2018 M&A News

Generali Agrees to Sell German Life Unit, Valued at $1.2B, to Viridium

Assicurazioni Generali SpA agreed to sell almost 90 percent of its German Generali Leben unit to a company owned by Cinven Ltd. and Hannover Re in a deal that values the business at about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion.) The …

Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Maryland’s Insurance Associates

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Insurance Associates, a Rockville, Md.-based independent insurance agency specializing in the construction industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1956, Insurance Associates …

Kemper Completes Acquisition of Specialty Auto Insurer Infinity P&C

Chicago-based insurer Kemper Corp. has closed on its $1.6 billion acquisition of Birmingham-based nonstandard auto insurer Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. The stock portion of the cash and stock deal announced in February was based on Kemper’s closing stock price …

AFL Insurance Brokers Acquires Majority Stake in Employer Protection MGA

AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. has acquired a controlling stake in specialist employer protection managing general agency (MGA) Concordia Employment Services Ltd., for an undisclosed sum. London-based Concordia was launched in 2015 to support UK employers with managing their risks and …

Effective Coverage Acquires New York’s Bungalow Insurance

Effective Coverage has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based BungalowInsurance.com, an online renters insurance platform geared toward the modern generation. Effective Coverage, a specialty provider of renters insurance and resident risk management products for multifamily owners and operators, saw the acquisition as an …

Florida-Based AssuredPartners Acquires B&W Brokers of London

AssuredPartners Inc., the Lake Mary, Fla.-based insurance broker, has acquired B&W Brokers Ltd. of London. Specializing in providing casualty and property insurance and placing binding authorities, B&W services clients in Canada, Australia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and North America. …

Generali Expands Stake in India’s Future Group to 49%

Generali Group announced it has signed an agreement with Future Group to increase its stake in its insurance ventures in India to 49 percent from 25.5 percent. Generali’s presence in India is currently in the form of two joint ventures …

Sirius Group Plans Nasdaq Listing After Merger with Easterly Acquisition

Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, plans to become a publicly listed company, trading on Nasdaq, after a planned merger with Easterly Acquisition Corp. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Easterly would merge with a subsidiary of …

Canada’s Western Financial Group Acquires Ontario Broker, Axion Insurance

Western Financial Group Inc. announced that it has acquired Axion Insurance Services Inc. of Ontario. The acquisition was completed on June 19, 2018 and will add 10 Ontario-based locations and approximately 60 insurance experts to Western’s existing network of insurance …

The Hilb Group Adds Massachusetts’ BAR Insurance Brokerage

The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has added Needham, Mass.-based BAR Insurance Brokerage Inc. (BAR). The transaction became effective June 1, 2018. BAR is an employee benefits firm that provides a range of group benefits products and services to its customers. …