Clearwtaer, Florida-based Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire Zephyr Acquisition Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zephyr Insurance Co., a specialty insurance provider in Hawaii. The acquisition will provide Heritage with an immediate presence in Hawaii as Zephyr holds …
Global reinsurance executives who met in Monaco questioned whether a frenzy of mergers in Europe means buyers of Lloyd’s of London insurance companies are paying too much. Deal-making will continue after Tokyo-based MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. agreed last week …
Insurer X.L. America Inc. has agreed to acquire Allied International Holdings Inc., the Florida-based holding company of Allied Specialty Insurance Inc. and T.H.E. Insurance Co., a leading insurer of the outdoor entertainment industry in the U.S. Allied is a leading …
Anthem Inc’s decision to buy Cigna Corp., forming the largest U.S. health insurer by membership, will likely speed consolidation across the healthcare industry, from hospitals to drugmakers. Anthem announced its proposed $54 billion purchase of Cigna on Friday, just weeks …
McGraw Hill Financial Inc. agreed to buy SNL Financial, the financial news and data services provider owned by buyout firm New Mountain Capital, for about $2.23 billion to add content on the banking and insurance industries. SNL joins a roster …
Evan Greenberg just took dealmaking to the next level. The chief executive officer of property/casualty insurer ACE Ltd. on Wednesday announced a $28 billion deal for rival Chubb Corp. It’s the biggest acquisition in the industry since the 2008 government …
Cigna Corp. rejected Anthem Inc.’s $47 billion takeover bid, saying it was inadequate, not in the best interests of shareholders and that Anthem’s management wasn’t fit to lead a merged insurance giant. Anthem on Saturday offered to buy the smaller …
Insurance technology firm Majesco said it has completed the acquisition of the insurance business of Agile Technologies, a technology consulting firm with revenues of over $9 million. In December 2014, Majesco announced that it had agreed to acquire the insurance …
Spanish insurance giant MAPFRE SA has said it wants to expand and is eying acquisitions in both Europe and the U.S. Barely two months into 2015, it has pulled the trigger on one such deal in New England, reports CarrierManagement.com. …
Hylant, one of the largest privately-owned insurance brokers in the nation, said that The Gardner Group, an independent employee benefits agency based in Neptune Beach, Fla., will be merging into its Jacksonville operations. The newly-merged operation will led by industry …
