BRUSSELS – Aon’s $30 billion bid for Willis Towers to create the world’s largest insurance broker faces a full-scale investigation because of its complexity, two people familiar with the matter said. The companies, which are the second and third-largest brokers …
LONDON — Mutual insurer Liverpool Victoria Financial Services (LV=) has agreed to sell its savings & retirement and protection businesses to funds advised by private equity firm Bain Capital Credit LP for 530 million pounds ($706.54 million), the company said …
Insurer broker Aon has acquired a 49% equity stake in Anviti Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd, a fast-growing, composite broking firm in India. Anviti will transition to the Aon brand pending regulatory approvals. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. …
British insurer Aviva PLC is selling its Vietnamese business to Canadian insurer ManuLife Financial Corp, it said on Monday, as it pushes ahead with plans to pull out from its non-core markets. Aviva, under new boss Amanda Blanc, is looking …
Zurich Insurance and Farmers Exchanges have agreed to buy MetLife’s U.S. property and casualty business for $3.94 billion, the insurers said on Friday, after the COVID-19 pandemic made motor and home insurers more profitable. Motor and home insurers have had …
Insurers pummeled by the pandemic are looking to deals as they race to see who’ll emerge strongest when the outbreak subsides. The takeover of RSA Insurance Group Plc and Allstate Corp.’s largest acquisition ever have helped push industry deals announced …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Queensbury, N.Y.-based Cool Insuring Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1857, Cool Insuring Agency provides commercial, personal, life and health insurance and consulting services to clients across the …
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired The Watts Group LLC of West Hartford, Conn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2003 by Mike Watts, The Watts Group is a surety bond and property & casualty agency …
Zego, the London-based mobility insurance provider and the first UK insurtech to be awarded an insurance license, has acquired telematics company, Drivit. The deal, which will enable Zego to collect real-time driver behavior data in-house, signals the company’s intent to …
Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Chelsea Insurance Agency LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Norwich, Conn., Chelsea Insurance Agency is a locally owned, independent insurance agency that provides personal …
