All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 12 2013 // Nexus Group, a London-based Specialty MGA, has announced a transaction with reinsurer PartnerRe, which covers the current core financial lines underwritten by Nexus for a term of up to five years.Colin Thompson, CEO of...
Jun 10 2013 // Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners recently hired Matthew Streisfeld as a senior associate to lead the firm’s investments in middle-market companies across several insurance sectors.Matthew...
Jun 10 2013 // Brown & Brown of New York Inc, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., said it acquired certain assets of The Rollins Agency in Rye Brook, N.Y. With roots dating from 1910, The Rollins Agency provides a wide range of...
Jun 10 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. said it has agreed to acquire The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co. from E-L Financial Corp. Limited for approximately $1.1 billion in cash with an eye on expanding its commercial lines...
Jun 7 2013 // Equity Risk Partners, an insurance brokerage, employee benefits and risk management consulting firm, has joined forces with AirSure Limited, an aviation risk management consultant in the United States, to strengthen its...
Jun 6 2013 // Segal Select Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired Broker of Record rights to certain fiduciary liability policies and fidelity bonds previously brokered by A&R Associates in Alexandria, Va. According to Brian Smith,...
Jun 6 2013 // Insurance broker Marsh has agreed to acquire Franco & Acra Tecniseguros, an insurance adviser in the Dominican Republic that has been acting as Marsh’s local correspondent broker since 1977. Terms of the...
Jun 4 2013 // Southport Lane, a New York City-based private equity firm, has completed its acquisition of Louisiana-based Imperial Management Corp., along with its largest subsidiary, Imperial Fire & Casualty, in an all-cash...
Jun 4 2013 // Hub International Limited (Hub) subsidiary Hub International HKMB Limited (Hub HKMB) has acquired a book of commercial and personal lines business from Lottie Chan. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Chan is...
Jun 4 2013 // Chicago, Ill.-based Hub International Ltd. subsidiary Hub International Mountain States has acquired the assets of Beartooth Insurance Inc. Beartooth is a full-service insurance brokerage firm operating out of offices in...
Jun 3 2013 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., a Canadian insurer, agreed to buy American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. for $306 million in an all-cash deal that will bring $480 million of investable assets. American Safety...
Jun 3 2013 // Several large UK cedants are reducing their spending on facultative reinsurance, according to the view taken by Vanessa Macdonald-Smith, team leader at facultative reinsurance broker, Faber Global, a division of...
May 31 2013 // Spokane, Wash.-based Cochrane & Company, a western-regional surplus lines brokerage and managing general agent, has acquired Prowest Insurance Services Inc. The name and operations of Prowest, a Folsom, Calif.-based...
May 30 2013 // Employee benefits agency Digital Insurance has acquired Fallick Insurance Services of Mountain View, Calif. Fallick joins the Los Altos/Silicon Valley office of Digital Benefit Advisors, a division of Digital...
May 29 2013 // Willis of Maryland, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, acquired accounts and certain personnel formerly associated with T.E. Burke & Associates Inc., an employee benefits insurance broker based in Rockville,...
May 24 2013 // Global broker Marsh Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Rehder y Asociados Group, an insurance advisor in Peru. Marsh said the “business includes the insurance broker Rehder y...
May 24 2013 // Overland Park, Kan.-based SeaFire Insurance Services said it is seeking new agency partners in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for its exclusive auto dealer and repair insurance program.SeaFire said it will consider...
May 23 2013 // The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that includes funding aimed at improving Topeka’s levee system along the Kansas River.The bill approved in the Senate would provide about $15.7 million in federal matching funds...
May 22 2013 // Florida-based national insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. has agreed to acquire Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc., an insurance and risk management broker with operations that include retail brokerage, program management...
May 22 2013 // The Chicago-based Jacobson Group, which provides recruits to the insurance industry, and ejsSearch – the London-based insurance executive search firm specializing in assignments in London and broader European and...