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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.
Gallagher acquires UK property broker Vasek Insurance
7th November 2018
Gallagher, the global re/insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, has acquired a controlling interest in Purple Bridge Group Limited, the holding company of UK specialist property insurance provider Vasek Insurance Services Limited. The deal includes Vasek’s appointed representative Insurance My Villa, as well subsidiary brands including Unoccupied Direct, although no ... Read the full article
Sirius completes merger with Easterly, becomes public company
6th November 2018
Sirius International Group, a global multi-line re/insurance group, has completed its previously announced merger agreement with Easterly Acquisition Corp., through which Sirius has become a publicly listed company. As part of the business combination arrangement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sirius Group merged with and into Easterly, while Easterly became ... Read the full article
Arch Insurance to acquire New York insurer McNeil & Co.
6th November 2018
Arch Capital Group has today announced an agreement to acquire McNeil & Company, a specialised risk management and insurance firm headquartered in Cortland, New York. Post-acquisition, McNeil will operate independently, supporting Arch Insurance’s program division. “McNeil is a great fit for Arch and solidifies a program relationship that dates back to Arch’s ... Read the full article
SOBC DARAG acquires Florida insurer in U.S expansion move
5th November 2018
SOBC DARAG, the newly-formed joint venture between U.S run-off specialist SOBC and European legacy acquirer DARAG, has completed its acquisition of Florida-based Peachtree Casualty Insurance Company. The acquisition, which was first announced in August 2018, marks SOBC DARAG’s first U.S acquisition and represents part of the initial stage of the ... Read the full article
Neuberger Berman acquires Cartesian Re & affiliate reinsurer Iris Re
1st November 2018
Private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, Neuberger Berman, has acquired specialist asset manager Cartesian Re and its affiliated reinsurer, Iris Re, expanding its alternative investment platform. Cartesian Re is the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset management unit of Cartesian Capital Group, and this, alongside the unit's reinsurance and segregated accounts vehicle, Iris Re, have been ... Read the full article
Arch acquires commercial MGA businesses from Ardonagh for £31m
1st November 2018
Arch Insurance Europe has acquired a series of Ardonagh Group-owned Commercial MGA businesses for a consideration of up to £31 million. The agreement, which is conditional upon performance criteria, will see Arista, Fusion, Towergate Personal Accident and Travel and Towergate Commercial MGA transferred to Arch along with approximately 250 employees from ... Read the full article
TMR deal provides RenRe with access to preferential risk at a valuable time
31st October 2018
Bermudian reinsurer RenaissanceRe (RenRe) expects to access up to $1.4 billion of incremental reinsurance premium following its $1.5 billion acquisition of Tokio Millennium Re (TMR), and has entered into an agreement on the firm's non-Japanese reinsurance placements, which provides it with "preferential access to risk" at a valuable time. The ... Read the full article
Global re/insurance M&A deal value hits $42bn, highest since financial crisis
31st October 2018
A “slew of megadeals" have pushed the deal value of global re/insurance mergers and acquisitions to $42 billion (€37 billion) in the first half of 2018, the highest since the financial crisis, according to a new report from Willis Towers Watson and Mergermarket. Indeed, this past week has seen a succession ... Read the full article
RenaissanceRe acquiring Tokio Millennium Re in $1.5 billion deal
30th October 2018
Bermudian reinsurance company RenaissanceRe has announced that it is to acquire Japanese holding company Tokio Marine’s reinsurance units, which include Tokio Millennium Re AG and Tokio Millennium Re (UK) Limited. RenaissanceRe said it has entered into a definitive agreement with Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. to acquire the firm's reinsurance platform, which ... Read the full article
Re/insurance broker Ed to be acquired by BGC Partners
29th October 2018
Global insurance and reinsurance brokerage, Ed, is to be acquired by a subsidiary of BGC Partners, Inc., a global broker and financial technology firm, subject to numerous conditions, including regulatory approvals. According to an announcement on the deal, under the terms of the agreement, a BGC subsidiary will acquire 100% of ... Read the full article
AMP in $3.3bn sale to Resolution Life, secures Swiss Re reinsurance backing
25th October 2018
Financial services firm AMP is exiting the life insurance sector with the sale of its AMP Life business to Resolution Life for total cash and non-cash consideration of AU$3.3 billion (US$2.3 billion); the transaction is expected to complete in the second half of 2019. Concurrently, the company has announced a deal ... Read the full article
M&A insurance surge driving global deal-making: Aon
24th October 2018
A recent surge in the use of insurance for mergers and acquisition deals has created a greater opportunities and cost savings for stakeholders, while simultaneously changing the way deal professionals distribute and insurers view risk, according to Aon’s global M&A Risk in Review report. The report states that the increased demand ... Read the full article
FWD Group to acquire Indonesian life insurance unit from CBA
24th October 2018
FWD Group, the Swiss Re backed insurance business of Pacific Century Group (PCG), has announced that it plans to acquire a majority stake in PT Commonwealth Life, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) Indonesian life insurance venture. The arrangement will also see FWD enter into a 15-year life insurance distribution partnership ... Read the full article
Generali acquires Polish asset management firm Union Investment
24th October 2018
Italian insurance giant Generali has acquired a 100% stake in Polish asset management company Union Investment TFI as it looks to to strengthen its presence in central and eastern Europe. With €3.3 billion of assets under management, Union Investment is the country’s sixth largest asset management company. It has approximately 135,000 ... Read the full article
AXA to sell its operations in Ukraine
24th October 2018
French insurance and investment giant AXA has announced that it is to sell all its insurance operations in Ukraine to Toronto-headquartered holding company Fairfax Financial. The deal will see AXA exit the Ukrainian market. Under the terms of the agreement, Fairfax would acquire 100% of the non-life entity AXA Insurance and the ... Read the full article
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