Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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AmTrust Financial Services to Acquire CorePointe Insurance Co.

Nov 24 2014 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Birmingham, Mich.-based CorePointe Insurance Co. (CorePointe), a wholly owned subsidiary of CorePointe Group LLC. The cash...

Aquiline Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Beach & Associates in Toronto

Nov 24 2014 // Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, has made an investment for a majority of the equity in Beach & Associates Ltd., an independent global reinsurance broker...

EPIC Acquires Atlanta Specialty Brokerage Greyling

Nov 24 2014 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage, has acquired Greyling Insurance Brokerage & Risk Consulting, Inc., a specialty insurance broker and risk management consultant...

RenaissanceRe to Acquire Platinum Underwriters in $1.9 Billion Deal

Nov 24 2014 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. and Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which RenaissanceRe will acquire Platinum.Under the terms of the...

Aviva in $8.76 Billion Deal to Buy Friends Life after Pensions Shake-up

Nov 21 2014 // British insurer Aviva said on Friday it had agreed terms on a possible deal to buy rival Friends Life for £5.6 billion [$8.76 billion], as British pension reform puts pressure on insurance companies to find new...

Minnesota’s North Risk Partners Merges with Thune Insurance Network

Nov 21 2014 // St. Paul, Minn.-based independent insurance brokerage, North Risk Partners, announced it has merged with Thune Insurance Network, located in Northwest Minnesota with offices in Thief River Falls, Roseau and Baudette.The...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Iowa-Based Miller-Harrison Insurance Services

Nov 20 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Miller-Harrison Insurance Services in Muscatine, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1919, Miller-Harrison is a retail insurance broker...

LeapFrog Buys Majority Stake in Kenya’s Resolution Insurance

Nov 20 2014 // LeapFrog Investments, the private equity firm with a focus on Africa and Asia, said it will pay 1.68 billion shillings ($18.6 million) to gain control of Kenya’s Resolution Insurance and tap growth in health...

U.K.’s Towergate Bonds Plunge on News of Takeover Bids

Nov 19 2014 // The company’s 304.6 million pounds ($475.5 million) of 10.5 percent notes fell 16 pence on the pound to 45 pence, the biggest one-day drop since the securities were sold in February 2011, according to data compiled...

PIA of Florida, National Insurance Underwriters Launch E&O Partnership

Nov 18 2014 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida Inc. (PIA of Florida) has tapped National Insurance Underwriters (NIU) as the official underwriter of its insurance agents’ professional liability errors and omissions...

FBinsure Acquires Gramlich Insurance Agency in Massachusetts

Nov 18 2014 // FBinsure, an independent insurance agency based in Taunton, Massachusetts, announced its acquisition of Gramlich Insurance Agency, an independent agency in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The terms of the transaction were not...

Hamilton Insurance Plans to Acquire Sportscover Underwriting at Lloyd’s

Nov 18 2014 // Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda-based holding company for property-casualty reinsurer Hamilton Re and insurer Hamilton USA, announced it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Sportscover Underwriting...

York Risk Services Group Acquires RMPG in New York

Nov 17 2014 // York Risk Services Group Inc., a Parsippany, New Jersey-based provider of claims management, managed care, risk management and specialized loss adjusting services, has acquired Risk Management Planning Group (RMPG) in...

MetLife’s Gay Rights Support Draws Criticism of Malaysia Partner

Nov 17 2014 // MetLife Inc.’s support for gay rights in the U.S. is drawing criticism to the insurer’s partner in Malaysia. A group in the nation called for a boycott of AMMB Holdings Bhd.’s AmBank, citing...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Titan Group in Virginia

Nov 14 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of The Titan Group, LLC located in Richmond, Virginia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, Titan provides human resource consulting...

Talanx Sells Remaining Shares in Swiss Life to Strengthen Balance Sheet

Nov 14 2014 // Talanx will book 214 million euros ($267 million) profit from the sale of its 5.03 percent stake in the Zurich-based life insurer in the fourth quarter, the company said in a statement from Hanover, Germany today.The sale...

Texas Agent Group Acquires LevelFirst, Forms IIAT Services MGA

Nov 13 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...

Collins Named Managing Partner at Willis of Georgia

Nov 13 2014 // Insurance broker Willis North America has appointed Paul Collins as managing partner with Willis Insurance Services of Georgia Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2015.Collins has more than 17 years of experience in the insurance...

Hudson Insurance Acquires Surety Partners’ Northeast Operation

Nov 13 2014 // Hudson Insurance Group has acquired the underwriting operations of Surety Partners of America, Northeast, which is based in Chester, New Jersey.Surety Partners of America, which was formed in 2009, is licensed and operates...

C&R Insurance Services in Pennsylvania Announces 2 Acquisitions

Nov 12 2014 // C&R Insurance Services Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania, has acquired Garden State Professional Insurance Agency, a professional liability agency based in Freehold, New Jersey, and its affiliate FLAG Insurance Services....