All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 1 2012 // Chartis announced it has acquired Service Net Warranty LLC, an Indiana-based provider of warranty/extended service plan administration and claims services. Chartis will integrate Service Net into its U.S. Warranty...
Jan 31 2012 // Former business partners of Nevada developer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore have sued him, claiming he embezzled and misappropriated more than $40 million.In its lawsuit filed Friday in Clark County District Court, the...
Jan 30 2012 // MetLife, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire the life insurance businesses of UK-based Aviva plc in the Czech Republic (Aviva Czech Life) and Hungary (Aviva Hungary Life), and its life insurance and pension...
Jan 30 2012 // Former business partners of Nevada developer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore have sued him, claiming he misappropriated millions of dollars.In its lawsuit filed last week in Clark County District Court, the Wingfield Nevada...
Jan 27 2012 // The H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, parent company of wholesale broker and underwriting manager Burns & Wilcox, has purchased Chesterfield Group Ltd., a London-based insurance broker and underwriting organization with...
Jan 26 2012 // Insurance Company of the West (ICW) and WKFC Underwriting Managers have announced a continued expansion of the relationship between the firms for commercial earthquake insurance.The partnership between ICW Group and WKFC...
Jan 26 2012 // U.S. insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group, Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of THB Group plc of London.THB, an independent insurance and reinsurance broker and risk management business, serves clients...
Jan 25 2012 // Carmel, Ind.-based Oak Street Funding has appointed W. Todd Gray as chief financial officer.Gray will lead the finance and underwriting groups at Oak Street Funding and will assist with strategic partnerships and...
Jan 24 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Bermuda-based Partner Reinsurance...
Jan 24 2012 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker with operations in Chicago, has appointed William “Bill” Monat as senior placement specialist, transactional solutions...
Jan 24 2012 // AssuredPartners, a portfolio company of the Chicago, Ill-based equity firm GTCR, has acquired the Dawson Companies. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, and with offices in Florida and Virginia, Dawson markets property/casualty,...
Jan 23 2012 // Markel International has made a move to start writing business in Germany through a joint venture with Anglo Underwriting.With Markel’s support, Anglo’s primary focus will be to increase opportunities in...
Jan 23 2012 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $267,364 workers’ compensation dividend to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) wholesale/retail safety group. The dividend was based largely on the safety...
Jan 23 2012 // It turns out there was another player in last year’s merger deal between Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co.According to a news report, Liberty Mutual also made an offer last...
Jan 23 2012 // The insurance industry is likely to see more robust mergers and-acquisitions activity in 2012, according to a New York investment and research firm.In 2011, the M&A deal volume started off relatively slowly, followed...
Jan 20 2012 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited announced that it has agreed to acquire approximately 25 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of Thai reinsurer, Thai Reinsurance Public Company Limited, for approximately US$70...
Jan 19 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired Riley & Associates Inc. in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Riley & Associates Inc. is a retail insurance broker with...
Jan 19 2012 // Ventura Partners BHR, LP which has acquired the assets from Barlocker Insurance Services of Ventura, Calif. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Barlocker Insurance Services was formally affiliated with the Leavitt...
Jan 18 2012 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that it “expects to record a charge of approximately $120 million, pre-tax and net of retrocession and reinstatement premiums, in its fourth quarter 2011 results related to the...
Jan 17 2012 // Randolph, Mass.-based International Marketing and Administration Company (IMAC) purchased Specialty Service Solutions LLC, an insurance brokerage headquartered in Chicago.Specialty Service Solutions provides access to...