Carlyle Group News

Pandemic Uncertainty Hasn’t Slowed Private Equity Investments in Insurance: S&P Global

Private equity and venture capital firms have been pouring capital into insurance companies despite the uncertainties about claims and losses from the pandemic, according to a new analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence. PE-backed M&A in the sector globally reached …

Carlyle Group Leads $150 Million Investment in Alera Group to Fund Acquisitions

New York-based investment firm The Carlyle Group led a $150 million investment for Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, the property/casualty, employee benefits insurance broker that is privately-held company and backed by Genstar Capital and Alera employees. Alera plans to use proceeds …

Carlyle, T&D Holdings Complete Acquisition of 76% Interest in Fortitude Group From AIG

Global investment firm The Carlyle Group and T&D Holdings announced have completed their acquisition of a 76.6% interest in Fortitude Group Holdings, whose group companies include Fortitude Re, from insurer American International Group. The transaction, which was first announced in …

AIG to Sell Most of Fortitude Re to Carlyle, T&D Holdings for $1.8 Billion

American International Group plans to sell the bulk of Fortitude Re to private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Japanese insurer T&D Holdings for $1.8 billion. Plans call for a newly created Carlyle-managed fund and T&D Holdings to acquire from …

Carlyle Group Completes Acquisition of Majority Ownership in Sedgwick

The Carlyle Group Global is now the majority owner of claims and technology services firm Sedgwick. Funds managed by Carlyle completed an ownership transaction that is valued at approximately $6.7 billion on Dec. 31. Previous majority shareholder KKR is fully …

Carlyle Group In, KKR Out as Sedgwick Majority Investor in $6.7 Billion Transaction

Global claims services firm Sedgwick announced today that funds managed by The Carlyle Group have agreed to become the majority owner of Sedgwick in a transaction valued at approximately $6.7 billion. Current majority shareholder KKR will fully exit its position …

Investors Betting on Workplace Medical Clinics to Help Employers Contain Costs

A group of investors is putting up $165 million to fuel an expansion of Paladina Health, bringing a recent surge of private funds flowing into companies that run primary-care clinics to more than a half-billion dollars. The venture capital firm …

AIG, Carlyle Group Partner to Build Reinsurer, Run-Off Firm for Complex Risks

Global insurer American International Group and private equity and financial services firm The Carlyle Group are forming a partnership to build a standalone provider of reinsurance, claims handling and run-off management services for long-dated, complex risks to the global insurance …

Ant Financial About To Reap $10 Billion in Fundraising Round

Ant Financial, the Chinese payments giant controlled by Jack Ma, is expected to close a fundraising of at least $10 billion in the next few days, attracting Carlyle Group and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as first-time investors, according …

Apax, Carlyle Reported Among Bidders for Indian Insurer Royal Sundaram

Apax Partners and Carlyle Group LP are among suitors weighing bids for a stake in Indian insurer Royal Sundaram General Insurance Co., people with knowledge of the matter said. The unit of Mumbai-listed Sundaram Finance Ltd. has started a process …