All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2010 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, a privately held company headed by Alan Jay Kaufman, has acquired Colorado-based US Reports Inc. – a national loss control inspection, premium audit and risk management services firm.US...
May 4 2010 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents, a subsidiary of Strongwood Insurance Holdings Corp., has announced its acquisition of AmCom Insurance Services Inc. AmCom, established in 1996, is a full service...
May 4 2010 // Torus announced that it has acquired Glacier Insurance AG, a subsidiary of the Glacier Group. The transaction is expected to be completed in May, 2010, subject to relevant regulatory approvals. [See also A.M. Best’s...
May 4 2010 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Patrick Thiele, the Company’s President and CEO, has decided to retire, effective December 31, 2010. He will also step down from the Company’s Board of Directors at...
May 4 2010 // A.M. Best Co. commented that the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of National Interstate Group and its members and the ICR of...
May 3 2010 // A lease agreement to buy insurance for a landlord trumps a state law that prohibits property owners from requiring tenants to indemnify landlords for their own negligence, Massachusetts highest court ruled.The decision...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
Apr 30 2010 // Bermuda-based Max Capital Group and Harbor Point Limited, a privately held company, announced that their respective shareholders have voted in favor of all proposals necessary to consummate a merger of equals of Max and...
Apr 30 2010 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc., part of Wells Fargo & Co., has acquired AIM Administration Inc., a single office, employee benefits insurance brokerage firm located in Salt Lake City. The acquisition closed on...
Apr 30 2010 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced that Zenith’s shareholders voted (by 98.9 percent of the votes cast) in favor of Fairfax’s acquisition of Zenith for $38 cash per share. The merger remains subject to...
Apr 30 2010 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced preliminary estimates of expected claims, relating to the recent explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico, as in “the range of $60-$70...
Apr 29 2010 // Pennsylvania-based JC Stevens, a program underwriter specializing in cranes, has been acquired by Norman-Spencer for an undisclosed sum.“JC Stevens has a built a strong reputation as a quality underwriting and...
Apr 28 2010 // Florida’s 21st Century Holding Co. has dropped its bid to acquire domestic property insurer HomeWise Holdings at the same time it reported that its own Florida property insurance unit it has received approval to...
Apr 27 2010 // National Interstate Corp., headquartered in Richfield, Ohio, announced that its principal insurance subsidiary, National Interstate Insurance Co., will acquire Fenton, Mo.-based Vanliner Insurance Co., a subsidiary of...
Apr 23 2010 // Equity Risk Partners (ERP), an insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm focused exclusively on the needs of the private equity industry, has added Charles Blackmon as senior principal – Executive...
Apr 22 2010 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) announced it has acquired Jeffrey Stephens Insurance Services (JSIS), a retail insurance brokerage based in San Rafael, Calif. JSIS was established in 1993 by founder and principal...
Apr 22 2010 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced today that the Delaware Court of Chancery, ruling from the bench after hearing arguments from plaintiffs who had filed actions in both Delaware and California, has denied the...