All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 6 2017 // Guidewire Software Inc., a provider of core operations software to property/casualty insurers, has agreed to acquire Cyence, a data science and risk analytics software company.Guidewire will pay approximately $275 million...
Oct 6 2017 // Three more reinsurers released their initial loss estimates from third quarter natural catastrophes, which include Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the Mexico City earthquake. PartnerRe Ltd. estimates combined...
Oct 6 2017 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has completed the acquisition of Simpson McCrady Benefits LLC, effective October 1, 2017. Terms of the...
Oct 6 2017 // Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a holding company for specialty brokerage, contract binding, and insurance underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Capitol Special Risks, Inc. (CSR). Terms of the acquisition...
Oct 5 2017 // Alera Group has acquired Employer Concept Insurance Services, based in Irvine, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Employer Concept Insurance Services will join Alera Group through local firm...
Oct 5 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Axis Benefit Consultants in Westmont, Illinois, and Jeatran Associates in...
Oct 4 2017 // Oddly-named Pie Insurance took an initial step toward entering the workers’ compensation insurance market at the InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas by introducing an interactive pricing tool for small and...
Oct 3 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the shares of Rural Alaska Insurance Agency Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. John Kohler, Jr., president of Rural Alaska, will join Hub Northwest and report to Steve Wagner,...
Oct 2 2017 // Kimball Communications, a boutique, Philadelphia, Penn.-based public relations agency specializing in insurance, real estate, law, trade associations and other niche industry communications, has rebranded as Kimball Hughes...
Oct 2 2017 // XL Catlin’s internal innovation team, Accelerate, announced it is working with Cytora, a UK-based insurtech startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and open source data to improve the way insurers quantify,...
Sep 29 2017 // Intact Financial Corp. said it has completed its acquisition of U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group from Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group. The purchase price was C$2.3 billion (US$1.7...
Sep 28 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired David M. Banet & Associates Inc. (Banet), an Exton, Penn.-based leader in benefits consulting and administration, human capital management and insurance brokerage and...
Sep 27 2017 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired West Park Insurance and Risk Management of Allentown, Penn.Formed in 2002, West Park Insurance and...
Sep 27 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), Allianz Group’s specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, has teamed up with San Mateo, Calif.-based cyber risk analytics and modeling firm Cyence to...
Sep 26 2017 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said it will complete its acquisition of London-based Novae Group plc in two phases, beginning with the acquisition of Novae shares, which is expected on Oct. 2, 2017.This will be followed by...
Sep 26 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired three different agencies in Florida as part of its geographic expansion and continued growth throughout the United States. The three Florida agencies most recently...
Sep 24 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., based in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired RateGenius Insurance Agency Inc., an affiliate of RateGenius, headquartered in Austin, Texas.Serving all of Texas for almost 10 years,...
Sep 22 2017 // Dania, FL, September 22, 2017 – Anthony L. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of First Light Program Managers, Inc. and James A. Butler, President of Piedmont Transportation Underwriters, Inc. of Winston-Salem, North...
Sep 21 2017 // PartnerRe has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with RemitRadar, a London-based money transfer specialist.PartnerRe and RemitRadar said they have formed this agreement “to capitalize on...
Sep 21 2017 // AIA Group Ltd. agreed to buy Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s life insurance business for A$3.8 billion (more than $3 billion), in its most ambitious foray beyond the Hong Kong-based company’s core markets in...