Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a binding agreement with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) to sell all of its interests in RiverStone Europe to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for approximately $750 million. Fairfax also will …
Specialty insurer Crum & Forster (C&F) has acquired the renewal rights of Aspen’s U.S. food and beverage product recall insurance portfolio written primarily through the excess and surplus lines market. The company said the Aspen underwriting team servicing this portfolio, …
Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired Seymour Alper Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada, Seymour Alper Inc. is an insurance and risk management firm providing innovative …
Allianz announced it has agreed to purchase the general insurance business of Westpac Banking Corp., the Australian banking group for a deal worth A$725 million (US$534 million). It will also enter into a new 20-year exclusive agreement for the distribution …
AmWINS Group Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire International Specialty Brokers Ltd. (ISBL), a Bermuda-based P&C wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker. Terms of the transaction were not …
Cinven, an international private equity firm, and British Columbia Investment Management Corp. (BCI), one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, announced they have reached an agreement to acquire Compre, a specialist global consolidator of closed books of non-life insurance policies, from …
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Flanagan Associates LLC of North Haven, Conn., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established more than 30 years ago, Flanagan Associates has more than three decades of experience …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Wayne, Penn.-based JP Warner Associates Inc., doing business as Warner Benefits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1997, JP Warner Associates is a traditional employee benefits consultant with offices in …
AXA SA sold its Persian Gulf business for $269 million to a Kuwait-based group, as the French insurance giant shifts its focus and exits some overseas investments to shore up its finances amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Paris-based insurer said …
Vienna Insurance Group AG bolstered its position as the biggest insurer in central and eastern Europe by agreeing to buy Aegon NV’s business in the region and in Turkey for 830 million euros ($990 million), outbidding NN Group NV and …
