All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Florida-Based Atlass Insurance Group, significantly adding to the resources of its Private Client...
May 31 2016 // VALE Insurance Partners has acquired 100 percent of the assets of San Francisco, Calif.-based Onyx Transportation Services LLC, the program administrator for Onyx Insurance Company Inc., a risk retention group specializing...
May 27 2016 // AXA SA sold its SunLife unit in the U.K. to Phoenix Group Holdings and announced the top-management team that will work with incoming Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl when he takes the helm in September.Gerald Harlin...
May 27 2016 // Credit Suisse Group AG sold 220 million Swiss francs ($222 million) of bonds designed to offload potential losses on events like rogue trading, with some investors sidestepping the issue because of the incalculable...
May 26 2016 // The health insurer Anthem Inc. announced it has received approval from Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson for the acquisition of Cigna HealthCare of Indiana Inc., a subsidiary of Cigna...
May 26 2016 // Global Risk Partners Ltd., the insurance broking and managing general agency (MGA) investment vehicle, has completed its backing of the management buyout of LONMAR Global Risks, the London-based specialist Lloyd’s...
May 26 2016 // NN Group NV, the second-biggest Dutch insurer, said it will buy back as much as 500 million euros ($559 million) of shares over the 12 months from June as it returns excess capital to investors.First-quarter operating...
May 26 2016 // PartnerRe exited junk bonds and shifted funds into property as the reinsurer reshaped a $16 billion investment portfolio after being acquired by John Elkann’s EXOR SpA.EXOR’s approach is to focus on holdings...
May 24 2016 // Risk Strategies Company announced Tuesday that it has acquired John Buttine Inc., an insurance brokerage in New York City with a specialty focus on media-related businesses and services. Terms of the transaction were not...
May 23 2016 // Essent Group Ltd. may have an opportunity to buy Radian Group Inc., the rival mortgage insurer whose chief executive officer is stepping down, an analyst at BTIG LLC said.“Radian has no clear successor,” for...
May 23 2016 // Aegon NV, the Dutch owner of U.S. insurer Transamerica Corp., divested the final 3 billion pounds ($4.4 billion) of annuities from its U.K. portfolio to Legal & General Group Plc.The transaction, which covers 27,000...
May 23 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...
May 22 2016 // PartnerOne Environmental has opened a new regional office in Jacksonville, Fla., and added Michelle Huitt as assistant vice president and Marie Maxwell as underwriter. The new team members will help manage the PartnerOne...
May 20 2016 // Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, and UnitedLex, a business advisory company, have collaborated on cyber-security, legal services and other risk management options for businesses and other commercial...
May 20 2016 // Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA) a national employee benefits firm, has acquired Corporate Health Systems of Eden Prairie, Minn., expanding its footprint in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Corporate Health Systems’...
May 20 2016 // Skuld, the Oslo, Norway-based marine insurance provider, announced it has signed a letter of intent to purchase SMA/Gerling Norway.The transaction includes the acquisition of the renewal rights of the hull & machinery...
May 19 2016 // Insurance broker Lockton announced Thursday that it has acquired Outland Consultants, a global employee benefits consultancy in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Since 1998, Outland...
May 19 2016 // Officials in northwest Ohio may be forced to abandon a flood control project or pay for it with local money as federal funding for the plan is in jeopardy.A review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in recent months found...
May 18 2016 // KRA Insurance Agency, based in Springfield, New Jersey, and New Agency Partners in Parsippany, New Jersey, have announced that the two firms have merged, resulting in a newly-formed agency, KRA Agency Partners. Terms of...
May 18 2016 // House and Senate Republicans can’t get on the same page when it comes to fighting the Zika virus — and Democrats are pouncing.The Senate, on a 68-29 vote, advanced $1.1 billion of the administration’s...