All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 16 2018 // Siemens AG is joining with companies including Airbus SE and IBM to try to counter large-scale hacking attacks that threaten to cost $8 trillion in damage over the next five years.The group signed a charter Friday at a...
Feb 15 2018 // A wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial Inc. (PFI) has signed definitive agreements to purchase a 13.1 percent stake in Peak Reinsurance Holdings Ltd., the sole shareholder of Hong Kong-based Peak Reinsurance Co....
Feb 13 2018 // Chicago-based insurer Kemper Corp. has agreed to acquire Birmingham-based Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion, or $129.00 per share, creating an insurer...
Feb 13 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Wilson Albers & Company LLC located in Anchorage, Alaska.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wilson Albers & Company, LLC, parent company of The Wilson Agency, LLC, Albers & Company...
Feb 13 2018 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group announced it has completed the acquisition of Apsley Specialty Ltd., a registered Lloyd’s coverholder.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed....
Feb 13 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire London-based Lodestar Marine Ltd., an MGA in the protection & indemnity (P&I) fixed premium marine market, from Tawa...
Feb 13 2018 // Roost, a provider of home telematics for property insurance carriers, has partnered with Erie Insurance to test customer engagement with its Roost Smart Water Leak and Freeze Detector device in order to prevent water...
Feb 12 2018 // Vital Insurance Partners, an insurance consultant and program intermediary, has named Meg Matlach vice president of Product Development. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, she is responsible for product development and program...
Feb 12 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the shares of Canadian broker Kindersley Insurance Ltd.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Kindersley,...
Feb 9 2018 // Sompo International said it has agreed to buy an Italian agriculture insurer in a bid to broaden the reach of a new, recently launched global technology platform focused on the sector.The Bermuda-based specialty...
Feb 9 2018 // Global insurance software firm Sapiens International Corp. has agreed to buy Adaptik, a rival insurance software company focused on policy administration and billing. The move is expected to help the Israeli company boost...
Feb 9 2018 // NSM Insurance Group, the national leader of industry-specific insurance program administration, announced Tuesday that it has acquired TranSpec, a highly specialized transportation insurance broker located in...
Feb 8 2018 // HVAC Investigators (HVACi), a national provider of HVAC damage assessments for insurance claims, has acquired Donan Engineering’s HVAC Forensics division, based in Louisville, Ky. The consolidation of two brands in...
Feb 8 2018 // The Arkansas Highway Commission has voted to drop an effort to put a road funding plan on the November ballot and instead will try again with a proposal it will advocate to lawmakers next year.Commissioners cited the...
Feb 8 2018 // Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired three East region firms, effective February 1, 2018.Aisling Partners Insurance...
Feb 8 2018 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and clean energy developer Sol Systems are investing $100 million into a fund they are forming to acquire U.S. solar projects.The Helios Infrastructure Fund plans to buy more than 330...
Feb 7 2018 // Swiss Re said it is in preliminary talks to sell a minority stake to SoftBank Group – a deal that reportedly could be worth $10 billion or more, in what would be the Japanese firm’s biggest financial services...
Feb 7 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Davidson Benefits Planning, headquartered in Tigard, Ore.Alera made the purchase along with the purchase of three other firms effective Feb. 1, bringing the total number of acquisitions since...
Feb 7 2018 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Seacoast Brokers, LLC, and Trident Claims Management, LLC.Seacoast is a personal...
Feb 7 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Williams Insurance Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1967, Williams Insurance Agency offers a full range of...