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Reinsurance M&A news, or reinsurance mergers and acquisitions news, covering details of M&A transactions in the works and completed, between insurance, reinsurance and related companies.
KatRisk acquires UK-based Symfos, developer of Orchestra platform
13th January 2026
Catastrophe risk model and climate analytics provider KatRisk has acquired Symfos, the UK-based company behind the Orchestra underwriting and portfolio intelligence platform. KatRisk explained that the acquisition will combine its climate and catastrophe modelling with Symfos’ underwriting tools to help insurers move faster, price risk better, and manage growing natural hazard ... Read the full article
Global Risk Consultants acquires Aon U.S. Field Services
9th January 2026
Global Risk Consultants Corp. (GRC), an independent provider of unbundled property loss control and risk engineering services, has acquired the U.S. Field Services business of Aon’s Property Risk Control Practice from Aon. This move comes at a time when the market’s operational risks are evolving faster than ever and insurers demand ... Read the full article
Xceedance enters agent and broker ecosystem with Marble Box acquisition
7th January 2026
Xceedance, a global provider of technology-driven business solutions for the insurance industry, has acquired Marble Box, a company providing specialised back-office support and virtual assistant services for independent insurance brokers. With this acquisition, Xceedance enters the agent and broker sector, highlighting its dedication to modernise distribution operations, the firm noted. Though agencies ... Read the full article
Admiral Group completes sale of US motor business Elephant to J.C. Flowers
5th January 2026
UK domiciled insurer Admiral Group has completed the sale of its US motor insurance business, including Elephant Insurance Company and Elephant Insurance Services (Elephant), to J.C. Flowers & Co., a global private investment firm dedicated to investing in the financial services industry. Admiral initially announced the deal back in April ... Read the full article
Howden to acquire representations and warranties insurance broker Atlantic Group
5th January 2026
Insurance and reinsurance broking group Howden has agreed to acquire Atlantic Global Risk LLC, an independent transaction liability insurance broker headquartered in New York, US. Since its establishment in 2017, Atlantic Group has rapidly expanded to become a top-five broker in the North American transaction liability market. With an expert team of ... Read the full article
The Baldwin Group and CAC complete merger worth $1.03bn
5th January 2026
The Baldwin Group, an independent insurance brokerage and advisory firm, and CAC Group, a national middle-market insurance broker and advisor, comprising CAC Specialty and CAC Agency, have completed the previously announced merger, with a total upfront consideration of $1.026 billion. To recap, this merger is expected to create one of ... Read the full article
Munich Re’s ERGO acquires non-life insurer ADB Gjensidige in the Baltics
2nd January 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re’s primary insurance arm, ERGO Group, has completed the previously announced acquisition of ADB Gjensidige, the former Lithuanian subsidiary of Norwegian non-life insurer Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, including its branches in Estonia and Latvia. The announcement was made by ERGO International AG, the segment managing the group’s international business ... Read the full article
Willis Re expects further easing of conditions, greater competition & continued new supply in 2026
31st December 2025
Willis Re, a reinsurance advisory and broking joint venture between Bain Capital (BCIS) and WTW, forecasts that in 2026 there will be continued new supply, alongside easing of conditions and greater competition between reinsurers for cessions. The broker notes that almost all segments showed a softening in reinsurance pricing over 2025, with ... Read the full article
IK Partners acquires majority stake in French insurance broker Ascora
31st December 2025
IK Partners, a European private equity firm, has announced that its IK Small Cap IV Fund has acquired a majority stake in Ascora Group, a French multi-specialist insurance broker. The transaction, structured as a management buyout (MBO), is designed to facilitate the succession of the company’s founder while accelerating the Group’s ... Read the full article
Verisk withdraws from AccuLynx acquisition
30th December 2025
Verisk, a data analytics and technology provider to the insurance and energy industries, has terminated its definitive agreement to purchase AccuLynx, a SaaS platform providing end-to-end business management workflow for residential property contractors with expertise in roofing. This decision follows the notification by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was unable to ... Read the full article
JAB Insurance to acquire Utmost Group’s Life and Pensions business
29th December 2025
JAB Insurance, the global insurance business of JAB Holding Company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire from Utmost Group plc its Life and Pensions (ULP) business. ULP is a UK life and pensions platform with more than £5 billion of assets under management and serving approximately 290,000 pensioners. The platform ... Read the full article
Freedom to buy outstanding shares of Concert
24th December 2025
The shareholders of Concert Group Holdings, Inc., a specialised insurance holding company known for providing tailored solutions to programme insurance markets, have agreed to allow founding shareholder Freedom Underwriters LLC (Freedom) to purchase all outstanding shares from current shareholders WT Holdings, Inc. (WT) and Century Focused Fund IV, LLC (Century). This ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint acquires Assist America to expand IMG services
23rd December 2025
Global specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint’s wholly owned subsidiary, International Medical Group (IMG), a leader in global insurance benefits and assistance services, is set to acquire Assist America. According to SiriusPoint, the acquisition will significantly bolster IMG’s third-party medical and travel assistance revenue, increase scale in the US, and expand its ... Read the full article
Gallagher bolsters Private Equity and M&A team with Hughes appointment
22nd December 2025
Specialist corporate M&A tax advisor Tom Hughes has been appointed as Director of Tax Insurance within Gallagher's rapidly expanding Private Equity and M&A (PEMA) practice across EMEA, effective January 5th, 2026. Based in the UK, Hughes, a chartered accountant by profession and specialist tax advisor for the last decade, will be ... Read the full article
Permira and Warburg Pincus-led investor group acquires Clearwater for $8.4bn
22nd December 2025
Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by Permira and Warburg Pincus, with participation from Temasek, in a transaction valued at approximately $8.4 billion. The deal also has key support from Francisco Partners. Following a process that included engagement with strategic and financial sponsors, the ... Read the full article
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