2018 M&A News

Largest African Insurer Sanlam Completes Acquisition of Morocco’s Saham Finances

Sanlam Ltd., Africa’s largest insurer by market value, said it fulfilled all the conditions for the $1.1 billion purchase of the shares it doesn’t already own in Morocco’s Saham Finances SA after regulators approved the deal. The Cape Town-firm’s biggest …

Efficiency, Insurtech, Auto Uncertainty Drive Insurance M&A Activity, Says S&P

After one of the most active years for mergers and acquisitions in property/casualty and life insurance, market conditions point to a continued push for deals, according to analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Through the first nine months of 2018, …

New York’s MLMIC Insurance Company Joins Berkshire Hathaway Family of Companies

MLMIC Insurance Company, formerly known as Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, has completed its conversion from a property and casualty mutual insurance company to a property and casualty stock insurance company and its acquisition by National Indemnity Company, a subsidiary …

Randall & Quilter to Acquire Coffey Group’s Irish Captive

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Western Captive Insurance Company Designated Activity Company (WCIC) from the Coffey Group of companies in Ireland. WCIC is Coffey’s Irish-domiciled captive insurance company. The …

Canada MGA Totten Insurance Buys Lloyd’s Coverholder Anderson McTague

Totten Insurance Group Inc., a Toronto-based managing general agency, announced it has acquired Anderson McTague & Associates Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Anderson McTague has served Atlantic Canada’s independent insurance …

IAT Insurance Group Finalizes Acquisition of New Jersey’s IFIC Surety Group

IAT Insurance Group, a Raleigh, N.C.-headquartered provider of specialty property and casualty products, has finalized its acquisition of Newark, N.J.-headquartered IFIC Surety Group Inc. IFIC consists of International Fidelity Insurance Company and its subsidiary Allegheny Casualty Insurance Company. Following the …

Worldwide Facilities Acquires Assets of Massachusetts’ Draco Insurance Solutions

Worldwide Facilities LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has acquired the assets of Draco Insurance Solutions Inc., a Boston, Mass.-based program manager specializing in the public transportation sector. The Draco team, led by Executive …

Zurich to Acquire 80% Stake in Indonesia’s Adira Insurance for About $414M

Zurich Insurance is acquiring an 80 percent stake in Indonesia’s Adira Insurance from PT Bank Danamon Indonesia and a minority investor for at least around $414 million, the Swiss group said on Thursday. “Zurich has earmarked Asia Pacific to be …

Navigators Group, Being Acquired by The Hartford, Receives No Other Offers

The specialty insurer Navigators Group announced the expiration of a 30-day “go-shop” period provided for under the terms of its merger agreement with The Hartford Financial Services Group. Navigators said it received no other offers during the period, despite having …

AIG to Acquire Program Manager Glatfelter Insurance Group

American International Group has agreed to acquire Glatfelter Insurance Group, a prominent specialty insurance broker and program manager headquartered in York, Pennsylvania. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. It is expected to close in the fourth quarter of …