All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 4 2012 // Itasca, Ill.-headquartered insurance brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Capital Bauer Insurance Agency in Albany, N.Y.The companies did not disclose terms of the transaction. Founded in 1957, Capital...
Jan 4 2012 // Catlin Group Limited has formed partnerships with two specialist risk management consultancies to enhance its services to clients with hijack, kidnap, extortion and wrongful detention exposures. The Bermuda-based insurer...
Jan 4 2012 // Catlin Group Limited has formed a partnership with two specialist risk management consulting firms, which, it said, would “enhance the services it offers to clients with hijack, kidnap, extortion and wrongful...
Jan 3 2012 // UK-based specialist broker Voyager Insurance Services Ltd, a member of the Somerville Group, which is focused on providing travel insurance to insurance brokers and third party intermediaries, has acquired the Fresh Start...
Dec 30 2011 // JLT Insurance Brokers (Ireland) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, has acquired FBD Insurance Brokers Ltd, which is based in Ireland, from FBD Holdings plc.The bulletin also noted that...
Dec 29 2011 // BancInsure has partnered with KnightBrook Insurance Co. to provide coverage for financial institutions. The BancInsure Program will issue KnightBrook policies for its core products.“KnightBrook is an ideal partner...
Dec 29 2011 // The ACE Group announced that it has acquired Rio Guayas Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros, a general insurance company in Ecuador that is owned by Banco de Guayaquil, for approximately US$55 million in cash.The insurer was...
Dec 28 2011 // Title insurance, mortgage and financial services provider Fidelity National Financial Inc. said it will sell an 85 percent interest in its personal lines business to WT Holdings Inc. of Memphis for approximately $119...
Dec 26 2011 // San Francisco-based private equity firm Genstar Capital, LLC said it has acquired Innovative Aftermarket Systems, which underwrites and markets motor vehicle protection products and related services sold through franchised...
Dec 22 2011 // The QBE Insurance Group announced that it has agreed to acquire Optima Insurance Group, an underwriting group in Puerto Rico that posted an estimated $100 million in gross written premium in 2011.QBE said the...
Dec 21 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kahl Insurance Services LLC in Englewood, Colo.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kahl Insurance is a retail property/casualty and risk management insurance brokerage focused...
Dec 21 2011 // York Risk Services Group (York), a national provider of claims-management, specialized loss adjusting, insurance pool administration and other insurance services, has acquired Dublin, Ohio-based Avizent. The terms of the...
Dec 21 2011 // In a brief statement, issued by its office in Dublin, Beazley plc confirmed that it is to undertake a strategic review of the business of Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Limited. The statement followed the announcement by the...
Dec 21 2011 // Tokio Marine said on Wednesday it will buy U.S. insurer Delphi Financial Group for $2.7 billion, the latest in a string of deals by Japan’s second-largest property-casualty insurer aimed at growing outside its mature...
Dec 20 2011 // Workers’ compensation insurer The MEMIC Group acquired a Vermont-based insurer. The insurer also said it plans to expand its operations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 2012.MEMIC purchased Granite Manufacturers...
Dec 20 2011 // Starr International Co. has acquired Assist-Card International Holdings S.A. and expanded its offerings to include travel and emergency assistant services.Assist-Card provides these travel services to more than 7 million...
Dec 20 2011 // Digital Insurance has acquired Kellogg Smith as part of a plan to increase its presence in Florida. The addition of the Miami-based Kellogg markets the eleventh addition to the company this year. Established in 1993,...
Dec 20 2011 // Insurance Australia Group Limited announced that its 49 percent-owned Malaysian associate, AmG Insurance Berhad, “has submitted for local regulatory review a proposal to enter into an agreement to acquire Kurnia...
Dec 19 2011 // Moody’s Corp. has acquired Barrie & Hibbert Limited, a provider of risk management modeling tools for insurance companies worldwide.The acquisition broadens Moody’s Analytics suite of software solutions for...
Dec 16 2011 // The parent company of managing general agent San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Brown & Brown Inc.The purchase price is $395 million, subject...