All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2015 // Partner Reinsurance Asia Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of PartnerRe Ltd., has been licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate as a non-life and life reinsurer, capitalized in Singapore, according to...
Jan 8 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency has acquired The Benefit Planning Group Inc., a Durham, North Carolina-based employee benefit consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, The Benefit Planning...
Jan 8 2015 // Six merger and acquisition announcements in the North American property/casualty insurance and reinsurance sectors in late 2014—and another global deal on the table—may herald a raft of deals in 2015, Fitch Ratings...
Jan 7 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired A.J. Lupas Insurance Agency Inc. in Plains, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.A.J. Lupas provides coverage for individuals, businesses, and life and health...
Jan 7 2015 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced that it has acquired privately held Oryx Insurance Brokerage Inc. from Oryx’s principals for cash. Further terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Oryx was established...
Jan 7 2015 // Hub International Limited announced that its subsidiary Hub International Northeast Limited has acquired the assets of MMZ Associates Inc., a Westchester County, New York-based brokerage. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Jan 7 2015 // Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, announced it has acquired Trade Insure NV, a distributor of credit insurance policies in Belgium.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1990...
Jan 7 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage firm based in Newport Beach, California, has acquired American Benefits Consulting (ABC), an employee benefits consulting firm in New York. Terms of the...
Jan 6 2015 // Cowan Insurance Group, a Canadian insurance brokerage and consulting operation, has acquired The Williamson Group, a financial services company focused on providing employer sponsored benefits, pensions and disability...
Jan 6 2015 // DSP Insurance Services, based in the Chicago area, announced the purchase of certain assets of Willis of Illinois’ Schaumburg office. The acquisition was finalized Dec. 31, 2014. John Adams, Bob Mielke, Jerry Olson...
Jan 5 2015 // The Andrew Agency, an independent insurance agency in Richmond, Virginia, announced it has acquired Assurance Associates and The Bradshaw Agency, two retail agencies also based in Richmond. Terms of the transactions were...
Jan 5 2015 // Duffy Insurance Agency, a family-owned, independent agency with offices in Lynn, Peabody and Gloucester, Massachusetts, announced its acquisition of Connolly Insurance Agency, a family-owned agency in Peabody,...
Jan 5 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc., through its subsidiary, Texas Security General Insurance Agency Inc., has acquired Hall-Wright General Agency Inc. (Hall-Wright) and related affiliate companies. With origins dating back to 1971,...
Jan 5 2015 // The current estimate of net asbestos losses for the U.S. property/casualty industry remains at $85 billion, with net environmental losses estimated at $42 billion, according to a new Best’s Special Report.According...
Jan 5 2015 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited said it has acquired the assets of Smith Watson Parker Insurance, a Hollywood, Florida-based independent insurance brokerage.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed....
Jan 1 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc. sold certain assets of one of its subsidiaries, Axiom Re, to Beach Re Limited effective December 31, 2014.Axiom Re is a reinsurance brokerage operation based in North Carolina with approximate annual...
Dec 31 2014 // China investment group Fosun International Limited has agreed to acquire Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. of Southfield, Michigan for approximately $433 million, or $8.65 per share in cash.Fosun said that the acquisition...
Dec 29 2014 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its New Jersey-based subsidiary Brown & Brown Metro Inc. has acquired certain assets of Global Benefit Strategies in Morristown, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not...
Dec 24 2014 // Armour Group Completes OneBeacon Run-off AcquisitionThe Bermuda-based Armour Group Holdings Limited announced the completion of the acquisition of the OneBeacon Run-off. “The transaction includes the acquisition of...
Dec 23 2014 // Global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), announced that its Chicago-area region Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest) has acquired the assets of Ruhl & Ruhl Insurance, based in Davenport, Iowa.Terms...