June 4, 2018
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 …
April 4, 2018
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 …
January 18, 2018
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 …
February 28, 2017
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 …
October 2, 2015
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 …
April 22, 2015
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 …
October 8, 2014
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 …
May 6, 2014
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 …
November 27, 2013
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 …
November 14, 2012
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 …