All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 20 2015 // Risk Strategies Company, a Boston-Based insurance and benefits brokerage, and Kelso & Company, a New York City-based private equity firm, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Kelso will...
Oct 19 2015 // The world’s largest reinsurers are anticipating even bigger price declines when policies are renewed in 2016 than envisaged a month ago as a flurry of takeovers in the industry fails to absorb some of the excess...
Oct 19 2015 // The Travis County, Texas District Attorney’s office said it is suspending an agreement with Texas Mutual Insurance Co. under which the company provides funds for prosecutors to pursue the workers’ compensation...
Oct 16 2015 // People’s United Bank N.A., a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based regional bank with nearly 400 retail locations in six states, announced that its subsidiary, People’s United Insurance Agency, has acquired...
Oct 16 2015 // Brokerslink, a global independent brokering company, has signed 10 new members and launched a customized products strategy at its 2015 global conference in New York.These new brokers and specialist resources members bring...
Oct 15 2015 // Church Mutual Insurance Company, a Merrill, Wisconsin-based insurer of religious organizations, announced that it has agreed to acquire the insurance operations of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. Terms of the...
Oct 15 2015 // Aviva Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson said the British insurer is looking for smaller acquisitions outside its home market as it continues to integrate Friend’s Life Group Ltd., the country’s...
Oct 14 2015 // TowneBank, a Portsmouth, Virginia-based community banking and financial services company, announced that it has acquired three insurance agencies in Virginia: Invincia Insurance Solutions in Chesterfield; Total Insurance...
Oct 14 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd. estimates that losses from the August explosion in China’s Port of Tianjin will be between $50 million and $70 million pre-tax and net of retrocession and reinstatement premiums.These losses will be...
Oct 13 2015 // PARSONS Insurance Services, a veteran owned national insurance MGA, has acquired the operations of Alpha Insurance Agency (AIA) in Dallas, Texas. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Alpha Insurance Agency is a...
Oct 13 2015 // The Capacity Group of Companies (Capacity) has acquired an ownership stake in Shriver Insurance Agency, headquartered in Elmhurst, Ill. As a result, Shriver has been renamed Shriver-Capacity Insurance Agency LLC...
Oct 13 2015 // Chinese insurers are pursuing strategic tie-ups and outright mergers and acquisitions to tap Western expertise. They are keen for knowledge on products, pricing and technology as a nascent Chinese market for health and...
Oct 12 2015 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired the operations of Oxford Coverage in Brooklyn, New York. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Oxford Coverage is a brokerage...
Oct 12 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced that its subsidiary, AssuredPartners of New Jersey, has acquired Wilson H. Flock Insurance Inc., an independent agency based in Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Oct 12 2015 // Simon Lewer has joined Global Risk Partners Limited (GRP)* as the chief operating officer of its MGA Division, with responsibility for the development of GRP’s electronic trading initiatives. He also has been...
Oct 9 2015 // Take Command Health, a Texas-based startup dedicated to helping individuals choose and save on their health insurance, is partnering with Zane Benefits to provide Texas businesses with fewer than 50 employees with health...
Oct 9 2015 // Bailey Place Insurance, an independent agency with offices in Cortland, Dryden and Ithaca, New York, announced that it will acquire the Cotterill Agency Inc., an independent agency based in Dryden, New York, effective Dec....
Oct 9 2015 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the shares of South Africa-based Eikos Risk Applications (ERA) from Eikos Holdings (Pty) Ltd., part of the Eikos Group.ERA provides specialist marine,...
Oct 9 2015 // Global Risk Partners Limited (GRP)* is pleased to announce that Neil Thornton will be joining as managing director of GRP’s Retail Broking business.Thornton was previously head of the Commercial Division of Bluefin...
Oct 9 2015 // Stakeholders who own millions of shares in Towers Watson & Co. are planning to vote against the firm’s $8.7 billion merger with Willis Group Holdings Plc if the terms of the transactions are not improved, people...