All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 14 2015 // Fairfax India Holdings Corp., the $1 billion fund created by Toronto-based investor Prem Watsa, offered to buy 26 percent more in Indian brokerage IIFL Holdings Ltd.* for $255 million.Fairfax India announced an offer to...
Jul 13 2015 // SNL Financial published a list of the top 15 global reinsurers last week, showing the major European reinsurers in the top four spots.The ranking is based on 2014 assumed reinsurance premiums for both non-life and life...
Jul 13 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd., seeking to fend off a hostile $6.8 billion cash bid from EXOR SpA, is weighing whether it can arrange new terms with rival reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. to preserve their planned merger.The two...
Jul 10 2015 // Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple Inc and Google Inc through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to information about what drivers do...
Jul 10 2015 // Sandell Asset Management Corp., the activist hedge-fund firm, amplified its criticism of PartnerRe Ltd. for shunning the unsolicited $6.8 billion takeover offer from EXOR SpA that would break up the reinsurer’s...
Jul 9 2015 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, announced its acquisition of Bux-Mont Agency Ltd. in Southampton, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Jul 9 2015 // The Guarantee Company of North America announced that it has “teamed up with Bullfrog Insurance to provide a faster and simpler way for Canadian small business owners to obtain small business insurance.”They...
Jul 9 2015 // Reinsurers AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd and PartnerRe Ltd are considering tweaking their $6.2 billion merger agreement in a bid to fend off a $6.8 billion offer for PartnerRe by EXOR SpA, people familiar with the matter...
Jul 9 2015 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Cooper, Simms, Nelson & Mosley (Cooper Simms), based in Winter Park, Fla. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cooper...
Jul 7 2015 // FIRST Insurance Funding Corp. in Northbrook, Ill., has added Justin Berry as a senior vice president and regional sales manager. Berry will manage FIRST Insurance Funding Corp.’s Midwest sales team and assist with...
Jul 7 2015 // Florida-based 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc. is partnering with Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. to offer wind/hail coverage in Texas.Under this partnership, 1347 Property Insurance subsidiary, Maison Insurance Co....
Jul 7 2015 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has acquired Lemme Insurance Group Inc., based in Arlington Heights, Ill. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.Lemme, a boutique insurance...
Jul 7 2015 // Innovative Captive Strategies has acquired Aceterrus Insurance Resources of Bigfork, Mont.Aceterrus will operate as a subsidiary of Innovative Captive Strategies. The Aceterrus office and team members will remain intact....
Jul 7 2015 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has hired Ben Rubin as a principal and head of mergers and acquisitions, a new position. He is based in Chicago. Ben Rubin Rubin joins Integro from...
Jul 6 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd.’s former Chief Executive Officer Patrick Thiele said the reinsurer’s shareholders should vote against a planned merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and called the cash offer from Italy’s...
Jul 6 2015 // Redpoint Insurance Group LLC has acquired Safeway County Mutual Insurance Co. in Dallas, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Safeway County Mutual Insurance will operate under the name Redpoint County Mutual...
Jul 6 2015 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., based in Southfield, Mich., that on July 1, 2015, Fosun International Limited received the required approval from the Ohio Department of Insurance regarding the acquisition of control of...
Jul 2 2015 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced today its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based The HDH Group (HDH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.HDH will establish a new regional operation for Hub that...
Jul 2 2015 // Specialty insurance brokerage Alliant Insurance Services announced today it has expanded its managing general agent (MGA) practice through the acquisition of Preferred Concepts, an insurance program underwriter and...
Jul 2 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired St. Louis, Mo.-based J.W. Terrill, one of the largest independent agencies in the Midwest. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.This...