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Mergers & acquisitions news
Reinsurance mergers and acquisitions news, covering details of M&A transactions in the works and completed, between insurance, reinsurance and related companies.
Berkshire’s MedPro gets renewal rights for Swiss Re CorSo health book
14th October 2019
MedPro Group, Berkshire Hathaway's U.S. healthcare liability insurer, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the renewal rights of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' Healthcare Professional Liability book, effective October 11th, 2019. According to an announcement on the deal, the agreement includes Hospital and Senior Care accounts underwritten by Swiss Re ... Read the full article
IGI announces public listing via $400mn Tiberius deal
11th October 2019
International General Insurance Holdings (IGI), the specialist commercial re/insurer, has entered into a business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition firm Tiberius Acquisition Corp., which will result in the public listing of IGI. The agreement prices IGI at approximately 1.26x its book value of $316 million (as of June 30, 2019), ... Read the full article
Gallagher acquires Kentucky-based insurer Garrett-Stotz
11th October 2019
US global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the purchase of Garrett-Stotz Company, a Kentucky-based insurance agency. Garrett-Stotz was founded in 1931 and is a full-service commercial and personal lines property/casualty and benefits agency. The firm's areas of specialisation include construction/surety, real estate and ... Read the full article
CFC targets improved incident response capabilities with acquisition
9th October 2019
London headquartered specialist insurer, CFC, has expanded its in-house cyber incident response capabilities with the acquisition of Texas-domiciled incident response provider, Solis Security. CFC's large in-house cyber claims and incident response team has handled almost 1,500 cyber claims this year alone. Now, with the addition of Solis Security, CFC has deepened ... Read the full article
R&Q finalises takeover of Sandell Holdings & reinsurance subsidiary
8th October 2019
Randall & Quilter II Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q), has completed its acquisition of Sandell Holdings Limited along with its reinsurance subsidiary, Sandell Re Ltd. R&Q previously announced back in July 2019 that it planned to purchase the entire issued share capital of ... Read the full article
Sagicor Life acquires portfolios from CLICO & British American Trinidad
8th October 2019
Sagicor Life, a subsidiary of Caribbean financial services provider Sagicor, has announced the acquisition of traditional insurance portfolios from Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Limited (CLICO) and British American Insurance Company Trinidad Limited (BAT). The insurance policies assumed will consist of a combination of ordinary long-term life insurance policies, including universal ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual Re expands footprint in Continental Europe
7th October 2019
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance has announced a series of changes to the structure of its financial risks reinsurance team following the acquisition of Nationale Borg Reinsurance (NB Re) from AmTrust earlier this year. First announced in April, the agreement saw LM Insurance Group acquire four AmTrust businesses: AmTrust Surety; AmTrust Insurance ... Read the full article
Arthur J. Gallagher’s Artex to acquire Horseshoe Insurance Services
3rd October 2019
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced that its captive and alternative risk transfer solutions subsidiary, Artex Risk Solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Horseshoe Insurance Services Holdings Ltd. Horseshoe is a Bermuda-headquartered provider of insurance management fund administration, advisory and corporate services to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. The firm, ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine to acquire US insurer Pure Group for $3bn
3rd October 2019
Tokio Marine Holdings, the largest property and casualty insurance group in Japan, has announced plans to acquire US high net worth insurance specialist Pure Group for $3.1 billion. The acquisition is expected to close by March 2020 and will be completed through Tokio Marine’s subsidiary HCC Insurance Holdings. Tokio Marine's pending acquisition ... Read the full article
Verisk to acquire property data provider BuildFax
3rd October 2019
Data analytics provider Verisk has agreed to acquire BuildFax, a firm specialising in property condition and history data, from its shareholders. Following the acquisition, BuildFax will become part of ISO, a Verisk business. BuildFax uses building permit, contractor, and inspection data to provide information about the condition of properties to re/insurers and ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual completes takeover of select AmTrust European businesses
3rd October 2019
Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the business and operations of certain European businesses of AmTrust Financial Services, following the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Under the transaction, Liberty Mutual Insurance has acquired the operations of Nationale Borg, Nationale Borg Reinsurance, and AmTrust Insurance Spain. Read the full article
Canopius wraps up Lloyd’s merger with AmTrust
3rd October 2019
Global specialty re/insurer Canopius Group has completed its previously-announced merger with AmTrust's Lloyd's operations. The merger between Canopius Lloyd’s Syndicate 4444 and AmTrust Syndicate 1861 was first announced back in April and will result in the establishment of a top-five Lloyd’s insurer with combined premiums of roughly £2.2 billion. It is believed ... Read the full article
AmWINS Group to acquire specialty general agent Stealth
2nd October 2019
Global specialty insurance provider AmWINS Group is set to acquire Stealth Partner Group, an Arizona-based general agent specialising in medical stop-loss insurance. Under the terms of the agreement Stealth will combine with AmWINS subsidiary Stop Loss Insurance Services in early 2020. The move is designed to create a premier stop-loss general agency ... Read the full article
Assured Guaranty finalises takeover of BlueMountain
2nd October 2019
Assured Guaranty, the financial guaranty insurer, has announced that its subsidiary, Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc. (AGUS), has completed the acquisition of alternative asset management firm BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC. The deal closed on substantially the same terms as when it was originally announced in August 2019, for a purchase ... Read the full article
HW Kaufman acquires cyber MGA Node International
30th September 2019
HW Kaufman Group, the parent company of wholesale brokerage and managing general underwriter Burns & Wilcox has acquired Node international, a managing general agent focused on cyber-risk and technology-related insurance solutions. The deal marks the group’s 20th acquisition in nine years and has been described by Chairman, President and Chief Executive ... Read the full article






