All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 12 2014 // Prime Risk Partners, a recently established national insurance distribution firm in Atlanta, hired Matthew McKenna as senior vice president. He is based in Buffalo, New York. McKenna previously served as senior vice...
Nov 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Forker Company in Arlington Heights, Ill.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2000, The Forker Company (Forker) is a retail insurance agency that offers...
Nov 12 2014 // Cathay Life Insurance Co. of Taiwan has acquired insurance industry investment and asset manager and research firm Conning Holdings Corp. of Hartford, Conn. and all of its subsidiaries.Under the terms of the agreement,...
Nov 11 2014 // ACE urged risk managers at multinational European companies to reexamine the capabilities of their global insurance partners as the international regulatory and business environment grows increasingly complex.The...
Nov 11 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG announced that its U.S. holding subsidiary has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Latin American Holdings Ltd., a program administrator that has underwritten trade credit...
Nov 11 2014 // Arch Insurance Europe has acquired 100 percent of Resource Underwriting Pacific Pty Ltd (RUPPL), the Melbourne-based MGA. RUPPL will be added to Arch Insurance Europe’s current holdings in Australia. James...
Nov 10 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SGB-NIA provides retail property/casualty, risk management and employee...
Nov 10 2014 // Aviva plc and its partner Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS raised 331 million liras ($147 million) in the initial public offering of their Turkish pension and life insurance unit as the shares priced near the top of the...
Nov 7 2014 // Hub International Limited announced that its subsidiary Hub International Northeast Limited has acquired the stock of Fotek Insurance Agency Inc., a New Jersey-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition...
Nov 7 2014 // CBIZ Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired Weekes & Callaway Inc. (W&C), an independent insurance agency based in Delray Beach, Florida, effective Nov. 1, 2014. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in...
Nov 7 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC has acquired NuWest Insurance Services Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based property/casualty agency. NuWest generates roughly $2.4 million in revenue and specializes in providing P/C insurance...
Nov 6 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Discovery Benefit Solutions Inc. in San Diego, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Discovery Benefit Solutions provides employee benefit consultation, management and...
Nov 6 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured Neace Lukens, has acquired Premiere Coastal Insurance Group. No financial terms were disclosed.Premiere Coastal Insurance Group specializes in providing insurance...
Nov 5 2014 // Surety executive Sharon Rusconi and her team have joined Edgewood Partners Insurance Center in the Sacramento, Calif. office Rusconi’s book of business and other assets were purchased by EPIC from Lesron Insurance...
Nov 5 2014 // Old Mutual plc, Africa’s biggest insurer, has 4.3 billion rand ($386 million) for acquisitions on the continent, where growth rates higher than advanced countries may help boost sales after third-quarter growth...
Nov 4 2014 // Business process solutions company EXL has acquired Overland Solutions Inc., an Overland Park, Kan.-based provider of underwriting support services including premium audit, commercial and residential underwriting surveys...
Nov 4 2014 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance, has acquired three insurance brokerages, two in New York’s Buffalo area and one in California. Confie Seguros acquired The Insurance Market Agency Inc....
Nov 4 2014 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners) in Tampa, Florida, has appointed Trevor Baldwin to partner. He joins Lowry Baldwin, Laura Sherman and Elizabeth Krystyn as partners at the private independent insurance...
Nov 4 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group’s wholesale brokerage, R-T Specialty, LLC (RT) has acquired the assets of excess and surplus broker, Tennessee Underwriters Inc. (TUI). A family-owned business, TUI was formed in 1980 in...
Nov 4 2014 // The Hilb Group, LLC said it has acquired Lake Norman Benefits of Charlotte, North Carolina.Terms were not disclosed on the transaction that closed on Nov. 1. LNB will continue to operate at its current location under...