2023 M&A News

World Insurance Acquires New Jersey Transportation Agency, Shield Insurance

Insurance broker World Insurance Associates said it acquired the business of Shield Insurance Services of Freehold, New Jersey on June 1, 2023. Shield specializes in commercial insurance to the transportation sector, with a particular focus in the moving and storage …

Verlingue Acquires Majority Stake in Italian Broker INSER, Advancing European Strategy

Verlingue has acquired a majority stake in the insurance broker INSER, in line with its Verlingue 2024 strategic plan to create a major European, family-owned, independent insurance broker. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The INSER’s longstanding shareholder, …

Allianz Replaces UnipolSAI in UniCredit’s Insurance Venture Incontra

UniCredit said on Friday it was ending a non-life insurance venture with UnipolSAI as it strengthened its relationship with Germany’s Allianz, a top shareholder and insurance partner. UniCredit said it would buy the 51% stake the Italian insurer owned in …

World Insurance Buys Schlegel & Schlegel Brokers on Cape Cod

Insurance broker World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Schlegel & Schlegel Insurance Brokers Inc. of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts on July 1, 2023. Schlegel & Schlegel has been providing home, auto and business insurance to customers in …

Generali Buys U.S. Asset Manager Conning Under Deal With Cathay Life

Generali has agreed to buy Connecticut-based asset manager Conning Holdings as part of a partnership with Cathay Life, a unit of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holding, the Italian insurer said on Thursday. The deal, structured as an exchange of assets without …

A.J. Gallagher Acquires The Andersen Group in Virginia

Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Chantilly, Virginia-based The Andersen Group. The Andersen Group is a retail insurance agency serving non-profit trade associations, government contractors and engineering services companies in the greater Washington, D.C. …

Gallagher’s Pen Underwriting Acquires Norwegian MGA Fender Marine AS

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its UK-based specialist underwriting subsidiary Pen Underwriting has acquired Norwegian managing general agent (MGA) Fender Marine AS. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Bergen and Oslo, Fender specializes in providing …

BMS Group Acquires Australia’s Bluebook Insurance Brokers

BMS Group, the London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, has entered into an agreement to acquire Brisbane-based specialty broker Bluebook Insurance Brokers. The deal is the sixth Australian acquisition by BMS in the past 12 months as the company looks to …

Guy Carpenter Completes Acquisition of Re Solutions in Israel

Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced it had completed its previously announced acquisition of Re Solutions, the leading independent reinsurance broker in Israel. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With immediate effect Re Solutions has become …

Definity’s McDougall Insurance Brokers to Acquire Canada’s Drayden Insurance

McDougall Insurance Brokers Ltd., the Belleville, Ontario-based subsidiary of Definity Financial Corp., announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Drayden Insurance Ltd. for C$208 million (US156.9 million), subject to closing and post-closing adjustments. The transaction …