2020 M&A News

Enstar to Sell Starstone’s Lloyd’s Managing Agency to New Re/Insurance Venture Inigo

Enstar Group Ltd. and Stone Point Capital LLC announced they have signed definitive agreements to sell StarStone Underwriting Ltd. (SUL), the Lloyd’s managing agency, together with the right to operate Lloyd’s Syndicate 1301, to Inigo Ltd., a new specialty re/insurance …

UK Insurer RSA Accepts $9.6 Billion Cash Takeover Offer

Canada’s Intact Financial and Denmark’s Tryg on Wednesday said they had reached an agreement to buy British insurance group RSA for 7.2 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) in cash in one of Europe’s biggest financial takeovers this year. Insurers have become …

Zywave Snatches Up Advisen in Move to Accelerate Global Growth

Insurance technology company Zywave snatched up Advisen, a global insurance data provider, in a deal expected to fuel more rapid international growth. The acquisition includes Web Connectivity Ltd. (WCL), a UK-Based Advisen subsidiary whose technology supports the electronic placement of …

World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia’s Danaher-Skewes & Associates

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Danaher-Skewes & Associates Inc. of Manassas, Va., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1963, Danaher-Skewes is an independent insurance agency, serving residents and businesses in Alexandria, Va., …

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Fairways Insurance

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Fairways Insurance Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fairways is a full-service insurance agency serving clients throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. WIA is …

Insurance Tech Firm Insurity Acquires Personal Lines Management Suite CodeObjects

Insurance systems and data analytics provider Insurity reported that it has completed the acquisition of California-based CodeObjects, which offers a management program for personal lines. The deal expands Hartford-based Insurity’s portfolio of products that is focused on commercial lines. The …

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Collier O’Neill & Associates

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Brian S. O’Neill & Associates Inc., d/b/a Collier O’Neill & Associates., of Trenton, N.J., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Collier O’Neill is a full-service insurance agency serving …

Equity Firm Cinven and Singapore’s GIC to Buy Insurance Broker Miller from Willis

Private equity firm Cinven and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, have agreed to acquire London-based specialist insurance and (re)insurance broker Miller from its partners and corporate member, Willis Towers Watson. The firms did not disclose financial details of the transaction. …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Optimum Talent Inc.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Optimum Talent is one of Canada’s largest privately-owned integrated talent management firms and a Pan-Canadian leader …

The $9.5 Billion Takeover Offer for RSA May Be Too Good to Refuse: Opinion

A takeover offer that would have been so-so in February becomes impossible to refuse for a company whose shares have been hit by the pandemic. The 7.2 billion-pound ($9.5 billion) approach for RSA Insurance Group has been shrewdly pitched by …