All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2015 // A.M. Best announced that it has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a+” from “aa-”...
Aug 5 2015 // Two new research studies issued by market research firm Finaccord put a value of £4.64 billion [$7.234 billion] on the size of the total non-life insurance broking market in the UK in 2014, up marginally from £4.55...
Aug 5 2015 // Willis North America has appointed Ben Norris as managing partner, Willis of Alabama, effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for Willis’s operations across its offices in Birmingham, Huntsville,...
Aug 5 2015 // Regions Insurance, Inc., a subsidiary of Regions Insurance Group, Inc. and an affiliate of Regions Bank, has acquired The A.I. Group, Inc., with offices in Greater Atlanta and Athens, Georgia.The A.I. Group provides...
Aug 4 2015 // Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations LLC has acquired Columbia Commercial General Agency (CCGA), headquartered in Columbia, Mo. The deal was effective Aug. 1, 2015. The acquired business will continue to operate in Columbia...
Aug 4 2015 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage based in Chicago, has acquired BW Insurance Agency Inc. (BWIA) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of the West.BWIA is a multi-line property and casualty,...
Aug 4 2015 // With the aim of helping member agents boost their revenues, Texas Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) is partnering with EFG Cos. to offer ancillary consumer protection products.Texas PIA selected the Simplicity Division...
Aug 4 2015 // XL Group’s second quarter report showed a net decrease in operating income to $245.8, compared to $279.6 million in Q2 2014. For the first half of 2015 XL reported operating earnings of $440 million, down from $518...
Aug 3 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. in Boston. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. previously...
Aug 3 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced today its acquisition of BWD Group LLC in Plainview, New York. Terms of the...
Aug 3 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Cline Wood Agency, a suburban Kansas City-based independent specialty insurance agency.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1984, Cline Wood specializes...
Aug 3 2015 // Confie Seguros, a Huntington Beach, California-based national provider of personal lines insurance, announced its acquisition of Schunke Insurance Agency Inc. in West Seneca, New York, and Reynolds & Reynolds Agency...
Aug 3 2015 // Wholesale broker AmWINS Group Inc. announced today its acquisition of The III Group, a managing general agent and wholesale broker based in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Aug 3 2015 // OneBeacon Insurance Group is exiting the crop insurance business.The Bermuda-domiciled insurance holding company made it official with the sale of its exclusive managing general agency – Climate Crop Insurance Agency –...
Aug 3 2015 // AXIS Capital Holdings Limited was apparently prepared to lose out on its merger with Partner Re. The company announced, soon after the deal with EXOR was announced that it “has accepted a request from PartnerRe Ltd....
Aug 3 2015 // EXOR SpA, the Agnelli family’s investment company, agreed to buy PartnerRe Ltd. for about $6.9 billion in its biggest single acquisition in more than a century after the reinsurer scrapped a deal with rival AXIS...
Aug 3 2015 // The Buckner Co. has acquired the assets of Denver, Colo.-based Keller-Lowry Insurance Inc.The deal is effective Aug. 1. Financial terms were not disclosed. Keller-Lowry specializes in manufacturing, transportation,...
Aug 3 2015 // Marsh has completed its previously agreed acquisition of Leeds, England-based SME Insurance Services (SMEi), an independent broker which provides specialist commercial insurance to small and medium-sized enterprises across...
Jul 31 2015 // Allianz Insurance has joined forces with cyber risk management company, Pentura, to provide commercial customers with help and guidance to improve cyber security.As part of the partnership, Pentura, which is based in...
Jul 30 2015 // Hammond, La.-based insurance claims services provider, Worley Claims Services (Worley), is acquiring NCA Group Inc. (NCA), which provides daily and catastrophe residential and commercial property claims services throughout...