2021 M&A News

Accelerant Acquires North Carolina’s Agribusiness Risk Underwriters

Accelerant, a technology-based insurance platform, has acquired Agribusiness Risk Underwriters (ARU), a provider of poultry farm insurance product development, underwriting and loss control. ARU was founded in 2016 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It builds and distributes proprietary insurance products, invests …

Amwins Acquires Maryland’s CBIZ M.T. Donahoe & Associates

Amwins, a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has acquired CBIZ M.T. Donahoe & Associates LLC (MTDA), a Maryland-based general agent specializing in employee and individual benefits and services. MTDA President Michael Donahoe Jr. will join the leadership …

PEAK6 Acquires Florida’s Team Focus, Parent to MacNeil Group, Capacity Insurance

Investment firm PEAK6 announced that its insurance operations subsidiary, PEAK6 InsurTech, will acquire Team Focus Insurance Group, a Sunrise, Fla.-based property/casualty insurance firm that includes MacNeill Group, a managing general agency. Team Focus is parent to eight firms in all, …

Italian Insurer Cattolica Delays €200M Cash Call due to Generali’s Recent Takeover Offer

MILAN – Italian insurer Cattolica said on Monday it had decided to delay a planned 200 million euro ($244 million) cash call to give its shareholders the chance to take up a buyout offer by bigger peer Assicurazioni Generali. Generali, …

Propel Insurance Acquires South Carolina’s South Risk Management

Propel Insurance, a privately-owned insurance agency and portfolio company of Flexpoint Ford, has acquired South Carolina-based South Risk Management (SRM), a construction-focused insurance consulting firm. The acquisition of SRM expands Propel’s presence into South Carolina and adds to the company’s …

Generali, Allianz Are Among Suitors for NN Group’s Asset Manager Arm: Sources

DWS Group and Assicurazioni Generali SpA are among suitors that submitted initial bids this week for the asset management arm of NN Group NV, people familiar with the matter said. The unit, known as NN Investment Partners, has separately attracted …

Hub International Acquires Canada’s Global Credit Risk Management Inc.

Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired Global Credit Risk Management Inc. (GCRM). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With a national presence and offices located in Ontario and Alberta, GCRM is an independent broker …

Venerable Completes Acquisition of Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company

Venerable Holdings Inc. has completed its acquisition of Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company (CS Life Re), a Delaware domiciled and New York licensed reinsurance company, from Equitable Holdings Inc. With the close of this transaction, Venerable’s pro forma assets under …

Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Epstein Financial Services LLC

Hub International Limited (Hub), a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired the assets of Epstein Financial Services LLC and Epstein Financial Group LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Epstein Financial is an independent …

Allstate to Acquire Insurer SafeAuto to Merge Into National General Brand

Allstate has agreed to acquire Ohio-based SafeAuto, which offers car insurance that meets the minimum legal requirements in 28 states. The acquisition will be through Allstate subsidiary National General and SafeAuto will be integrated into National General’s direct-to-consumer non-standard auto …