Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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Protector Holdings Acquires BetterWay Insurance in California

Mar 7 2016 // Protector Holdings has acquired Concord, Calif.-based BetterWay Insurance Services. Terms of the deal were not released. BetterWay specializes in providing insurance services to Hispanic consumers, and writes wries auto,...

Altitude Risk Partners Appoints Audis as Senior Aviation Underwriter

Mar 7 2016 // Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, has expanded its general aviation capabilities with the appointment of Martin Audis as senior underwriter.Audis joins from Starr Aviation where...

Aetna Acquisition of Louisville-Based Humana Gets OK from Kentucky, Florida Regulators

Mar 7 2016 // Louisville, Ky.-based Humana has been approved for takeover by Aetna by Kentucky regulators, according to a statement from the Kentucky Department of Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard.The order approving the request...

Why Buyers, Sellers File Claims Under M&A Insurance: AIG

Mar 7 2016 // Nearly 14 percent of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance policies written globally by American International Group Inc. resulted in a claim, according to a study by the insurer, one of the largest writers of...

Florida Trucking Association Partners With CargoNet to Address State Cargo Theft

Mar 4 2016 // Verisk Analytics, a data analytics provider, has formed an alliance between its CargoNet business and the Florida Trucking Association (FTA) to help members reduce cargo theft risk and lobby for stricter penalties and more...

Hub International Acquires Assets of Gwaltney & Associates in Alaska

Mar 4 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Anchorage, Alaska-based Gwaltney & Associates Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dave Gwaltney, president of Gwaltney, will join Hub Northwest and report to...

NSM Insurance Acquires Florida-Based Heacock Classic

Mar 4 2016 // NSM Insurance Group, has acquired Heacock Classic, a division of Florida-based Heacock Insurance Group that provides collector car insurance. This marks NSM Insurance Group’s third acquisition in the collector car...

Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Celedinas Insurance Group in Florida

Mar 3 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Celedinas Insurance Group, one of Florida’s largest independent agencies. Terms of the transaction were not...

AssuredPartners Acquires MRW Group in New York

Mar 2 2016 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced Wednesday that it has acquired MRW Group Inc., an independent agency based in Hauppauge, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. MRW Group’s staff of 25 will continue to...

Hospitals Say Anthem-Cigna Merger Will Empower Blue Cross, Hurt Consumers

Mar 2 2016 // U.S. hospitals are stepping up their bid to stop Anthem Inc.’s takeover of rival health insurer Cigna Corp., saying the deal will increase the dominance of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and potentially raise premiums...

Hub International Acquires Assets of Florida-Based Green-Hazel & Associates

Mar 2 2016 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Greene-Hazel & Associates, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Fla. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Greene-Hazel specializes...

Marsh & McLennan Acquires Missouri-Based Aviation Solutions

Mar 1 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, announced it has acquired Aviation Solutions LLC, an aviation risk advisor and insurance broker based in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Terms of...

ANV Increases Lloyd’s Underwriting Capacity for M&A Cover

Mar 1 2016 // ANV Global Services Ltd., the managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of specialty insurance group ANV Holdings, announced an increase in its Lloyd’s underwriting capacity for mergers and acquisitions...

Software Provider Vertafore Acquires Canada’s Keal Technology

Feb 29 2016 // Vertafore, the Bothell, Wash.-based insurance software provider, announced the acquisition of Keal Technology, a leading provider of broker and commercial management systems in Canada.The move extends Vertafore’s...

MassMutual Agrees to Buy MetLife Retail Adviser Network for $300M

Feb 29 2016 // Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has agreed to buy MetLife Inc.’s adviser-force business and affiliated broker-dealer.According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the price is $300...

Why Buyers, Sellers File Claims Under M&A Insurance: AIG Study

Feb 26 2016 // Nearly 14 percent of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance policies written globally by American International Group Inc. resulted in a claim, according to a study by the insurer, one of the largest writers of...

Venture Insurance Programs Acquires North Carolina-Based Tidal Solutions

Feb 25 2016 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator, has acquired Tidal Solutions, LLC, a Charlotte, NC-based managing general underwriter serving the North American specialty commercial marine...

BB&T to Buy Swett & Crawford for $500M

Feb 24 2016 // Three months after it announced it would sell its North American operations, U.K.-based wholesale and reinsurance broker Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has a buyer. North Carolina-based BB&T Corp. has agreed to...

AmWINS Group Acquires Group Benefit Services in Maryland

Feb 24 2016 // AmWINS Group Inc. announced that it has acquired Group Benefit Services Inc. and GBS Payroll Plus Inc., known collectively as Group Benefit Services, in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not...

The Hilb Group Acquires PriMed Consulting in New Jersey

Feb 24 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced that it has acquired PriMed Consulting, an independent agency in Ocean Township, New Jersey. The deal represents The Hilb...