly $1 billion takeover by a defense supplier that Pentagon officials previously faulted for overcharging the military may serve...
Appetite for Insurance M&A Remains as AI Enters the Chat, Says PwC June 17, 2026 Appetite for insurance mergers and acquisitions remains, but the industry’s use of artificial intelligence is expected to enter the equation...
M&A Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty to Leading Insider-Trading Ring June 2, 2026 By Chris Dolmetsch A former mergers and acquisitions lawyer with top firms including Latham & Watkins and Goodwin Procter pleaded not guilty to...
Lawyers, Traders Among 30 Charged in Global Insider Trading Case May 7, 2026 By Nate Raymond and David Thomas Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced that 30 people, including corporate lawyers and financial professionals, have been indicted in connection with...
Reinsurers Least Successful Acquirers in Industry M&A: Analysis April 17, 2026 A recently released analysis of insurance carrier and reinsurer mergers and acquisitions finds that 75% of recent deals featuring reinsurers...
Brown & Brown to Acquire Risk Strategies, One80 Parent for $9.8 Billion June 10, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Brown & Brown Inc. said it has entered into an agreement to buy Accession Risk Management, the parent company of...
US Insurance Deals Outlook: More, More, More 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,...
Small Insurance M&As Create More Value Than Large Deals: McKinsey April 26, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane McKinsey analysts believe insurers focused on large one-off deals undertaken to scale their companies and those that stick to organic...
Key Lawmaker Eyes Ban on Mergers to Protect Small Firms During Coronavirus Crisis April 23, 2020 The chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel on Thursday called for a moratorium on mergers in the next...
Berkshire Hathaway in Talks to Sell Workers’ Compensation Unit Applied Underwriters February 22, 2019 By David French Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is in advanced discussions to sell its Applied Underwriters workers compensation unit to a consortium...