All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2010 // PartnerRe Ltd. announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new share repurchase authorization up to a total of 7 million common shares, effective immediately. “This replaces the prior authorization of 8...
Sep 9 2010 // Ironshore Inc. has launched a Timberlands Insurance Program designed by Palmer & Cay, LLC for institutional timber tract owners and managers.Ironshore will underwrite a portfolio of policies created exclusively by...
Sep 8 2010 // Colemont Global Group, the international division of wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc., has acquired a majority share of CMK Insurance Brokers Company Limited.CMK Insurance Brokers will operate under the trade...
Sep 8 2010 // Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the shares of Sinclair Cockburn Financial Group (SCFG), a Toronto, Ontario-based insurance and financial services firm with approximately $11 million in...
Sep 8 2010 // The RLJ Companies (RLJ) has entered into an equity arrangement with AV International LLC (AVI), a minority business insurance firm providing services for state government, municipal and corporate clients.The initial focus...
Sep 3 2010 // QBE today announced that its subsidiary, Sterling National Corp., has acquired Seattle Specialty Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Headquartered in Everett, Wash., Seattle Specialty...
Sep 3 2010 // South Carolina Insurance Director Scott Richardson, will introduce the new South Carolina Insurance Funding Program (SCIF) during the annual South Carolina Captive Insurance Association Conference, Sept. 13-15 in...
Sep 3 2010 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired New York-based Old Greenwich Consulting Group for an undisclosed sum.Old Greenwich offers employee benefit consulting and brokerage services, including life...
Sep 2 2010 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired two insurance agencies in the Nevada and Florida.Hub acquired the assets of McFadden Insurance Agency Inc. (McFadden), a Las Vegas–based firm. Terms of the acquisition...
Sep 2 2010 // Building on its history of providing coverage to builders and developers, independent insurance brokerage Propel Insurance announced it is expanding its real estate expertise by acquiring Cascade Risk Placement Inc. and...
Sep 1 2010 // Taiwan financial holding firm Fubon Financial would consider buying American International Group Inc’s Taiwan insurance unit if it was put back on sale, Fubon’s president said on Wednesday. Speaking at an...
Sep 1 2010 // ProAssurance Corp., headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., and Austin, Texas-based American Physicians Service Group Inc. (APS) announced that ProAssurance plans to acquire all the outstanding shares of APS in an all-cash...
Aug 31 2010 // Specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has taken over Florida-located Unisource Program Administrators, a wholesaler of workers’ compensation, for an undisclosed...
Aug 31 2010 // Charlotte, N.C.-based AmWINS Group, Inc. and Crouse and Associates Insurance Services are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement for Crouse and Associates to acquire AmWINS’ Fresno office effective...
Aug 30 2010 // Maryland-based EagleBank has launched a referral program with Bethesada-based insurance agency The Meltzer Group.This program focuses on all major lines of insurance. “We’re very excited about this new...
Aug 30 2010 // Palmer Miller Nelson Insurance Agency Inc. (PMN) of Columbus, Ohio, has become Keystone Insurers Group’s 24th franchise partner in Ohio. The new arrangement was announced jointly by PMN President Steven Miller and...
Aug 26 2010 // Boston-based broker William Gallagher Associates has acquired Paradigm Associates, a health and welfare benefit plan consulting group headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts.Paradigm Associates was founded in 1995 and...
Aug 24 2010 // Insurance brokerage deals in the second quarter of 2010 barely bested the number of deals during the second quarter of 2009 bringing year-over-year activity slightly ahead of last. Forty-six transactions were announced...
Aug 23 2010 // Pacific Pioneer Insurance Group, the parent company of UCA General Insurance and Pacific Excess Insurance, has acquired Priority Insurance Underwriters. Located in Arizona, PIU is a wholesale broker that does business...
Aug 19 2010 // Equity Risk Partners (ERP) has expanded its Chicago-based team with the addition of Brian Stratton as Director – Business Development. In his new role, Stratton will be responsible for building and managing client...