All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2015 // Willis Group Holdings Plc, the third-largest insurance broker by market value, has agreed to take a majority stake in Miller Insurance Services LLP to add shipping clients.Willis will take an 85 percent stake, and partners...
Jan 21 2015 // New York-based insurance brokerage and consultant NFP has expanded its corporate benefits practice with the acquisition of Charlotte, N.C.-based Michelsen Benefits Group Inc., or The Michelsen Group (TMG). The transaction...
Jan 20 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Omni Risk Management and Omni Benefits in Smithtown, New York. The firm specializes in coverage for commercial insurance with a specialty in construction coverage, surety bonding, personal...
Jan 20 2015 // Associated Banc-Corp (Associated) announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ahmann & Martin Co., a risk and benefits consulting firm in Minnesota, through Associated’s subsidiary, Associated Financial...
Jan 20 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced that it has acquired the entire portfolio of in-force business of Sipex Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers SA, an insurance and...
Jan 20 2015 // Aviva Plc said it may eliminate about 1,500 jobs with its £5.6 billion ($8.48 billion) takeover of Friends Life Group Ltd.The job losses form part of an estimated £225 million [$340.76 million] in annual savings from the...
Jan 16 2015 // Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker LevelFirst LLC has entered into an agreement with Church Mutual Insurance Co. to provide members of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas with exclusive access to market-leading...
Jan 16 2015 // Woodmere, OH, January 16, 2015: MarshBerry is hosting four full day regional seminars focusing on best practices for merger & acquisition (M&A) and organic growth strategies. These seminars will enable insurance...
Jan 15 2015 // Ohio-based Smith Insurance Services Inc., along with Franchise Insurance Agency Inc., has entered into a partnership with the Leavitt Group.The agency will now be doing business as Smith & Leavitt Insurance Services...
Jan 15 2015 // Norton Insurance Agency, a division of Norton Insurance Financial in Cumberland, Maine, announced that it has acquired the Brennan Insurance Agency of Winthrop, Maine. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Norton...
Jan 15 2015 // Property/casualty insurance executives overwhelmingly predict growth in both cyber insurance and merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2015, according to a new Insurance Information Institute annual...
Jan 15 2015 // City National Bank, headquartered in Charleston, W. Va., has sold its insurance operations, CityInsurance, to Richmond, Va.-based The Hilb Group. City National’s parent, City Holding Co., said the sale was effective...
Jan 13 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Canada, a subsidiary of Kaufman Financial Group, announced it has acquired Avec Insurance Managers, a Toronto-based managing general agent with expertise in marine, inland marine and other specialty...
Jan 13 2015 // Northwest Savings Bank in Warren, Pennsylvania, announced the acquisition of B.J. Petruso Agency, a property/casualty and life insurance agency located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not...
Jan 13 2015 // Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, has partnered with The Rockingham Group to offer three exclusive new programs: general contractors general liability, artisan contractors...
Jan 12 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired e3 Financial in Newport Beach, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. e3 provides employee benefits brokerage, human resource administration and financial benefits...
Jan 12 2015 // HNI, a non-traditional risk management firm based in New Berlin, Wis., announced that Matt Bucher has been named a partner in the firm.Bucher is a relationship manager at HNI. In his current role, Bucher drives sales of...
Jan 12 2015 // A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s have weighed in with their comments about XL Group’s announced agreement to acquire Catlin Group Ltd. for $4.1 billion in cash and stock.A.M. Best placed the financial...
Jan 12 2015 // On Dec. 18, Allianz Group announced that it would sell the U.S. personal lines business of its Fireman’s Fund unit to ACE for $365 million by means of renewal rights arrangement.The merger of the personal lines...
Jan 9 2015 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired the assets of Fidelity Associates Inc. and Fidelity Associates Financial Services Inc.(collectively, Fidelity), servicing...