All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 17 2018 // The Hanover Insurance Group could use some of the $950 million it will make from selling its Chaucer international specialty business to fuel organic growth, pursue select acquisitions and hire top talent from rivals,...
Sep 17 2018 // London-based insurance provider Thomas Miller reports it has agreed to purchase the managing general agency and insurance services operations of Zeller Associates, a shipping, trade and transport insurance specialist based...
Sep 17 2018 // When PartnerRe acquired SAFR in 1997, it expanded its scope of business, moving quickly from being a monoline catastrophe reinsurer to a multiline company. Along with that purchase came PartnerRe’s future CEO,...
Sep 17 2018 // During PartnerRe’s first 25 years as a reinsurer, everything has changed and nothing has changed. From its roots as a pure catastrophe player, PartnerRe has dramatically evolved–or diversified–over the...
Sep 17 2018 // Pro US Holdings, the sole shareholder and immediate parent of ProTucket Insurance Company — the insurance carrier established in Rhode Island to provide run-off transfer solutions in the U.S. — has contributed...
Sep 14 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, has acquired the assets, employees and operations of Vanbridge LLC, a specialty insurance intermediary,...
Sep 13 2018 // Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Burnham Benefit Advisors and VantagePoint Benefit Strategies.Burnham Benefit Advisors,...
Sep 11 2018 // ONI Risk Partners (ONI) has hired Charlie Renie as a commercial insurance risk advisor in the company’s headquarters in Indianapolis.Renie concentrates on the identification, assessment, and management of the overall...
Sep 11 2018 // AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has launched AXIS Re Strategic Partners with the appointment of account executives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). AXIS Re...
Sep 11 2018 // AXA announced today that it has obtained all regulatory approvals required to complete the proposed acquisition of XL Group Ltd. previously announced on March 5, 2018.The Paris-based global insurer said it expects to close...
Sep 10 2018 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Roemer Insurance in conjunction with Sunforest Transportation Insurance Group (STIG), both located in Toledo, Ohio.The company was founded in 1934 by Wellington F. Roemer and has always...
Sep 10 2018 // USI Insurance Services (USI), an insurance brokerage and risk management company, has acquired Wilbraham, Mass.-based The Gaudreau Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1921, The Gaudreau Group is a...
Sep 10 2018 // Global reinsurance broker JLT Re announced that Martin Blackwell will be joining the firm as a partner, Capital Solutions, next month. Blackwell brings 40 years of market experience to JLT Re. He has served as head of...
Sep 10 2018 // Pro US Holdings, the sole shareholder and immediate parent of ProTucket Insurance Company – the insurance carrier established in Rhode Island to provide run-off transfer solutions in the U.S. – has contributed...
Sep 10 2018 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has completed the acquisition of Altitude Risk Partners from the club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited in an asset purchase.Altitude...
Sep 7 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has appointed Brad Lacey as a principal underwriter focused on management and professional liability products.Simultaneously,...
Sep 7 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired United Dealer Services LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Based in Highland Mills, N.Y., United Dealer Services LLC is a retail insurance broker and program...
Sep 7 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Access Insurance Brokers Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Access...
Sep 7 2018 // Arizona State Land Department officials say a national insurance company has successfully bid $83 million for about 134 acres of trust land in Scottsdale.Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans for a mixed-use...
Sep 7 2018 // It took just 78 days for a deal involving billionaire J. Christopher Flowers to blow up.Confie Seguros Holding II Co., an owner of auto-insurance brokerages that cater to Hispanic drivers with spotty credit, paid $100...