All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2015 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has entered into an exclusive joint underwriting agreement with W. Brown Associates to provide...
Nov 16 2015 // Confie has acquired California Insurance Specialists, Confie announced on Monday.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wayne Pratt, who joined CIS in 1976, and Randy Parker, who joined in 1993, will continue as president...
Nov 16 2015 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), the Chicago-based global specialty insurance services business, has reached an agreement to acquire Hunter George & Partners Ltd., the London-based specialist managing general agent (MGA)...
Nov 16 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has named Rani Christie as head of global partnerships, effective Jan. 1, 2016. In this position, Christie will be...
Nov 16 2015 // Two U.S. consumer groups announced the formation of a coalition with New York labor unions last week to press antitrust regulators to oppose big insurance mergers that would cut the number of nationwide for-profit health...
Nov 16 2015 // Miami, FL, November 16, 2015 — The insurance marketplace is ever changing and continued training is the rule of the day. The high cost of off-site training can be prohibitive for a lot of agencies. Today, that all...
Nov 13 2015 // Integro Ltd., the New York-based insurance broker and risk management firm, has become “the world’s leading motorsports insurance broker,” with the acquisition of Lloyd’s broker Ellis...
Nov 13 2015 // Outsourcing company Xchanging Plc , which has already accepted a takeover offer from Capita Plc, has received a proposal from U.S.-based Computer Sciences Corp., which values the company at about 421 million pounds ($640...
Nov 11 2015 // The American Medical Association asked U.S. antitrust regulators to block two proposed mergers that could reshape the health insurance industry.Anthem Inc. shouldn’t be permitted to buy Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc....
Nov 11 2015 // Towers Watson & Co. has announced that proxy advisers Proxy Mosaic LLC and Egan-Jones Ratings Co. both recommended that Towers Watson stockholders vote for “the proposed merger of equals” with Willis Group...
Nov 11 2015 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RFO Enterprises, Inc. (RFO), based in Marietta, Ga. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. RFO specializes in commercial lines...
Nov 11 2015 // Risk Strategies Co. has acquired M.G. Welbel & Associates (MGW), a Northbrook, Ill.-based professional liability insurance specialty broker.Terms of the deal were not made public. MGW’S focus is on lawyers and...
Nov 9 2015 // AXA Philippines announced it will acquire 100 percent of Charter Ping An Insurance Corp. from GT Capital for 45 million euros ($48.3 million).The acquisition will enable AXA Philippines to offer property & casualty...
Nov 9 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc said it was “disappointed” that Institutional Shareholder Services last week recommended Tower Watson shareholders reject the proposed merger with Willis.“[W]e are disappointed...
Nov 9 2015 // Austin, Texas-based All Web Leads (AWL), a Genstar Capital portfolio company, announced an agreement to acquire insuranceQuotes.com, Bankrate Inc.’s insurance division.The total transaction purchase price is $165...
Nov 6 2015 // Towers Watson & Co. investors should reject a planned merger with insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Plc, proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis & Co. said.The consulting firm’s...
Nov 5 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Spokane, Wash.-based Employee Benefits Group Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EBG specializes in providing employee benefits to mid-size and large companies with...
Nov 4 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Dawson Insurance Agency, a 98-year-old family-owned agency in Fargo, N.D. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1917, Dawson Insurance provides...
Nov 4 2015 // The International Underwriting Association of London (IUA) and the Singapore Reinsurers’ Association (SRA) have announced an affiliated partnership that “will enable the two organizations to better serve their...
Nov 3 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher, the international broking division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. outside of the United States, has extended its investment in Canada with the acquisition of retail insurance broker Christie-Phoenix...