All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2018 // Marsh Networks announced a deal with Shawbrook Bank to help its network members secure bank loans to fund mergers and acquisitions or to sell their businesses.As part of the arrangement, Marsh Networks will introduce...
May 16 2018 // The Evans Agency LLC, a wholly owned insurance subsidiary of community financial services company Evans Bancorp Inc., has acquired the business of Richardson & Stout Insurance (R&S) of Wellsville, N.Y.The...
May 15 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., based in Boca Raton, Florida has acquired First Choice Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.First Choice Insurance has been serving the Poplar Bluff,...
May 15 2018 // Lake Mary, Florida-based AssuredPartners Inc. has expanded into Iowa with the acquisition of the Peoples Insurance Agency (PIA), headquartered in Waverly. PIA has been the family owned and operated trusted insurance...
May 15 2018 // NFP Corp. has acquired Palm Springs, Calif.-based 1st Community Insurance Services Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Principals of the firm Ernie Santora, Dean Nickodemus and Ken Conrad will report to Roger Wilber,...
May 14 2018 // AXA said on Monday it had secured financing for the 12.4 billion euros ($14.9 billion) acquisition of XL Group and was not dependent on the issuance of any additional debt following the flotation of part of its U.S. unit,...
May 14 2018 // Hannover Re and HDI Global SE are merging their specialty activities in a new joint venture. The new company, HDI Global Specialty SE, will write agency and specialty insurance business in lines such as errors &...
May 11 2018 // Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired the book of business of Affiliated Insurance Managers Inc., headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana. With over 30 years of serving the state of...
May 10 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the equity interests of Pronto Holdco LLC, the parent company of Pronto Insurance (Pronto). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and...
May 10 2018 // Marsh insurance broking and consulting subsidiary Jelf reports it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Clark Thomson, Scotland’s largest independent insurance broker.Established in 1965, Clark...
May 10 2018 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm based in Deerfield, Illinois, has acquired Courtney Group, located in Highland Park, Illinois.Courtney Group provides...
May 10 2018 // Prime Risk Partners Inc. has finalized its acquisition of Roblin Insurance, an independent insurance agency in the Boston area providing commercial, personal, and employee benefits risk management.Roblin Insurance will...
May 9 2018 // Zurich Insurance has no plans for a big merger, it said on Wednesday, despite speculation of a pick-up in dealmaking in the industry and that the Swiss company could get involved.The insurer’s comments came as it...
May 9 2018 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm based in Deerfield, Illinois, has acquired Benefit Plan Strategies (BPS), headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Alera...
May 9 2018 // California-based At-Bay, a digital cyber risk monitoring and insurance firm, reports it raised $13 million in Series A funding, bringing the start-up’s total funding to $19 million.At-Bay is developing what it calls...
May 9 2018 // Insurance broker Gallagher reports it has acquired regional commercial insurance broker Risk Services (NW) Ltd., based in Chester. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Risk Services was established in 1999 by...
May 9 2018 // USI Insurance Services (USI) announced the closing of its acquisition of Key Insurance & Benefits Services Inc., formerly part of KeyBank. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.USI is a Valhalla,...
May 9 2018 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Barnett Corporate Insurers, LLC (or The Barnett Group). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., The Barnett Group provides employee...
May 8 2018 // Auburn, Wash.-based HBT Insurance has been acquired by Leavitt Group.HBT will affiliate with the group and merge with Leavitt Group Northwest. Terms of the deal weren’t announced.HBT’s Bill Cowart and Bob...
May 8 2018 // USI Insurance Services (USI), based in Valhalla, N.Y., has closed the acquisition of CHS Insurance, formerly part of Minnesota-based fuel, grain and food cooperative, CHS Inc.CHS Insurance is one of the nation’s...