All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 16 2017 // One of the first messages that appears on KMRD Partners Inc.’s website is a slogan that says, “We never stop improving for you.”The Warrington, Penn.-headquartered, boutique risk management and human...
Oct 13 2017 // Roundstone Management Ltd. (Roundstone) in Lakewood, Ohio, and Chicago-based insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) have formed a strategic partnership for self-funded medical captive programs.Roundstone...
Oct 13 2017 // The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, struggling with the costs of this year’s record hurricane season, will run out of money as early as Oct. 23 unless Congress takes action.The Federal Emergency Management...
Oct 12 2017 // Chicago-based international insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Marwil & Associates LLC (Marwil & Associates) in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Terms of the acquisition were...
Oct 11 2017 // Leavitt Group Northwest has acquired Group Services Northwest.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This merger will not affect Group Services Northwest client policies and all staff remains with the agency at the same...
Oct 11 2017 // Octo Telematics, the London-based provider of telematics for the auto insurance industry, announced it will acquire the usage-based insurance (UBI) assets of Willis Towers Watson and will create a partnership with the...
Oct 11 2017 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners) of Florida has added Kelly Nash as Private Risk Management managing director. As the Private Risk Management managing director and member of the BKS leadership team, Nash...
Oct 10 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Kenneth A. Murray Insurance Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ken Murray, president of Kenneth A. Murray Insurance, will join Hub Northwest and report to Steve...
Oct 10 2017 // Express Scripts said on Tuesday it would buy privately-held specialty healthcare benefits manager eviCore healthcare for $3.6 billion to bolster its medical benefits management business, with the deal adding to adjusted...
Oct 6 2017 // Warren Buffett is expanding his wager on Italy.The billionaire’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Thursday it agreed to buy about 9 percent of Italian insurer Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni Scrl from Banca Popolare...
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,...