All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2013 // Confie Seguros has acquired Olympic Insurance in Shelton, Wash., a provider of auto, home and small commercial insurance. Olympic Insurance was founded in 1997 and is a privately owned independent insurance agency serving...
Sep 4 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Giles Group of Companies, headquartered in London, England. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close...
Sep 3 2013 // RGEB Employee Benefits has acquired the individual, Medicare and group health insurance business of Archer Weiss, a firm providing health insurance plans for clients in Southern California.The transaction will increase...
Aug 30 2013 // AssuredPartners Inc. has completed the acquisition of Golseth & Gregson Insurance Services (dba GBP Risk Solutions), an independent insurance agency based in Arizona. GBP Risk Solutions offers large commercial...
Aug 29 2013 // Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced the acquisition of five insurance agencies since December 2012.The multi-state broker had been quiet on the acquisition front since their last major deal...
Aug 28 2013 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday it will offer health insurance benefits to domestic partners of its U.S. employees starting next year, following the lead of other major companies.The world’s largest retailer,...
Aug 27 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired Dickinson & Associates Inc., an employee benefits brokerage in Ottawa, Ontario Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1998, Dickinson & Associates...
Aug 26 2013 // Specialty Underwriters & Risk Evaluators LLC has acquired Jackson, Mich.-based WSIB Insurance Agency from the Capacity Group of Companies, headquartered in Mahwah, N.J.WSIB currently operates as a wholesale broker and...
Aug 26 2013 // ING Groep NV sold its South Korean insurance unit on its second attempt within a year, raising about 1.84 trillion won ($1.7 billion) from MBK Partners Ltd., the Asian buyout firm formed by ex-Carlyle Group executives.MBK...
Aug 23 2013 // Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Herbert L. Jamison & Co., completed the acquisition of AxisPointe Inc., an independent employee benefit advisory firm located in West Orange,...
Aug 21 2013 // ECM Solutions of Charlotte, North Carolina, which sells commercial and personal insurance along with risk management services, has acquired the Ferguson Employee Benefits Agency in Greenville, South Carolina.ECM Solutions...
Aug 20 2013 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, handling the most accident investigations since the 1990s, is “going to have to let some things go” if budget cuts aren’t restored, Chairman Deborah Hersman...
Aug 20 2013 // With the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina near, homeowners along the Mississippi Coast also have to brace for possible rate increases of 20 percent for flood insurance and 3.2 percent for wind pool insurance.The...
Aug 19 2013 // Iowa’s insurance regulator has approved the acquisition of West Des Moines-based AvivaUSA and subsidiaries by Athene Holding Ltd., a life insurance company owned primarily by private equity fund Apollo Global...
Aug 19 2013 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a consolidator in the non-life run-off sector, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and Tower Group International, which confirms...
Aug 19 2013 // Growth by merger or acquisition is still a popular and valuable tool, despite the economy being on hard times. One of the main reasons it remains popular among agencies is because it is a way to show growth even with...
Aug 16 2013 // Markel Ventures Inc. and Eagle Construction of VA LLC announced that Markel has acquired Eagle Construction and its affiliated entities. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Markel Ventures is a Markel Corp....
Aug 14 2013 // University Park, Ill.-based insurance software provider Applied Systems Inc. has acquired Insurecom, a software and connectivity solutions company focused on the insurance industry in the United Kingdom.Under the deal...
Aug 13 2013 // The H.W. Kaufman Financial Group announced the acquisition of ISI Insurance Services, a Uniontown, Penn.-based provider of premium audits, loss control and inspection services.ISI will join the team at US-Reports, a...
Aug 13 2013 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired insurance broker Bollinger Inc., headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, for approximately $276.5 million.Bollinger’s business includes retail...