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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.

Munich Re acquires API-focused insurtech

6th October 2022

Reinsurance giant Munich Re has acquired apinity GmbH, a start-up that supplies application programming interface (API) solutions in the form of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for the insurance industry’s ecosystem. apinity is an API software platform that enables insurers to utilise third-party API services, in turn making it possible to transparently manage both ... Read the full article

Aston Lark Ireland announces acquisition of Pembroke Insurances

6th October 2022

Aston Lark Ireland, an insurance broker and Howden company, has announced the acquisition of Pembroke Insurances Limited. Set up in 2007 by Graham Weir and John McGuire, Pembroke Insurances has been providing commercial insurance solutions for over a decade,  and has grown a strong reputation as a trusted name within the ... Read the full article

Accenture acquires P&C tech services provider Blackcomb

6th October 2022

Professional services firm Accenture has announced the acquisition of Blackcomb Consultants, a specialist technology services provider to P&C insurance carriers. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Blackcomb is an independent partner of Guidewire, the P&C cloud platform. Its offerings include policy administration system implementations and upgrades, production support, cloud-hosted services, performance-improvement and organizational-change services. Blackcomb ... Read the full article

Ardonagh Specialty to acquire Oxford Insurance Group

6th October 2022

Ardonagh Specialty, the holding company and growth platform for The Ardonagh Group's portfolio of specialist reinsurance and wholesale broking brands, has announced it has agreed to acquire Lloyd’s broker Oxford Insurance Group. Upon completion, Oxford’s brands and 125 people will become part of $6 billion GWP Ardonagh Specialty. Oxford Insurance Group ... Read the full article

Howden acquires marine broker Seasecure in France

6th October 2022

International insurance broker Howden has announced the acquisition of independent French marine broker Seasecure Group. The acquisition of Seasecure Group, is one of France’s largest Marine and Cargo insurance brokers, is expected to help Howden’s continued expansion into the French market. Founded in 2008 and headed by Jean Brossollet, Seasecure comprises two ... Read the full article

Ardonagh Europe completes acquisition of Léons Group, in the Netherlands

5th October 2022

Ardonagh Europe, a subsidiary of The Ardonagh Group, has completed its acquisition of Léons Group, an independent family-owned insurance brokerage and consultancy firm in the Netherlands. The acquisition was originally announced in July earlier this year. Headquartered in Amsterdam and founded in 1951 by Max Léons, Léons Group specialises in full-service ... Read the full article

Jencap acquires Tarheel Insurance Services

5th October 2022

Jencap Group has announced that it has agreed to acquire the assets of Tarheel Insurance Services, Inc., a full-service specialty workers’ compensation wholesale brokerage based in Statesville, NC. Tarheel is set to operate under the auspices of the Jencap Insurance Services Inc. (JCIS) division. Bruce Peddle, President of JCIS, commented, “Tarheel provides ... Read the full article

2021 active year for M&A, says AM Best

4th October 2022

A new report from AM Best says that 2021 was an active year for mergers and acquisitions with large block reinsurance transactions leading to a 41% increase in admitted assets owned by private equity firms. The report, Private Equity Continues to Make Inroads in Insurance Industry, AM Best states that as ... Read the full article

Athora Belgium acquires life insurance portfolio from NN Insurance Belgium

4th October 2022

Athora Belgium, a wholly owned subsidiary of life insurance group Athora Holding (Athora), has announced it has completed the acquisition of a closed-book individual life portfolio from NN Insurance Belgium. The transaction brings its assets under management to 11.4 billion euros, and is in line with Athora’s growth strategy focused on ... Read the full article

Arthur J. Gallagher sets its sights on M&T Insurance Agency

4th October 2022

Re/insurance broking firm Arthur J. Gallagher has announced that it plans to acquire M&T Insurance Agency, a provider of risk management and group benefits consulting services based in Buffalo, NY. The firm said in a statement that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the indirect subsidiary of M&T Bank ... Read the full article

Monument Re announces merger of AME Life Luxembourg

3rd October 2022

Monument Re has announced that AME Life Lux S.A. will merge into its subsidiary, Monument Assurance Luxembourg S.A. following receipt of regulatory approval from the Commissariat aux Assurances. Following this merger, Monument Assurance Luxembourg S.A. will be the sole Monument Luxembourg entity. The acquisition of AME Life Lux S.A. was completed ... Read the full article

UniCredit & Allianz “unwind” Croatian shareholdings

3rd October 2022

Italy-based international banking group UniCredit says it has taken further steps to consolidate its partnership with German multinational financial services firm Allianz by “unwinding” their direct and indirect shareholdings in Croatia. To this end, UniCredit has agreed to purchase Allianz’s entire 11.72% stake in Croatian insurance company Zagrebačka banka dioničko društvo ... Read the full article

Trisura Group acquires Sovereign Insurance’s surety business

3rd October 2022

Trisura Group Ltd. a specialty insurance provider, has acquired Sovereign Insurance’s surety business in Canada. The deal will provide Trisura with access to a portfolio of contract, commercial and developer surety accounts, which in 2021 produced an annual premium of over $16 million CAD. Moreover, the acquisition also strengthens Trisura’s surety operation ... Read the full article

AUB Group completes Tysers acquisition

30th September 2022

Australia equity-based insurance broker network AUB Group has completed its acquisition of Tysers. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition and as previously announced, AUB confirmed that it has issued 9,018,974 new shares to Tysers’ former owner, Odyssey Investment Partners. The new shares will be escrowed for a 24-month period. AUB ... Read the full article

One80 acquires Asian American insurer C&M First Services

28th September 2022

One80 Intermediaries, a specialty insurance broker, has acquired C&M First Services, a full-service brokerage firm that provides commercial and personal lines insurance to Asian American retail brokers throughout the United States. According to the announcement, by acquiring C&M First, the company is launching its Asian American distribution practice. The terms of ... Read the full article