All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 12 2016 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has entered into an agreement to acquire Stroz Friedberg Inc., a New York City based global risk management firm. Financial terms were not disclosed, and...
Oct 11 2016 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.* announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Catalina Holdings UK Ltd., has completed its acquisition of AGF Insurance Ltd. from a subsidiary of Allianz SE, following approval from the...
Oct 7 2016 // Global automakers Toyota, BMW and insurer Allianz will license technology from Silicon Valley start-up Nauto, which uses cameras and artificial intelligence systems in cars to understand driver behavior, Nauto said on...
Oct 7 2016 // Japan’s cashed-up insurers are likely to keep paying hefty premiums for overseas assets as they seek to spur growth and overcome negative interest rates, fewer lucrative investment options and a fast-maturing market...
Oct 6 2016 // Beer and coffee make nice bookends. One before the other can put you in the right frame of mind – I usually like coffee before beer, but whichever comes first all depends on what frame you want to be in.The top climate...
Oct 6 2016 // The Plexus Groupe LLC, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy headquartered in Deer Park, Illinois, has acquired Carol Stream, Ill.-based Ingensa Insurance Services, a diversified...
Oct 6 2016 // NN Group NV, the largest Dutch insurer by market capitalization, has launched an unsolicited offer to buy smaller rival Delta Lloyd NV for 2.4 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in cash.NN Group said on Wednesday it was offering...
Oct 6 2016 // NN Group NV and Sompo Holdings Inc.’s approaches for smaller competitors may herald a wave of mergers and acquisitions in an insurance industry that’s struggling with low interest rates and increased...
Oct 6 2016 // Assurant, Inc., global provider of risk management options, has partnered with website security company GamaSec to help small and medium businesses lower the risk of attacks on their websites.Assurant is providing support...
Oct 5 2016 // Chicago-based insurance brokerage, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Mayport Insurance & Realty Inc. (Mayport) in North Dakota. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Portland,...
Oct 5 2016 // Japan’s SOMPO Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding ordinary shares of Bermuda’s Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. for $93 per share in cash. The aggregate consideration is approximately...
Oct 5 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Vero Insurance, Inc., a Vero Beach, Florida-based independent agency specializing in private client insurance services....
Oct 4 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired San Francisco, Calif.-based Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bruce Callander, president of Sweet & Baker, will join Hub California and...
Oct 3 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired the Hecht Group in Portland, Ore.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Hecht Group will join Alliant employee benefits, the company’s national benefits consulting...
Oct 3 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited, headquartered in Chicago, Ill., has acquired the assets of Norton Insurance Agency and Norton Financial Services Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Oct 3 2016 // The judge who will rule on whether the government may stop health insurer Anthem from buying competitor Cigna said Friday that she was considering splitting the trial into phases.Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S....
Oct 3 2016 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) is alerting surplus lines insurance professionals in the state that due to the merger of Markel companies Essex Insurance Co. (Essex) into Evanston Insurance Co....
Oct 3 2016 // The federal government has contracted with private reinsurers to improve the National Flood Insurance Program’s claims paying ability and reduce the need for the NFIP to borrow from the U.S. Treasury to cover future...
Oct 3 2016 // Intentional Culture, Intentional Passion When Laura Sherman, Lowry Baldwin and Elizabeth Krystyn set out to open Tampa-based BKS Partners Inc. in 2006 it was as if three professional worlds collided to create a perfect...
Sep 29 2016 // Business development managers at Chinese state-owned firms have been put on notice: mess up on M&A deals and you can be held personally liable – for life.Under new rules unveiled by China’s State Council,...