April 23, 2014
Genworth Financial Inc. plans to raise as much as $700 million by selling a minority stake in its Australian mortgage guarantor, in what may be the biggest share sale in the country for more than three years. The seller of …
April 23, 2014
Aetna announced that it has completed its acquisition of United Kingdom-based InterGlobal from a group led by its majority shareholder Alchemy Partners. The bulletin noted that “InterGlobal specializes in international private medical insurance for groups and individuals in the Middle …
April 21, 2014
The 17th April of April saw a resumption of hostilities between Aspen Insurance Holdings and its would-be acquirer Endurance Specialty Holdings. The two Bermuda-based specialty insurers have fighting each other since April 14, when Endurance offered to buy Aspen for …
April 21, 2014
Marsh & McLennan, Capstone Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh LLC, has acquired Capstone Insurance Services LLC, a $1.8 million revenue agency located in Greenville, S.C. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded …
April 17, 2014
Independent insurance broker network Brokerslink announced that it has gained a new member in the key Monterrey corporate market in Mexico with the addition of broker AER as a member. Brokerslink’s bulletin described Monterrey as a “key corporate market in …
April 17, 2014
PZU SA, central Europe’s largest insurer by market value, agreed to buy RSA Insurance Group Plc’s four units in the biggest foreign acquisition by a Polish financial company. PZU will pay a combined €360 million ($498 million) for Lietuvos Draudimas …
April 16, 2014
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced the opening of a branch office in Toronto, Ontario to further expand its North American insurance operations. Allied World appointed Gord Kerr as Senior Vice President, Chief Agent & Branch Manager for the …
April 14, 2014
Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. today offered to buy Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, also based in Bermuda, for $3.2 billion, or $47.50 per Aspen share, in a hostile takeover. The combined company would have more than $5 billion of combined …
April 7, 2014
Arthur J. Gallagher Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Spataro Insurance Agency Inc. of Burnt Hills, N.Y. Founded in 1932, Spataro Insurance Agency is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty, risk management and personal lines insurance products and services …
April 2, 2014
Enstar Group Limited and Stone Point Capital LLC announced the completion of the acquisition of global specialty insurer, Torus Insurance Holdings Limited, originally agreed to in July 2013. The announcement added that Torus has also appointed Patrick Tiernan as Executive …