2018 mergers & acquisitions News

AXA to Buy Remaining 50% Stake in AXA Tianping for China Growth

AXA announced it has entered into an agreement with the current domestic shareholders of AXA Tianping Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Ltd. to acquire the remaining 50 percent stake of the company. Total consideration for the acquisition of the 50 …

Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s CRISP Insurance Advisors, Two Additional Firms

Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based, national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired three new firms: CRISP Insurance Advisors, Lively Insurance and Loretz Insurance LLC. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. CRISP Insurance …

JLT Re’s Chairman Howard Named Vice Chairman of Guy Carpenter

Guy Carpenter & Co., the global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC), announced a new leadership appointment from Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT). Effective upon closing of the transaction between …

Ryan Insurance & Financial Merges with S.S. Nesbitt Insurance in Florida

Ryan Insurance & Financial, a DeLand, Fla.-based independent insurance firm, has merged with S.S. Nesbitt Insurance, located in Clermont, Fla. The merger was finalized on October 1, 2018. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., with locations throughout the southeast, S.S. Nesbitt provides …

AXA XL Buys 100% of New Ocean to Build Alternative Capital Business

AXA XL’s reinsurance operation has completed the acquisition of all third party ownership interests in its majority-owned asset management affiliate, New Ocean Capital Management Ltd. Financial details of the transaction were not released. New Ocean is now a wholly owned …

Tokio Marine’s Sale of Reinsurance Units to Boost Operational Efficiency: Fitch

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.’s (TMHD) sale of two European reinsurance subsidiaries is likely to streamline its holdings and boost operational efficiency in the group’s underwriting businesses, Fitch Ratings said. RenaissanceRe Holdings is buying Tokio Millennium Re AG (TMR) and Tokio …

Ageas Agrees to Acquire 40% Stake in India Non-Life insurer RSGI

Brussels-based insurer Ageas announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 40 percent of the share capital of the Indian non-life insurance company Royal Sundaram General Insurance Co. Ltd. (RSGI) for a total consideration of €186 million (US$209.4 million). RSGI …

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Rodman Insurance Agency

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Rodman Insurance Agency. With roots dating back to 1935, Rodman Insurance Agency specializes in providing property and casualty insurance products and services to commercial customers in …

JLT Re Acquires JLT March Re in Spain, Launches JLT Re Iberia

JLT Re, the global reinsurance broker and consultant, announced the launch of JLT Re Iberia, which follows the acquisition of JLT March Re, the fourth largest Spanish insurance broker, from financial group Banca March. Previously, the two companies operated JLT …

Marsh Forms Specialty Business, ‘Marsh-JLT Specialty;’ Names Executive Team

Marsh announced the formation of Marsh-JLT Specialty, a new specialty business within Marsh that will combine the specialty teams of Marsh and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT), effective upon the closing of the purchase of JLT by Marsh’s parent …