All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 22 2013 // InsurBanc, a federal savings bank founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corp. a dozen years ago, has joined Connecticut Community Bank N.A., based in Westport, Conn.In the...
Apr 22 2013 // After a record-setting year-end, 2013 started off with a whisper.First quarter merger and acquisition activity slowed to 37 announced transactions between January and March, down from 67 the prior year. Buyers were busy...
Apr 18 2013 // A Democratic senator who helped craft President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law gave the administration “a failing grade” on Wednesday for its efforts to educate the public and small employers...
Apr 17 2013 // New Jersey officials plan to unveil a plan in the next two to three weeks for buying out roughly 1,000 flood-prone homes from owners who want to sell them, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman said...
Apr 17 2013 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd announced that it has completed its acquisition of KX Reinsurance Company Limited, including its Re’s wholly owned subsidiary OX Reinsurance Company Limited (OX Re), from Tawa plc,...
Apr 17 2013 // Global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has extended by one year the exercise date of its call option to acquire full ownership of French insurance broker Gras Savoye,...
Apr 12 2013 // Questpro Consultants and Q TEMPS have named new partners for the Dallas-based insurance recruiting and staffing firms, the companies announced. At Questpro, Johnny Park and Jason Simmons have been named the second and...
Apr 12 2013 // Dallas-based U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. announced it has acquired the renewal rights to the book of staffing and employee leasing accounts of CIC Insurance Brokers LLC, based in Abilene, Texas. This business will be...
Apr 12 2013 // Atlas General Insurance Services in San Diego, Calif. has acquired South Bay Underwriters from Bliss & Glennon, a Redondo Beach-based national managing general agency and surplus lines broker. The firms said that upon...
Apr 11 2013 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it has “joined with its partners in the Business Coalition for Transatlantic Trade (BCTT) and leaders in government from both the U.S. and EU for an event to formally launch the...
Apr 11 2013 // Protective Life Corp said it will buy Mony Life Insurance Company from parent AXA SA for $1.06 billion to access its portfolio of life insurance policies.Protective Life sees the deal adding between $0.10 and $0.15 to its...
Apr 10 2013 // AssuredPartners of Florida has acquired substantially all of the assets of Alan James Insurance, a Ft. Lauderdale-based insurance broker specializing in insurance for the south Florida real estate market. The agency is led...
Apr 9 2013 // The Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) announced that it has reached an agreement to sell Qatarlyst, an electronic trading exchange for the global insurance and reinsurance industry, to Ebix Singapore Pte Limited, a...
Apr 8 2013 // Strickland Insurance Brokers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldsboro, N.C.-based Strickland Insurance Group Inc., announced it has acquired the assets of Palmyra, Va.-based Tower Transportation Underwriters Inc.Tower...
Apr 8 2013 // InsurBanc — a federal savings bank founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corp. a dozen years ago — has joined Connecticut Community Bank N.A., based in Westport,...
Apr 8 2013 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Limited (CGSC), the global wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the acquisition of the remaining 49.99 percent shareholding in Cooper Gay Chile S.A. from Servicios Security...
Apr 8 2013 // Strickland Insurance Brokers of Goldsboro, North Carolina has acquired the assets of Palmyra, Virginia-based Tower Transportation Underwriters Inc. Tower Underwriters, owned by Fred Black, is a managing general agency in...
Apr 8 2013 // Itasca, Ill.-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Advanced Benefit Advisors Inc. of Cherry Hill, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 2005,...
Apr 5 2013 // Starr Aviation (Starr), a division of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., has partnered with the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) and Redbird Flight Simulations (Redbird) to reward participation of insureds...
Apr 4 2013 // San Diego, CA, 4/4/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, is pleased to announce its acquisition of South Bay Underwriters, LLC, from Bliss & Glennon, a leading national managing general agency and surplus lines...