All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2016 // LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX Group, announced it is acquiring the Crash and Project business group Appriss, a public safety business that provides technology solutions for the efficient collection of crash...
Aug 8 2016 // NSM Insurance Group, an insurance program administrator based in Pa., has agreed to enter into a joint venture with Massachussetts-based private equity investment firm, ABRY Partners, and AIG.Through this partnership, NSM...
Aug 8 2016 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. has appointed Jörg Bruniecki as head of Global Client & Broker Management, effective August 1.Responsible for ensuring that PartnerRe’s largest multinational clients experience a...
Aug 8 2016 // Merger and acquisition activity was slower in the second quarter of 2016, compared to Q2 2015, but was still above 2012, 2013 and 2014 levels for the same period. In Q2 2016, there were 88 transactions, compared with 119...
Aug 8 2016 // A lawyer with a law firm that represented Harleysville Group Inc. in its $760 million merger with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in 2011 has been sentenced to six months in jail for trading on inside information related...
Aug 5 2016 // U.S. Risk L.L.C. has acquired Continental Marine Insurance Services. Continental is a Lodi, Calif.-based wholesale insurance broker. Continental has specialized in placing marine insurance for both commercial and personal...
Aug 5 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Gabor Insurance Services, Inc., including its subsidiary, American Professional Liability Underwriters, headquartered in Miami, Florida. Terms of the transaction were not...
Aug 4 2016 // Sandy Spring Insurance Corp., a subsidiary of Md. headquartered Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc., has acquired The Advantage Group Inc.Following the acquisition, The Advantage Group will continue to operate under its current...
Aug 4 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Blue Horizon Insurance Services in San Diego, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ronald Zappelliand his team will continue to operate in San Diego under the direction of...
Aug 4 2016 // New York’s insurance regulator has “significant concerns” about Anthem Inc.’s proposed $48 billion acquisition of rival health insurer Cigna Corp. and will hold a hearing to address them before...
Aug 3 2016 // Special insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. said it has completed its acquisition of the acquisition of Private Client Insurance Group, a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based wholesale broker specializing in personal lines...
Aug 3 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Victory Insurance Agency Inc., based in Pearland, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1983, Victory Insurance Agency (Victory) is a retail insurance...
Aug 3 2016 // Totten Insurance Group, the Toronto-based managing general agency, announced that it has acquired the shares of Canadian Resources Insurance Solutions Inc. (CRIS), a Sudbury, Ontario-based insurance wholesaler.Terms of the...
Aug 3 2016 // Federal health officials, scrambling to fund efforts to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, said on Tuesday they have provided more stopgap money to various locales while calls grew for Congress to...
Aug 2 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has sold its Petaluma, Calif. branch office and its book of business to Sacramento-based InterWest Insurance Services. The deal closed on July 31. Terms were not disclosed. EPIC is...
Aug 2 2016 // ANV Global Services Ltd, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) of global specialty insurance group ANV, has today announced an increase in its Lloyd’s underwriting capacity for mergers and acquisitions...
Aug 2 2016 // West Chester, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Singleton Insurance in Ickesburg, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Element...
Aug 1 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Orb Financial Services Ltd. in Surrey, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2007, Orb Financial Services is an employee benefits...
Aug 1 2016 // The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) has completed its acquisition of Maxum Specialty Insurance Group for $168 million in cash. The transaction, announced in March, closed on July 29.Maxum will maintain its brand and limited...
Jul 29 2016 // AXA, Alibaba and Ant Financial Services have formed a global strategic partnership to explore opportunities to distribute AXA’s insurance products and services through Alibaba’s global e-commerce platforms.The...