September 23, 2016
London’s Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. said it has acquired United States Sports Insurance Co., a wholly owned captive insurer of USA Swimming Inc. for $2.1 million. The company being acquired was incorporated originally under the laws of Barbados …
September 22, 2016
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is working with JPMorgan Chase & Co. to see if the insurer can find a buyer for Talcott Resolution, the unit that includes U.S. variable annuities, according to people familiar with the matter. Apollo Global …
September 21, 2016
Fueled with $191.5 million from billionaire Mark Cuban and other investors, Metromile Inc. is now poised to complete its journey as a full-service car insurance company. The startup Wednesday said it had acquired Mosaic Insurance Inc. — a $22 million …
September 16, 2016
Specialist insurer XL Catlin has agreed to acquire Australia’s Brooklyn Underwriting from Paul Hines. Brooklyn is an underwriting agency in Australia and a Lloyd’s approved coverholder, that has been operating in the Australian market for more than two decades, Brooklyn …
September 12, 2016
Global insurance broker Hub International Ltd. has acquired New Dimensions Underwriters Ltd. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, New Dimensions is a managing general agency. Russ Davis, the owner and president of New Dimensions, will join Hub Financial and be part …
September 9, 2016
London-based BMS Re US, a specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has acquired a reinsurance intermediary that complements its own operations. BMS, which is the broking arm of Minova Insurance, acquired Advocate Reinsurance Partners, a privately-held reinsurance intermediary for middle-market insurance …
September 8, 2016
The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 ranked as second-most-active six-month period since 2008. According to a new report on agency merger acivity by Chicago-based investment banking and consulting firm OPTIS Partners, which …
August 30, 2016
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc, is in exclusive talks to buy RHB Bank’s general insurance unit in a deal that also includes an agreement to distribute the Japanese insurer’s products through the Malaysian lender, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. …
August 18, 2016
Holman Insurance Services LLC, a subsidiary of Maple Shade, N.J., based Holman Automotive Group Inc., has acquiredRisk Partners Inc., a Medford, N.J., based commercial insurance brokerage and managing general underwriter. Following the acquisition, Risk Partners will continue to operate under …
August 17, 2016
Newly formed Watford Specialty Insurance Co. (WSIC), a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Watford Re, took a big leap forward recently with its acquisition of a carrier with admitted licenses in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The previously dormant …