Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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NFP Completes Sale of Majority Stake in Kestra Financial to Stone Point Capital

Jun 27 2016 // NFP, an insurance broker and consultant, has completed the sale of a majority stake in Kestra Financial (Kestra) to funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point), a private equity firm focused on investing in the...

Cross Insurance Buys Bardwell, Bowlby & Karem Agency in Berkshires

Jun 24 2016 // Cross Insurance has expanded its presence in western Massachusetts, New York and southern Vermont with the purchase of Pittsfield, Massachusetts-based independent insurance agencyBardwell, Bowlby & Karam,which has been...

ERMI Launches Pollution Protection Product for M&A Transactions

Jun 24 2016 // Environmental Risk Managers, Inc. (ERMI) has announced a new product to address exposures related to business & property transactions. The Mergers, Acquisitions, and Pollution Protection (MAPP) product combines...

Hanover Stone Partners, USA Risk Group to Offer Captive Management Services

Jun 24 2016 // Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, and USA Risk Group, an independent captive management firm, have collaborated to offer captive management, governance and related services to businesses and other...

Massachusetts’ Rogers & Gray Acquires Albert Brock Co. on Nantucket

Jun 23 2016 // Cape Cod, Massachusetts-based Rogers & Gray Insurance has acquired the independent insurance agency, Albert G. Brock Co., located on Nantucket Island. The newly formed entity will now be known as Brock Insurance, a...

Meeting with Antitrust Official Key Moment for Anthem-Cigna Merger

Jun 23 2016 // Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. are preparing for a showdown with senior Justice Department officials this week in their effort to persuade the government to allow the health insurers to combine, lest they wind up dueling in...

Democratic Senators Oppose Health Insurer Mergers

Jun 23 2016 // Seven Democratic senators urged the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to block two mergers of major health insurance companies, saying that the proposed deals would mean higher premiums and lower-quality healthcare for...

Integro Acquires Equine Broker Jerry Parks Insurance Group in Florida

Jun 22 2016 // International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers has added to its livestock coverage capabilities with the acquisition of Ocala, Florida-based corporations Jerry Parks Equine Insurance, Inc. and...

AXA Plans $2.4B in Cost Cuts by 2020; Acquisitions Eyed for Growth

Jun 21 2016 // AXA SA, France’s largest insurer, plans to increase profitability through 2020 by seeking 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion) of cost cuts and growing digital investments to tap rising demand for policies protecting...

Risk Strategies Acquires Dallas-Based McLaughlin Brunson Agency

Jun 21 2016 // National insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies Company, has acquired Dallas-based McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency. McLaughlin Brunson provides insurance products and services to architects,...

Houston-Based The Stevenson Group Acquired by Digital Benefit Advisors

Jun 20 2016 // National employee benefits firm, Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), has acquired its second Houston-based firm, The Stevenson Group. Principals Brian and Audrey Stevenson, along with their 16-member team will continue...

Church Mutual, Insight Worldwide Partner on Pre-Employment Screening

Jun 17 2016 // Merrill, Wis.-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has partnered with Insight Worldwide to offer access to pre-employment screening for those who hire employees at senior living communities. Pre-screening...

AmTrust Acquires Total Program Management in New York

Jun 17 2016 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced that it has acquired Total Program Management LLC in Ronkonkoma, New York, for cash. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2005, Total Program Management is a...

Texas-Based RiskPro Partners Names Davis as VP, Risk Management

Jun 16 2016 // RiskPro Partners, a privately held insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Dallas, has hired Julie Davis as vice president, Risk Management Services, in RiskPro Partner’s Austin office. Davis joins RiskPro Partners...

Ironshore’s Pembroke Agency Partners with Old Mutual for Africa Risks

Jun 16 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd. has entered into a management agreement with Old Mutual Group to underwrite select specialty lines for African risks. Pembroke’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 4000 partners...

Duffy Insurance Acquires Jay Colangelo Insurance in Massachusetts

Jun 14 2016 // Duffy Insurance Agency, a family-owned, independent agency based in Lynn, Massachusetts, announced that it has acquired Jay Colangelo Insurance Agency of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Wisconsin Employee Benefits Firm

Jun 14 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Buchholz Planning Corp. (BPC), located in Madison, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1968, BPC provides employee benefits consulting and brokerage...

Run-Off Specialist Compre to Buy Allianz IARD’s Pool Legacy Business

Jun 14 2016 // Compre, the independent insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, has agreed to acquire Allianz IARD’s Ridgwell Fox & Partners (RFP) pool legacy reinsurance business for an undisclosed sum. RFP is a...

Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC Announces Exclusive New Workers’ Compensation Partnership with Falls Lake Insurance Companies

Jun 14 2016 // San Diego, CA, June 14, 2016 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program administrator, announced today the addition of an exclusive new workers’ compensation insurance program with Falls...

Ironshore Names Aggarwal, 4 Others from Allied World to Global M&A Insurance Team for Americas

Jun 14 2016 // Ironshore International has announced its global Mergers & Acquisitions unit will establish an office for transactions in the North and Latin American regions. The Americas team will be led by Navine K. Aggarwal,...