All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 13 2017 // Well-capitalized private equity investors still have an advantage among buyers of insurance agencies, but privately-held brokers continue to be among the most active players in agency mergers and acquisitions, according to...
Jun 12 2017 // J.M. Wilson has acquired assets from Klinger Associates Inc., an Indianapolis-based wholesale insurance broker. The acquisition will allow J.M. Wilson to increase its brokerage business. The J.M. Wilson brokerage...
Jun 12 2017 // Specialist insurer Compre has agreed to acquire Equinox CA Europe, a captive insurer of global engineering and construction conglomerate SNC-Lavalin, in a legacy transaction. The Ireland-based captive insured the...
Jun 9 2017 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. said it has agreed to sell shares it owns in National General Holdings Corp. for approximately $211.7 million.AmTrust has agreed to sell 10,586,000 common shares of NGHC at a price of $20.00...
Jun 9 2017 // Worley Claims Services LLC (Worley), a provider of insurance claims services in the U.S., has acquired Apex Claims Service of New England LLC (Apex), a provider of daily and catastrophe commercial and residential property...
Jun 8 2017 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency has been selected as the program administrator for QBE North America’s small commercial insurance portfolio, consisting of property and casualty business accounts under $100,000 in...
Jun 8 2017 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Brady Insurance Planning (Brady). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in East Norwich, N.Y., Brady is an employee...
Jun 8 2017 // Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Ann Arbor, Michigan-based insurance brokerages Armstrong/Robitaille/Riegle Inc. and Ann Arbor Business Advisors LLC. Terms of the transaction were...
Jun 7 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Elk Grove, Calif. The Ponce de Leon Insurance Group Inc., dba Colton Insurance Associates.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Colton team will join Hub’s...
Jun 7 2017 // Dallas-based insurance exchange MarketScout, which provides agents with access to specialty markets, has sold its workers’ compensation managing general agency business to Specialty Program Group.MarketScout said it...
Jun 7 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the insurance broker and risk management service firm, has announced the acquisition of Total Reward Group in Sevenoaks, England.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2005,...
Jun 7 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., acquired Wm. G. Palermo Inc. of Linden, N.J., on April 1, 2017. Wm. G. Palermo Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned...
Jun 6 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group has acquired Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Chlystek & White Services (CWS) Inc. – a regional insurance premium audit services company.CWS will become part of Afirm, Kaufman’s...
Jun 6 2017 // Missouri lawmakers effectively eliminated funding for sobriety checkpoints for the fiscal year that begins in July, a move by a core group of critical conservative Republicans that officials say could hinder or end the...
Jun 6 2017 // John Finston, most recently deputy commissioner and general counsel for the California Department of Insurance, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner.Finston will work from the firm’s San Francisco...
Jun 6 2017 // The Co-operators General Insurance Co. in Montreal has purchased Assurance Auclair located in Quebec City. The brokerage’s portfolio includes personal and commercial insurance policies.“We have seen steady...
Jun 6 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has acquired Appleby & Wyman Insurance Agency, making it the 16th Massachusetts insurance agency to be purchased by Cross.Founded in 1903,...
Jun 5 2017 // The Andrew Agency, a Richmond, Va.-headquartered insurance broker, has acquired Wood Insurance, effective June 1, 2017. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Also based in Richmond, Va., Wood Insurance specializes in...
Jun 2 2017 // Specialty Program Group, a holding company for specialty insurance underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Paul Hanson Partners and its affiliate, PHP International.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Napa,...
Jun 2 2017 // West Chester, Penn.-based Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Rhodes Insurance Agency Inc., also located in West Chester. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Element Risk’s footprint in...