All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 28 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced they have begun to formalize an affiliation agreement between the two companies.If approved by state regulators and closed as anticipated in July...
Oct 27 2016 // Cathy Baldwin, director of Marketing and Communication at wholesale insurance broker J.M. Wilson, has been named 2016 Distinguished Partner of the Year by the Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents (MI...
Oct 27 2016 // Ironshore International said it is now offering insurance documents and services in Mandarin for its Mergers & Acquisitions unit, a move that will help it better market to Chinese companies.The service involves a...
Oct 26 2016 // The Leavitt Group has purchased a majority stake in Murray and Murray Insurance Agency in Central California.Dan Lillard, a key team member of Murray and Murray, will become a co-owner and managing principal of the agency....
Oct 26 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Hulme Corp., dba Alamo Auto Insurance of East Texas. Founded in 2001 and based in Tyler, Texas, Alamo Auto focuses on providing...
Oct 26 2016 // NSM Insurance Group, a Conshohocken, Penn., based insurance program administrator, has acquired Vantage Holdings, a U.K.-based collector car and outdoor leisure program administrator. The acquisition is subject to FCA...
Oct 24 2016 // Data firm Verisk Analytics Inc. said it has acquired Halifax, Novia Scotia-based Analyze Re, a software analytics provider for the reinsurance and insurance industries founded in 2013.Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Oct 24 2016 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson, has collaborated with SpatialKey Inc. to launch a new European Windstorm app.“This powerful new event response application integrates data from multiple...
Oct 24 2016 // Deal count for the third quarter (Q3) of 2016 was down relative to the record-breaking Q3 of 2015, but was still the second-most active Q3 in the past 10 years. There were 90 announced transactions in Q3 2016 compared to...
Oct 21 2016 // Mitsui & Co., Japan’s second-biggest trading house, agreed to purchase a 15 percent stake in New Ocean Capital, the asset manager that was founded by XL Group Ltd. and Stone Point Capital to make...
Oct 21 2016 // Venbrook Group nailed down $42 million in new financing from Madison Capital Funding, a subsidiary of New York Life, and some of the money has already helped back an acquisition that expands its scope in the U.S....
Oct 21 2016 // Serious Social Media, developer of the automated social media marketing service, InsuranceSocial.Media, and a 2016 graduate of the Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) program, announced it has secured a second round of...
Oct 21 2016 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) are considering combining both organizations into one association and have formed a...
Oct 21 2016 // PartnerRe Ltd., the reinsurer owned by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA, agreed to buy Aurigen Capital to expand in coverage of life policies in North America.PartnerRe agreed to pay C$375 million ($284 million) in a deal...
Oct 20 2016 // Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., co-founded by hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb, likened the risk of mergers and acquisitions to picking a spouse without being aware of how much can go wrong.“Just like marriage, in M&A...
Oct 19 2016 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Indianapolis, Indiana-based Fundamental Insurance & Retirement Planning Inc. (FIRP).The transaction was effective October 1, 2016. FIRP provides a range of insurance offerings from...
Oct 18 2016 // Tarpey Insurance Group Inc., a family owned and operated independent insurance agency headquartered in Wakefield, Mass., has acquired TSB Insurance Services, also of Wakefield, Mass.TSB Insurance Services will be relocated...
Oct 18 2016 // Liberty Mutual and USAA are among the backers behind of Snapsheet, a startup that is developing virtual auto claims technology and services that recently closed on $20 million in new financing.Snapsheet disclosed the...
Oct 17 2016 // Northwest Insurance Services, a Warren, Penn., headquartered subsidiary of Northwest Bank, has signed a definitive agreement effective November 1 to acquire Winans Insurance & Employee Benefits, a property and casualty...
Oct 14 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has strengthened its employee benefits practice and made its first move to offer wealth management and retirement plan...