Still Hot… M&As to Date in 2018
M&A activity in the insurance industry was hot in 2017, and thus far in 2018, it shows no signs of cooling, with 30 deals announced in the month of January alone. The following are reports from the InsuranceJournal.com news archives of M&As in the U.S. for January 2018.
Aon Acquires Real Estate Investment Advisor Townsend Group
RightSure Acquires Auto & Property Insurance Solutions in California
Seeman Holtz Acquires Houston’s Dash Insurance Agency
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires J&A Insurance of Florida
Oklahoma’s Howell-Stone Insurance Joins Rich & Cartmill
AmWINS to Acquire Seacoast Brokers, Trident Claims Management
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire New York’s Kerwick & Curran
Oklahoma’s Mid-Continent to Acquire Tank Owners Renewal Rights
American Enterprise Acquires Utah-Based Great Western Insurance
Wintaai Holdings Acquires Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance
Independent Agents of Plainview, Texas, Merges with Higginbotham
UK Broker Beach & Associates to Be Acquired by Michigan’s Acrisure
Hub Acquires P/C Book from Montreal’s Daniel Picard
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Houston’s AquaSurance
State Auto’s Rockhill Sells Environmental Renewals to CapSpecialty
Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s FIRM Inc.
JenCap Holdings to Acquire Genesee General of Georgia
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires New Jersey’s The Daniels Group
Kaplansky Acquires Massachusetts’ Anthony and Malcolm Agency
AIG to Buy Bermuda Reinsurer Validus for $5.6B in Cash
Leavitt Central Coast Insurance Acquires Pulford in California
Liberty Mutual Sells Off Life Insurance Unit, Realigns P/C Business
InsuranceHub Acquires Insley Insurance of Georgia
Ryan Specialty to Acquire New York’s Irwin Siegel Agency
Oklahoma City Agencies, Universal Insurance and Ledbetter, Merge
MGA Ascent Underwriting Acquired by Preservation Capital Partners
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Market Financial Group, Austin Consulting
Eastern Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Southeastern Agency
Seeman Holtz Acquires Arizona’s Xponent Employer Solutions
Paragon in Connecticut Gains Equity Investment from EPIC and Oak Hill