All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 25 2012 // Global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. said it will acquire Alliant Insurance Services Inc., a specialty insurance brokerage firm based in California, from another investment firm, Blackstone, which...
Nov 21 2012 // California has sold out of the first pollution permits issued as part of a landmark offensive against greenhouse gases at an inaugural auction that regulators said Monday went smoothly.The effort to curtail carbon...
Nov 21 2012 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that it has acquired the assets of Galileo Weather Risk Management, a provider of weather risk management products and services, and has hired all of its employees....
Nov 19 2012 // Confie Seguros was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners in a deal that closed on Nov. 9, which the rapidly expanding auto insurer focused on the U.S. Hispanic market says will help it grow to double...
Nov 13 2012 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of The University of the West Indies have entered into a partnership to enhance the Accelerometric Network in the Eastern...
Nov 9 2012 // Risk Strategies Company (RSC), a national insurance brokerage based in Boston, recently acquired Burlington, Mass.-based D&D Insurance Agency, an independent personal and commercial lines agency. Terms of the deal...
Nov 9 2012 // Confie Seguros was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners in a deal that closed on Friday under which the rapidly expanding auto insurer focused on the U.S. Hispanic market says will help it grow to...
Nov 8 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., acquired Worcester, Massachusetts-based The Protector Group Insurance Agency, one of the largest independent agencies in New England. Terms of...
Nov 7 2012 // RLI Corp. announced it has acquired Rockbridge Underwriting Agency, a Houston-based managing general agency specializing in medical malpractice insurance.Led by founder and Chairman James R. Brooks, Rockbridge Underwriting...
Nov 6 2012 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Raintree Insurance Agency Inc., a San Bernardino, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm. Raintree will become part of the California operations of Hub International Insurance...
Nov 6 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced it has acquired Howalt+McDowell Insurance Inc., the largest independent agency in South Dakota. Terms of the transaction were...
Nov 6 2012 // Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations LLC announced it will acquire the workers’ compensation book of business of TAS Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. The deal is scheduled to close effective...
Nov 6 2012 // IDP Holdings LLC acquired the hospitality business of National Specialty Underwriters Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based specialty commercial insurance program manager. As part of the transaction, IDP also purchased NSU’s...
Nov 6 2012 // Cleveland, Ohio-based CBIZ Inc. has acquired the employee benefit division of Leavitt Pacific Insurance Brokers Inc. of Campbell, Calif. Leavitt Pacific Insurance provides employee benefits, retirement plan services, as...
Nov 6 2012 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the shares of Huestis Commercial Insurance Ltd. (HCIL), a Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada-based insurance brokerage firm.Terms of the acquisition...
Nov 5 2012 // RLI Corp. has acquired Rockbridge Underwriting Agency, a managing general agency specializing in medical malpractice insurance. Rockbridge Underwriting Agency is a Houston-based managing general agency specializing in...
Nov 5 2012 // A business lobby group wants the U.S. Congress to regulate companies that provide financing for commercial lawsuits, describing the practice as “coercive enterprise.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for...
Oct 30 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired of Aires Consulting Group Inc., headquartered in Batavia, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1985, Aires Consulting Group, Inc. (Aires) is a licensed...
Oct 30 2012 // Utah Medical Insurance Association, a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians, and The Doctors Co., an insurer of physician and surgeon medical professional liability, have entered into a merger...
Oct 29 2012 // Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named Melanie Thomas and Dan Excee as equity partners. For the past 13 years, Thomas has been a contributor to Burnham Benefits working with mid- and large-size...