All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2015 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Laubacher Insurance Agency Inc., which services the California counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agencies...
Mar 9 2015 // There could be a risk flying under the radar in your client portfolio, one you may believe is satisfactorily covered. You can reveal it by answering a seemingly basic question: how are your clients’ businesses...
Mar 9 2015 // As an independent insurance agent you’re an expert in many things. You understand the right questions to ask in order to provide the right level of coverage. You know how to overcome price sensitivity by explaining...
Mar 6 2015 // The Texas Senate has approved the first bill of the legislative session, with speedy passage of a plan to shift billions of dollars generated by vehicle sales taxes to building and maintaining roads strained by the...
Mar 6 2015 // Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. will buy a 15 percent stake in French reinsurer SCOR SE in potentially its biggest investment abroad amid diminishing opportunities for growth at home.The insurer will initially buy 7.8...
Mar 5 2015 // Totten Insurance Group, the Toronto-based insurance managing general agency, announced it has acquired the shares of National Brokerage Services S.C.N. Inc. (NBS), a Montreal, Quebec-based commercial insurance...
Mar 4 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired NationAir Aviation Insurance (NationAir) based in West Chicago, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1978, NationAir is a retail insurance broker offering...
Mar 4 2015 // Vanbridge LLC, an insurance intermediary, capital advisory and insurance and reinsurance management firm based in New York, announced that it has agreed to acquire Alan Gray Inc., an audit, actuarial, underwriting,...
Mar 4 2015 // CBIZ Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, announced that it has acquired Model Consulting Inc. in Trevose, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1990, Model Consulting provides employee benefit...
Mar 4 2015 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, completed its acquisition of the John Cecchettini Agency of South Plainfield, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not...
Mar 4 2015 // The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired West Coast Insurance (WCI) of Tampa, Fla. The transaction became effective on March 1. WCI will continue to operate at its current location under the leadership of previous owner and...
Mar 3 2015 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has completed the acquisition of Michigan-based CorePointe Insurance Co. Established in 1964, and located in Birmingham, Mich., CorePointe is a specialty property/casualty insurance company...
Mar 3 2015 // State Bank and Trust Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Bank Financial Corp., has launched an insurance division to offer State Bank customers a range of personal and commercial insurance products. State Bank enters...
Mar 3 2015 // Hyperion Insurance Group Limited and R K Harrison Holdings Limited announced the signing of the terms of agreement for the merger of the two London-based businesses, following approval by the two companies’...
Mar 3 2015 // JLT Australia, a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, announced it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Recovre Group from Hawkesbridge Capital.Recovre is a leading national provider of workplace...
Mar 3 2015 // Jacksonville, Fla.-based MedMal Direct Insurance Co. formed a strategic alliance with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance, effective January 1, 2015. As a quota share reinsurer...
Mar 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of two New Jersey-based wholesale brokers: Excel Insurance Services Inc., located in Hamilton; and McCloskey Surplus & Excess Inc. (d/b/a Metcom Excess),...
Mar 2 2015 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. The acquisition was originally announced on November 24, 2014.“The combination of RenaissanceRe and...
Mar 2 2015 // Lloyd’s of London insurers Amlin plc and Hiscox Ltd. both said they have enough scale to stay independent and see no need to find a buyer amid a flurry of deals in the industry.Both insurers reported lower full-year...
Mar 2 2015 // ACE Group has signed a partnership agreement with Transavia to provide the airline’s customers with travel and flight cancellation insurance cover.Transavia, based in The Netherlands, is a member of the Air France...