All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2017 // Insurance broker Aon Plc said on Friday [Sept. 1] it would buy real estate investment management firm The Townsend Group from Colony NorthStar Inc for $475 million, helping expand its property investment management...
Aug 31 2017 // Fosun International, one of China’s most acquisitive conglomerates, brushed off the impact of a crackdown on overseas dealmaking and said it welcomed Beijing’s guidelines on offshore investment, as it posted a...
Aug 30 2017 // Allianz Group announced a binding agreement to acquire 98 percent of Nigerian insurer Ensure Insurance Plc. from its core shareholder Greenoaks Global Holdings Ltd.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed....
Aug 30 2017 // Element Risk Management, a West Chester, Penn.-headquartered, privately held insurance firm, has finalized the acquisition of Russell Insurance Agency Inc., based in Front Royal, Va.The acquisition will be Element...
Aug 29 2017 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that shareholders of Novae Group have approved the company’s acquisition by AXIS.Approximately 99.97 percent of shareholder votes were cast in favor of the deal. AXIS announced...
Aug 28 2017 // Compre, the London-based insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, announced it has acquired a further legacy portfolio from Norwegian insurer Gjensidige Forsikring ASA for an undisclosed sum.The portfolio comprises...
Aug 28 2017 // Data provider TransUnion sad it has completed the acquisition of Datalink Services Inc., also known as Compass Driving Records, a nationwide provider of vehicle and driving records and driver pre-screening services. Chris...
Aug 24 2017 // Verisk Analytics Inc. has agreed to acquire LCI, a provider of bankruptcy risk prediction and management tools for banks and creditors.When the transaction is complete, LCI, based in Burlingame, California, will become...
Aug 24 2017 // Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (MSI) is acquiring Singapore’s First Capital Insurance for $1.6 billion from Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings, in the biggest takeover by a Japanese insurer in populous...
Aug 22 2017 // President Donald Trump has made federal funding available residents in four West Virginia counties dealing with severe flooding, landslides and mudslides.The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the money is...
Aug 21 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Agency Acquisitions LLC, headquartered in Arlington, Texas.Agency Acquisitions specializes in trucking insurance. Seeman Holtz said the acquisition will add a niche...
Aug 21 2017 // U.S.-based data analytics firm Verisk Analytics Inc. has agreed to acquire London-based insurance and software specialist Sequel from private equity firm HgCapital and other Sequel shareholders.Sequel specializes in...
Aug 21 2017 // JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, has appointed Nicolas Bardon as a partner in JLT Re’s Bermuda operation reporting to Guy Hengesbaugh.Bardon will work closely with Gary Reynolds and others...
Aug 21 2017 // Dallas, TX, August 21, 2017—U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, the nation’s fifth largest Property and Casualty wholesaler, announced today that it has acquired B&H Risk Services, Inc., a Dallas, Texas based...
Aug 21 2017 // Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity continued strong through the second quarter of 2017. The year to date announced deal count is 239 through June 30 (compaared to 222 for the same period last year). The number of...
Aug 18 2017 // A group led by Yunfeng Financial Group Ltd., the company backed by billionaire Jack Ma, agreed to buy an Asian unit from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. to add insurance products to the array of financial services...
Aug 17 2017 // Partners Insurance Group LLC, a Swansea, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance agency with eight locations in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has promoted Michelle McDonald to vice president. McDonald...
Aug 17 2017 // Medopad Ltd., backed by pharmaceuticals giant Bayer AG, is looking to raise new funds, joining the clutch of fast growing U.K. startups that are mixing artificial intelligence and health care.A London-based mobile platform...
Aug 16 2017 // SuretyWave LLC has acquired Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based Insure Vision Technologies.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition paves the way for SuretyWave to integrate its digital business-architected platform...
Aug 16 2017 // Boca Raton, Fla.-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Primera Capital, headquartered in Dallas, Texas.Primera’s Anthony Davis and team have been offering both auto insurance and tax services...