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Reinsurance mergers and acquisitions news, covering details of M&A transactions in the works and completed, between insurance, reinsurance and related companies.
Fidelis takes stake in MGA Perigon for product recall
4th November 2019
Fidelis Insurance, the privately owned Bermuda-based holding company, has taken an equity stake in managing general agent (MGA) Perigon Product Recall Limited. Perigon’s focus will be product recall and product contamination coverage for food and beverage producers, restaurant operations, auto manufacturers, and a range of other recall classes of insurance. As part ... Read the full article
London insurance M&A activity to persist, but focus on smaller end of market: Skeels, Mazars
31st October 2019
With fewer incumbents left to purchase at the top end of the London insurance space, M&A activity is expected to be dominated by the smaller end of the marketplace, according to Stephen Skeels, Partner and National Head of Valuations at Mazars, the global audit, accounting and consulting group. Mazars has a ... Read the full article
Risk Strategies acquires specialty brokerage Dash & Love
31st October 2019
Risk Strategies, a privately held US insurance broker and risk management firm, has acquired full-service specialty brokerage Dash & Love. Dash & Love is a retail insurance brokerage providing insurance placement and risk management advice to organisations and successful individuals and families across Pennsylvania and the tri-state area. In its commercial lines ... Read the full article
The Carlyle Group to acquire majority stake in brokerage Hilb
30th October 2019
Global investment giant The Carlyle Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest of national insurance brokerage, The Hilb Group, LLC, from Boston-based private equity firm, Abry Partners. The transaction is expected to close in the final quarter of 2019 and once completed, Hilb's existing management team ... Read the full article
Enstar acquires legacy asbestos & environmental liabilities
30th October 2019
Bermuda-based re/insurance, run-off and legacy specialist, Enstar Group Limited, has announced that its Enstar Holdings (US) LLC division has acquired BorgWarner Morse TEC, LLC (Morse TEC) from BorgWarner Inc. This the second time that Enstar has purchased a non-insurance company, following its $91.5 million acquisition of Dana Companies, LLC for ... Read the full article
RiverStone acquires two Cayman-based captives
30th October 2019
Legacy specialist RiverStone has announced the acquisitions of GMPCI Insurance Company, Ltd. and Seaside Indemnity Alliance Company, Ltd., which are both Cayman-based captives. Seaside Indemnity Alliance was established in 2013 in order to assume hospital and physician professional liabilities. GMPCI Insurance was launched in 2005 to provide insurance to anaesthesiologists, certified registered ... Read the full article
Seeman Holtz acquires New Jersey insurer Geisenheimer
28th October 2019
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, LLC has announced the acquisition of New Jersey-based insurer GIA Insurance Agency, LLC (Geisenheimer Insurance Agency). Established in 1972, Geisenheimer provides personal and commercial insurance to clients throughout the US, Canada, Asia, South America, Caribbean, Australia, and Europe. The business is led by founder Alan Geisenheimer and ... Read the full article
Apollo to increase stake in Athene amid $1.55bn alignment push
28th October 2019
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management is set to buy an 18% incremental stake in leading retirement services firm Athene, at a premium, in order to strengthen the strategic relationship and reinforce the alignment of interests between the two firms. The transaction includes a share exchange between Apollo and Athene, purchase ... Read the full article
Aston Lark acquires Lloyd’s broker Protean Risk
28th October 2019
UK insurance broker Aston Lark has acquired specialist Lloyd’s brokerage Protean Risk, the firm’s first purchase since being acquired by the Merchant Banking division of Goldman Sachs in September. Protean Risk focuses on the investment industry, financial services, fintech and technology sectors and has clients ranging from start-ups to international organisations. Peter ... Read the full article
Arthur J. Gallagher takes minority stake in Indian broker Edelweiss
28th October 2019
Global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has completed its purchase of a minority stake in Edelweiss Insurance Brokers Limited (EIBL), the broking unit of Indian financial services conglomerate Edelweiss Group. EIBL provides a range of both insurance and reinsurance solutions, and benefits from the distribution network of its parent ... Read the full article
AXA in €620m sale of Belgian banking operations
25th October 2019
French insurance giant AXA has agreed to sell 100% of its Belgian banking operations to cooperative bank Crelan for a total consideration of €620 million. The deal consists of €540 million in cash and the transfer to AXA Belgium of Crelan Insurance, the insurance company of Crelan valued at €80 million. In ... Read the full article
Beazley takes 30% stake in Hong Kong coverholder Pegasus
23rd October 2019
Specialist insurer Beazley has announced a strategic investment in Pegasus Underwriting Limited, a Hong Kong-based Lloyd’s coverholder. The investment will see Beazley become a 30% shareholder in Pegasus, which it has been working with since January 2019. The collaboration has combined Pegasus’ broking relationships and market knowledge with Beazley’s global expertise in ... Read the full article
Davies Group acquires workers’ comp claims administrator
18th October 2019
Operations management, consulting and digital solutions provider Davies Group has announced the acquisition of Alternative Service Concepts, a workers’ compensation and property casualty third party administrator. ASC is set to join Davies’ newly formed North American Claims Solutions business, alongside its recently-acquired independent adjusting business, Frontier. ASC will form a new ... Read the full article
Nassau agrees to acquire Foresters life insurance & annuity firm
18th October 2019
Hartford, U.S. domiciled insurer and reinsurer, Nassau Financial Group, L.P. has announced that its subsidiary, Nassau Life Insurance Company (NNY), is to acquire Foresters Financial Holding Company, Inc. and Foresters Life Insurance and Annuity Company (FLIAC) from The Independent Order of Foresters (Foresters). Both NNY and FLIAC are New York-based life ... Read the full article
IAG announces sale of its interest in SBI General Insurance
18th October 2019
Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) has announced an agreement to sell the entirety of its 26% interest in its joint venture with the State Bank of India, SBI General Insurance Company, through two transactions. The transaction includes an agreement with Napean Opportunities LLP, which is part of Premji Invest, to acquire ... Read the full article