All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 20 2014 // A.P. Michaud Insurance Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency in Methuen, Massachusetts, announced the acquisition of Nancy Greenwood Insurance Agency, also based in Methuen. Terms of the transaction were not...
Aug 19 2014 // National Financial Partners Corp. (NFP) announced the acquisitions of two independent insurance agencies in New England: Poulos Insurance Inc. and Altus Specialty Group LLC. Terms were not disclosed. NFP said the...
Aug 18 2014 // USI Insurance Services announced it has entered into an agreement with certain subsidiaries of Willis North America Inc., part of Willis Group Holdings, to acquire seven of Willis’ retail insurance brokerage...
Aug 13 2014 // Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire KMS Financial Services Inc., a Seattle, Wash.-based independent broker-dealer and investment advisor with a strong presence in the...
Aug 13 2014 // AXA SA’s property unit agreed to buy a 50 percent stake in a shopping mall and other assets in the English city of Bristol from Land Securities Group Plc for £267.8 million ($450 million).The purchase of Cabot...
Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Cowles & Connell based in Brewster, New York and Meriden, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1892, Cowles &...
Aug 12 2014 // Holding company Tiptree Financial Inc. said it will acquire Fortegra Financial Corp., a Florida-based insurance services firm, in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $218 million.In the transaction,...
Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired certain assets of Minvielle & Chastanet Insurance Brokers located in the eastern Caribbean. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The bulletin...
Aug 11 2014 // Coverys, a Boston-based medical professional liability insurer, announced it has finalized an agreement to acquire ELM Exchange Inc. in Rockville, Maryland.ELM provides customized online educational programs that are...
Aug 11 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Trip Mate Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo.Established in 1989, Trip Mate is a full service travel insurance agency that provides a wide variety of travel protection plans and...
Aug 8 2014 // Missouri transportation officials warned of a potential rise in traffic fatalities and bridge closures, after voters defeated a sales tax hike that would have funded hundreds of highway and transportation projects across...
Aug 8 2014 // International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has announced its acquisition of Stonehouse Conseillers Ltd., “a London based specialist insurance broker servicing the needs of commercial film...
Aug 7 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the acquisition of Graña y Asociados, a Lima, Peru-based leader in risk and insurance solutions for individuals and businesses. Financial terms...
Aug 6 2014 // There were 165 announced merger and acquisition transactions of insurance agencies in the U.S. and Canada in the first six months of 2014, a jump of nearly 40 percent over the same period in 2013.Also, according to an...
Aug 6 2014 // Norman-Spencer Agency Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based national insurance provider and program administrator, has completed the acquisition of Northern Star Management Inc. Based out of New Jersey since 1997, Northern Star has...
Aug 6 2014 // Confie Seguros, a Huntington Beach, California-based national provider of personal lines insurance, has acquired three insurance brokerages.Among these additions is Bower Insurance, an agency in Lockport, New York,...
Aug 5 2014 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, the global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Jeff Turner as managing partner at Willis of Texas Inc.Turner will be responsible for...
Aug 5 2014 // A report from A.M. Best concludes that “global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the property/casualty (P/C) and reinsurance industries continued at a steady pace in the first half of 2014.”Best said...
Aug 5 2014 // The Hilb Group has acquired The Martin Agency Inc. (TMAI) with offices in Danville, Kentucky, and Celebration and Ormond Beach, Florida.TMAI will continue to operate at its current locations under the leadership of John...
Aug 5 2014 // Chicago-based global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Ballard Insurance Agency, a Melbourne, Florida-based insurance brokerage with coastal personal lines experience. Terms of the...