Marsh, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies announced that it has completed its previously agreed acquisition of the brokerage business of South Africa’s Alexander Forbes. Marsh said the “transaction comprises its South African insurance broking operations, Alexander Forbes …
UK-based specialist broker Voyager Insurance Services Ltd, a member of the Somerville Group, which is focused on providing travel insurance to insurance brokers and third party intermediaries, has acquired the Fresh Start book of business from Culpeck Insurance Services for …
JLT Insurance Brokers (Ireland) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, has acquired FBD Insurance Brokers Ltd, which is based in Ireland, from FBD Holdings plc. The bulletin also noted that as “part of this …
The ACE Group announced that it has acquired Rio Guayas Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros, a general insurance company in Ecuador that is owned by Banco de Guayaquil, for approximately US$55 million in cash. The insurer was founded in 1993 …
General Re, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, is interested in buying South Korea’s Tong Yang Life Insurance to tap into the promising market, South Korean media reported on Wednesday. Tong Yang’s majority stakeholder Vogo Fund is seeking …
The QBE Insurance Group announced that it has agreed to acquire Optima Insurance Group, an underwriting group in Puerto Rico that posted an estimated $100 million in gross written premium in 2011. QBE said the “transaction includes Colonial Insurance Agency, …
In a brief statement, issued by its office in Dublin, Beazley plc confirmed that it is to undertake a strategic review of the business of Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Limited. The statement followed the announcement by the board of Hardy on …
Tokio Marine said on Wednesday it will buy U.S. insurer Delphi Financial Group for $2.7 billion, the latest in a string of deals by Japan’s second-largest property-casualty insurer aimed at growing outside its mature home market. Tokio Marine said it …
Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase the AMI insurance business for NZ$380 million (approximately A$288 million [US$287.96 million), enhancing its position as New Zealand’s leading general insurer. IAG’s bulletin noted that the …
Willis Italy, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, announced the acquisition of Broking Italia SRL, a long-established specialist in the Italian insurance market, founded and currently headed by Gianfranco Agostini and Daniela Andreussi. Terms of the transaction were not announced. …
