Monthly Archives: <span>January 2021</span>

Top South Central Region Insurance M&As of 2020

The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained the leading merger …

Top Midwest Region Insurance M&As of 2020

The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained the leading merger …

Top National Insurance M&As of 2020

The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained the leading merger …

Top West Region Insurance M&As of 2020

The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained the leading merger …

Top Southeast Region Insurance M&As of 2020

The top M&A story of 2020 was more a global than national story but it captured more readers in every geographic location than any other. Since it was first announced in March, the proposed Aon-Willis merger remained the leading merger …

Lockton Dunning Benefits Adds 3 Key Executives in Houston

Lockton Companies’ Lockton Dunning Benefits has hired Jason Mahler, Travis Brashear and Don Harrison, expanding its growing presence in the Houston market. All three executives will work closely with the firm’s clients across the nation to develop data-driven employee benefits …

Judge Rules Former Viacom Shareholders Can Sue Over ViacomCBS Merger

A Delaware judge ruled this week that former Viacom shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing Shari Redstone of engineering a “patently unfair” merger that created ViacomCBS Inc. so she could become a media magnate like her late father, Sumner Redstone. …

Lava Spatters, Flows Inside Crater of Hawaii Volcano

Lava spattered and flowed over the weekend inside the crater of a Hawaii volcano that began erupting in December. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the lava is confined to the summit crater of Kilauea, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The eruption …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Ashton Tiffany in Arizona

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Ashton Tiffany LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ashton Tiffany founders John Ashton and Michael Tiffany, Jr., and their associates, will continue to operate from their current location as …

Genworth Eyes Partial IPO as $2.7B Deal with China Oceanwide Stalls

Genworth Financial and China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. can’t seem to put the finishing touches on their agreement for Oceanworth to buy Genworth, a $2.7 billion cash deal that was first proposed in October 2016. The parties had originally hoped …