2020 M&A News

AXA Considers Sale of Singapore Business as It Seeks to Raise Funds: Sources

AXA SA is considering a sale of its Singapore business as it seeks to raise funds divesting peripheral operations, according to people familiar with the matter. The French insurer is working with an adviser on the potential sale, the people …

Roper Technologies in Talks to Buy Vertafore for $5.5 Billion, Reuters Reports

Roper Technologies Inc. is in talks to acquire Vertafore for close to $5.5 billion, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter who weren’t identified. The acquisition would be the biggest ever for the Sarasota, Florida-based maker of industrial equipment, …

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Acquires NationsBuilders Insurance Company

Following a previous announcement on June 5, 2020, Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd.’s (R&Q) wholly owned Vermont subsidiary, ICDC Ltd, has completed the acquisition of NationsBuilders Insurance Co. , a Washington D.C.-domiciled captive from NationsBuiders Insurance Services. This marks …

Third Point Re and Sirius Group Agree to Merger in Deal Worth $788M

Third Point Reinsurance and Sirius International Insurance Group, a global multi-line insurer and reinsurer, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Third Point Re and Sirius Group to combine in a cash and stock transaction worth $788 million. …

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s JF Murray Co.

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired JF Murray Co. Inc. of Point Pleasant, N.J., on July 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. JF Murray Co. provides clients with complete insurance solutions for their personal and business …

Gallagher Buys Canada Retail Broker Insight Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of Edmonton, Alberta-based Insight Insurance & Risk Management Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2013, Insight is a retail insurance broker serving clients …

World Insurance Associates Acquires New York’s Loveman, Kornreich & Steers

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Loveman, Kornreich & Steers Inc. of White Plains, N.Y., on July 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Loveman, Kornreich & Steers specializes in a multitude of insurance programs for businesses and …

Sampo Group and S. African Investor to Acquire UK Insurer Hastings for $2.2B in Cash

UK insurer Hasting Group Holdings has agreed to a £1.66 billion (US$2.2 billion) cash acquisition by Finnish insurer Sampo and Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd., a South African financial services investment company. Hastings investors will receive 250 pence for each …

EXOR and Covéa ‘Normalize’ Relations After Failed PartnerRe Deal

Italy’s EXOR said on Monday that French insurer Covéa had agreed to invest a total of 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion), partly in entities managed by PartnerRe, after walking away from a deal to buy the reinsurer from EXOR earlier …

NFP Acquires New York’s Rose & Kiernan

NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides property and casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has acquired Rose & Kiernan Inc. in a transaction that closed effective August 1, 2020. Rose & Kiernan, based in Albany, N.Y., is …