All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 21 2010 // A lease agreement to buy insurance for a landlord trumps state law that prohibits property owners from requiring tenants to indemnify landlords for their own negligence, Massachusetts highest court ruled.The decision...
Apr 20 2010 // Insential Inc. has joined with Vela Insurance Services, LLC to offer an exclusive liquor program for bars, night clubs, restaurants and special events to be written on Gemini Insurance Co. paper. The program will provide a...
Apr 19 2010 // January deal activity started out strong but continued to decline in February and further in March. Nonetheless, first quarter merger and acquisition (M&A) activity bested last year’s first quarter performance...
Apr 19 2010 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Ascension Insurance Inc. has announced the acquisition of the Las Vegas-based Kapp Insurance Agency Inc., doing business as Portal of Nevada. Portal of Nevada is a full service employee benefits...
Apr 16 2010 // QBE Americas has agreed to acquire NAU Country Insurance Co., a writer of crop insurance business based in Ramsey, Minn. Completion is expected in July 2010, subject to regulatory approvals.The acquisition supports...
Apr 15 2010 // Pacific Gateway Insurance Agency (PGIA), a wholly owned managing general agent/managing general underwriter of National Indemnity Insurance Co. (NICO), a member of the Berkshire Hathaway Group of Insurance Companies, has...
Apr 14 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 12 2010 // Starr Aviation Agency, Inc. a subsidiary of C.V. Starr & Co. Inc., has acquired International Aerospace Insurance Services Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif.The acquisition of Inter-Aero expands Starr Aviation’s...
Apr 8 2010 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT) recently named Fred Pecina and Jeremy Sandusky as partners in the agency. Pecina is based in the firm’s Fort Worth office and Sandusky works in the firm’s Dallas...
Apr 8 2010 // The U.S. saw a significant decline in the reported value of insurance industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in 2009, and overall global transaction values also declined further from very low 2008 levels,...
Apr 6 2010 // IronPro, the professional liability division of Ironshore Inc., has entered into a joint relationship with Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Facilities, Inc. to offer lawyers professional liability (LPL) insurance....
Apr 5 2010 // Online marketplace MarketScout and Glenn Hargrove, former CEO of Crump, Inc., have teamed up to launch MarketScout Wholesale (MSW), which will combine wholesale brokerage and managing general agency (MGA) services with new...
Apr 5 2010 // Nebraska-based Harvard State Insurance Agency will merge into Cornerstone Insurance Group as a result of Cornerstone Bank’s acquisition of Harvard State Bank.Cornerstone president and chief executive Kelly Holthus...
Apr 5 2010 // Clackamas Insurance, which has offices in Clackamas and Sandy, Ore., has purchased Premier Insurance. According to W. Mike Moll, Clackamas president, all but one of Premier’s employees, and all the independent...
Apr 5 2010 // While high-profile crimes like Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme generate headlines, employees at companies across the county are committing smaller, low profile crimes every day.Many employee theft schemes...
Apr 1 2010 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc. has acquired HSBC Insurance Services (USA) Inc., the energy insurance brokerage of HSBC Insurance. Effective April 1, 2010, the acquisition adds energy companies, utility companies...
Apr 1 2010 // New Jersey-based insurance brokerage Bollinger has acquired John J. Slattery Associates Inc., a provider employee benefit and individual medical products and services to independent brokers throughout the tri-state...
Apr 1 2010 // Marsh announced that it has completed its previously agreed acquisition of HSBC Insurance Brokers Limited (HIBL), a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank plc, in the UK and other key markets in Asia and the Middle East.The...
Apr 1 2010 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a new partnership with the American Red Cross. Called “Ready When the Time Comes,” this is a program which prepares volunteers to assist during...
Mar 31 2010 // New York-based Utica Mutual Insurance Co. will acquire Founders Insurance Co. of Des Plains, Ill. for an undisclosed sum.Founders has annual premium of approximately $115 million in 47 states and the District of Columbia....