All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2014 // Bermuda-based Validus Holdings, Ltd. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Western World Insurance Group, Inc.; which it noted “is a specialty lines insurance company with a 50 year track record of...
Oct 2 2014 // NSM Insurance Group announced the acquisition of Specialty Aviation Underwriters (SAU), located in Addison, Texas.Founded over 20 years ago, SAU specializes in aviation products. NSM Insurance Group underwrites more than...
Oct 2 2014 // Memphis-based Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. said it has completed its purchase of T&H Global Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries (T&H).Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition brings to Sedgwick the...
Oct 1 2014 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. said has agreed to acquire Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc. (ProAg) from CUNA Mutual Group in an all-cash purchase of ProAg’s capital stock for $110 million.The transaction, which is...
Sep 30 2014 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service firms, announced it has acquired the...
Sep 29 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Maryland, LLC, has acquired Crawford Advisors, LLC, in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Crawford Advisors specializes in...
Sep 25 2014 // Direct Line Insurance Group Plc sold its German and Italian businesses to Spain’s Mapfre SA for €550 million ($700 million) as the company pares back its international operations to cut costs and pay a dividend.The...
Sep 23 2014 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Danielson Indemnity Company, the holding company of National American Insurance Company of California and Danielson National Insurance Company,...
Sep 22 2014 // Insure.net, an independent insurance agency based in North Haven, Connecticut, announced it has acquired Stark Agency in Chester, Connecticut. Founded in 2006, Insure.net has been mostly a personal lines agency, but the...
Sep 19 2014 // British insurer Aviva is selling its stake in joint venture CxG Aviva for €287 million ($369 million) to venture partner Novacaixagalicia (NCG) Banco after a Spanish tribunal ruling cleared the way for a deal.The cash...
Sep 17 2014 // Global Excess Partners, a managing general agent, has hired Liz Carmody as senior vice president. She is based in New York City. Carmody will assist in managing the firm’s large property and mid-market accounts. In...
Sep 17 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired Hagedorn & Company located in New York, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1869, Hagedorn is a retail insurance broker...
Sep 17 2014 // Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. has agreed to acquire T&H Global Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries that provide insurance claims services to insurance carriers, insurance brokers, corporations and public...
Sep 16 2014 // After months of uncertainty, the merger of ACP Re Ltd. and struggling reinsurer Tower Group International has finally closed.Bermuda-based ACP Re and Tower announced on Sept. 12 that all regulatory approvals were in place...
Sep 11 2014 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced today that Willis Re Inc., its North American reinsurance business, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of SurePoint Reinsurance Advisors, LLC, in Portland,...
Sep 11 2014 // Leaders of a Central Texas city have approved a $3.5 billion annual budget that includes buying out about 300 more homes in flood-prone areas.The Austin City Council on Tuesday approved next year’s budget and...
Sep 10 2014 // Ion Insurance Corp., an agency based in Naugatuck, Connecticut, recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Drescher Insurance Agency in Chester, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not...
Sep 10 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Everett James Inc. located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1990, Everett James offers employee benefits...
Sep 8 2014 // HGGC, a middle market private equity firm, said it has completed a majority investment in Pearl Holding Group, a managing general agent (MGA) focused on the non-standard auto insurance market in Florida.As part of the...
Sep 8 2014 // KMRD Partners, a property/casualty insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm in Warrington, Pennsylvania, has hired Keith Boyer as managing partner. Boyer’s role as managing partner will include...