All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 11 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured Neace Lukens, has acquired First Palmetto Insurance Agency in South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. First Palmetto Insurance Agency offers...
Dec 11 2014 // Willis Ireland, part of Willis Group Holdings plc, announced it has received the relevant regulatory approvals and has completed its acquisition of a range of Irish pension and financial advisory businesses from IFG Group...
Dec 11 2014 // Travelers Cos., the lone property- casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, agreed with a partner to buy a majority stake in a startup surety provider based in Colombia. The joint venture with Brazil’s...
Dec 9 2014 // Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced it acquired an agency in Oklahoma and one in California during the third quarter of 2014.In Oklahoma, INSURICA added James & Associates, located in...
Dec 9 2014 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced it has acquired the assets of Finning Insurance Services (FIS), an insurance brokerage business, from Finning International Inc.Financial details...
Dec 4 2014 // S&S Insurance Solutions of Florida, a division of East Providence, Rhode Island-based Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, has acquired Imperial Insurance of Naples, Florida. Terms of the transaction were...
Dec 4 2014 // Banks should consider cyber risk insurance to help deal with the financial fall-out from the growing threat of cyber attacks, a top U.S. regulator said on Wednesday.Bankers and officials have become more vocal lately about...
Dec 4 2014 // RSA announced that it has been selected as the insurance partner for a Government backed project to pilot driverless cars in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. The project contract, awarded to a consortium led by TRL,...
Dec 4 2014 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, announced that its subsidiary Hub Financial Inc. has acquired the shares of MGA Partners Inc., an Ontario Canada-based managing general agency. Terms of the...
Dec 3 2014 // The renaming of the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum will come along with a fat cat on the roof.Carmel-based Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. has signed a 10-year, $6 million naming rights deal for the arena that...
Dec 3 2014 // The Asia-Pacific region has been a popular destination for mergers and acquisitions, driven by top-line growth prospects for many still-developing markets with low insurance penetration, according to a Best’s Special...
Dec 2 2014 // USI Insurance Services has acquired the Saint Louis, Mo. operation of Holmes Murphy.The business and its employees will join USI’s Saint Louis office. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquired business was...
Dec 2 2014 // Regions Insurance, an affiliate of Regions Bank, has opened an office in St. Petersburg, Florida after agreeing to purchase the accounts of Teaberry Health and Welfare Benefits Practice.Financial terms of the agreement...
Dec 2 2014 // K&B Underwriters, a Reston, Virginia-based program administrator and wholesale insurance brokerage for senior living facilities, announced its partnership with New York-based Freedom Specialty for its DigniCARE...
Dec 2 2014 // A joint venture between Ohio and Indiana is teaming up with an Ohio college to fly drone missions aimed at helping farmers boost crop yields.The Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center in Springfield, Ohio, and Ohio...
Dec 2 2014 // Aviva plc, Britain’s second-largest insurer by market value, agreed to buy Friends Life Group Ltd. for about 5.6 billion pounds ($8.8 billion) in stock in the U.K. insurance industry’s biggest takeover in 15...
Dec 1 2014 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. on Monday announced an agreement to acquire SeaFire Insurance Services, a Kansas-based managing general underwriter focused on providing property/casualty solutions for the auto dealership...
Dec 1 2014 // Scottish American has completed the acquisition of Southern States General Agency in Ruston, La.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “SSGA allows us to partner with people we enjoy working with, and the benefit of...
Dec 1 2014 // Mapfre SA, the biggest insurer in Spain, is seeking to expand and may make acquisitions in Europe and the U.S., Chairman Antonio Huertas said.The company isn’t constrained by regulators’ efforts to stiffen...
Dec 1 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced it is continuing its tradition of providing insurance markets for small independent agencies with the acquisition of Dallas-based managing general agency...