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Ryan Specialty Group Gets $175 Million Investment from Private Equity Firm Onex

Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group said Onex Corp. has invested $150 million of preferred equity and $25 million of common equity as capital for RSG to continue its mergers and acquisitions activity. No other terms of the agreement were released. Founded …

Tech-Focused Private Equity Firm Invests in Agency Tech Provider ITC

Texas-based ITC, a provider of websites, agency marketing, comparative rating and management software and services, announced today that it has received a majority equity investment from Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm. The new partnership will provide resources and capital …

Insurance Agency M&As Soared 31% in 2017: OPTIS

Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agencies last year broke all records in 2017, according to OPTIS Partners’ annual report. The OPTIS database recorded 604 deals in the United States and Canada in 2017, a 31 percent jump from 461 in …

3 Firms Reported in Bidding for USI Insurance; Offers Top $4 Billion

Carlyle Group LP, CVC Capital Partners and KKR & Co. are among suitors that have made first-round bids for Onex Corp.’s USI Insurance Services, according to people familiar with the matter. The initial offers value the Valhalla, New York-based insurance …

ACE Offers Cover for Private Equity/Venture Capital Firms in Hong Kong, Singapore

ACE Group has launched Private Equity and Venture Capital Liability Insurance in Hong Kong and Singapore. The product aims to address the evolving regulatory and volatile economic environments as well as increasingly complex deal structures. The product offers insureds protection …

Insurers with $6 Trillion Mull Mortgage Loans, Private Equity: Goldman Sachs

Global insurers who oversee more than $6 trillion in assets plan to invest capital in commercial mortgage loans and private equity this year to generate higher returns, a Goldman Sachs Asset Management survey showed. Thirty-five percent of insurance executives said …

Allied World Assurance to Take Stake in Blue Vista

Allied World Assurance Co. agreed to take a stake in private-equity firm Blue Vista Capital Management LLC in a push into real estate investing. The insurer will also invest $225 million of its portfolio with Blue Vista, Allied World said …

Global Insurers Plan to Increase Risk in Portfolios: Goldman Sachs Survey

Global insurance firms are embracing risk in their portfolios this year, as they plan to increase allocations to alternative investments such as private equity and infrastructure debt, according to the third annual survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management released on …

Ironshore Canada Launches PL Coverage for Private Equity Risks

IronPro, the professional and management liability unit of Ironshore Canada Ltd., has introduced a professional liability policy for Canadian-based private equity and venture capital firms to protect against portfolio investment risk exposures worldwide. IronPro’s private equity liability insurance policy is …

Genstar In Hunt for Another Confie-like Brokerage

Now that it has sold its equity stake in Hispanic-focused auto insurance broker Confie Seguros, Genstar Capital LLC appears to be on the hunt for another insurance concern. The San Francisco, Calif.-based private equity firm on Friday sold off its …