All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2011 // Lewiston, Maine-based Northeast Bank Insurance Group has been acquired by local agencies in two separate transactions effective Sept. 1.The Varney Agency, of Bangor, Maine, will purchase the assets of nine Northeast Bank...
Aug 29 2011 // Van Nuys, Calif.-based Momentous Insurance Brokerage entered into a partnership to become an exclusive partner of business and personal lines insurance for Archer Weiss, a provider of individual and group health insurance...
Aug 26 2011 // Chartis will enter into a contractual agreement with NYA International Limited (NYA), a kidnap and extortion response consultancy. Beginning December 1, 2011, NYA will be responsible for providing kidnap, extortion,...
Aug 26 2011 // Willis Europe B.V., a division of Willis Group Holdings plc, has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Polish insurance broker, Brokerskie Centrum Ubezpieczeniowe (AMA) Sp. Zoo.Willis said the deal, effective immediately,...
Aug 26 2011 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Catalina Echo Limited, signed a definitive merger agreement on August 22, 2011 to acquire Residential Loss Control Holdings, LLC...
Aug 24 2011 // The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) have strengthened their partnership to be able to better assist Caribbean countries to develop climate...
Aug 23 2011 // Insurance agency technology vendor Vertafore said that its subsidiary Sircon will acquire Indianapolis, Indiana-based Kaplan Compliance Solutions (KCS), which sells insurance and securities software and services. Terms of...
Aug 19 2011 // Business Risk Partners (BRP) now offers a new standard professional liability (E&O) policy form for hundreds of service professions. Policies will be underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, the company’s partner...
Aug 17 2011 // Santa Barbara, Calif.-based real estate management software firm Yardi has acquired Dallas-based Multifamily Insurance Group (MIG) in a move that allows it to provide renters insurance to its property owner clients.Yardi...
Aug 16 2011 // Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced it has agreed to acquire a 20 percent strategic interest in China’s Bohai Property Insurance Pty Ltd., a general insurerIAG said it would pay RMB687.5 million...
Aug 15 2011 // Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. is to become the sole shareholder of the largest Hawaii-based property and casualty insurance carrier.The Japanese insurer announced in Tokyo this week it has reached an agreement to acquire the...
Aug 15 2011 // 5 Insurers Become 1Five well-known Midwest property/casualty insurers have agreed to merge into one that the public is sure to forget. Lackawanna Casualty, Wawanesa Mutual, West Wawanosh Mutual, Lanark Mutual and Mutual of...
Aug 15 2011 // China has closed on its previously announced acquisition of the top 25 surplus lines insurers in the U.S. for $21 billion.As a group the 25 insurers write $26 billion, which is about 80 percent of the entire U.S. surplus...
Aug 12 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired insurance brokerage operations of Robinson-Adams Insurance Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition does not involve the...
Aug 10 2011 // France’s SCOR Group announced that it has finalized the acquisition of the mortality portfolio, including the operational assets and personnel, of Transamerica Re, a division of The Netherlands-based AEGON.SCOR said...
Aug 4 2011 // Destin, Florida-based insurance agency Acentria has acquired Concord Commercial Insurance Agency in Punta Gorda, Florida. Bob and Tyler Wilson along with their employees are joining Acentria and continue to offer...
Aug 3 2011 // Itasca, Ill.-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Group Benefits of Arkansas LLC in Ft. Smith, Ark.Established in 2004, Group Benefits of...
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Aug 2 2011 // Bankers Insurance LLC, headquartered in Richmond, Va., has acquired Gateway Insurance Services, Inc., previously owned by Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc. Gateway Insurance Services Inc. has five offices in eastern North...
Aug 1 2011 // Louisiana is winding down its hurricane recovery programs, but Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration hasn’t cut much of the staff assigned to the work, even as other agencies across state government have faced...