All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 5 2016 // Guy Carpenter & Co. has appointed of Matthias Meyenhofer as managing director to lead the firm’s Global Partners client segment for EMEA.He will be responsible for improving and expanding the range of services...
Jan 5 2016 // Oak Brook, Ill.-based VistaNational Insurance Group Inc. has acquired Business Insurance Underwriters of Wheaton, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.VistaNational Insurance specializes in employee benefits....
Jan 4 2016 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. has completed its acquisition of FD Insurance, a Florida domiciled medical malpractice provider for physicians and surgeons. This acquisition expands NORCAL’s national footprint and...
Jan 4 2016 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, based in Farmington Hills, Mich., has acquired B&F Special Risks Inc., a New Orleans (Metairie), La.-based specialty insurance broker. B&F Special Risks was founded in 1977 by J....
Dec 31 2015 // Tarpey Insurance Group Inc., a family-owned and operated independent agency based in Wakefield, Massachusetts, with four additional locations in the state, announced that it has acquired the assets of the Wilson Insurance...
Dec 30 2015 // NFP Property & Casualty has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Vanorsdale Insurance Services Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The firm’s president, Doug Galloway, will assume the role of director of NFP...
Dec 30 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc, the global risk advisory, re/insurance broking, and human capital and benefits firm, announced the completion of its acquisition of Gras Savoye, the leading French insurance broker.On April 22,...
Dec 29 2015 // NFP Property & Casualty has acquired Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based Absolute Advantage Insurance Services LLC.The deal transaction closed on Dec. 4. Absolute will operate from the existing NFP office in Lake Havasu...
Dec 29 2015 // Oswego Valley Insurance Agencies LLC (OVIA), an independent agency based in Oswego, New York, with five additional offices in the Central New York region, announced that it has acquired Banach Insurance Agency in Pulaski,...
Dec 28 2015 // AXA announced it will acquire Liberty Ubezpieczenia, the Polish property & casualty operations of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group for 92.3 million Polish Zloty ($23 million), plus the net asset value outstanding as of...
Dec 28 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired 100 percent of the capital stock of Strathearn Insurance Group Pty Ltd., headquartered in Perth, Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1993, Strathearn...
Dec 23 2015 // Gregory M. Shepard, an activist investor who’s been a major stockholder of Pennsylvania-based Donegal Group and a frequent critic of the company, has sold off his shares Tuesday, according to securities...
Dec 23 2015 // Real estate information provider CoreLogic is buying Oxford, Miss.-based FNC Inc. for $475 million.CoreLogic, based in Irvine, Calif., announced the purchase Dec. 17, saying it wants to integrate FNC’s real estate...
Dec 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Managed Healthcare Solutions, Inc. in Atlanta. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2000, Managed HealthCare Solutions (MHS) provides employee benefit...
Dec 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Hawk Agency Inc. in Peoria, Ill.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thomas D. Fliege and his associates at The Hawk Agency will continue to operate in their current location...
Dec 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Brown Hobbs & McMurray Insurance in Urbana, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1859, Brown Hobbs & McMurray (BHM) is a retail insurance broker...
Dec 21 2015 // Cross Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Bangor, Maine, with more than 35 offices in the Northeast, announced the purchase of Boston-based independent agency Knapp Schenck & Company. Terms of the...
Dec 21 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Brown Hobbs & McMurray Insurance in Urbana, Ill.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thomas Brown, Paul Hobbs, William Hobbs, Dick and Rich McMurray, and their associates...
Dec 21 2015 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced that M&A underwriter Astrid O’Reilly is relocating from Singapore to London as the company looks to strengthen the M&A product offering within the...
Dec 21 2015 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Partner Reinsurance Europe SE, has been granted a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate as an Authorized Firm in the Dubai...