M&A
Marsh & McLennan Closes $5.6B JLT Acquisition
Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) completed its $5.6 billion acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT). "Today marks the beginning of a new era with Marsh & McLennan and JLT coming ...
Activist Fund Pursues Removal of SCOR CEO as Chairman Over Thwarted Takeover Attempt
French activist fund CIAM will ask reinsurance company SCOR's CEO Denis Kessler to surrender the chairmanship of the company's board after he thwarted a takeover attempt earlier this year. CIAM, ...
Hamilton CEO Albo Credits Strategy, Excellent Timing as Leading to New Acquisition Deal
Strategy plus some remarkably good timing helped lead to Hamilton Insurance Group's first acquisition deal under the leadership of CEO Pina Albo. On March 14, Hamilton announced it would acquire ...
Hamilton Will Buy Liberty Mutual’s Pembroke Managing Agency, Ironshore Europe DAC in ‘Transformative’ Deal
Hamilton Insurance Group announced it will acquire Liberty Mutual's Pembroke Managing Agency at Lloyd's and its Ironshore Europe DAC business – a move that will double its premium volume and size. ...
RenRe Hopes to Close Tokio Millennium Re Acquisition ‘As Soon as Possible’
RenaissanceRe Holdings said it plans to close its $1.5 billion purchase of Tokio Millennium Re "as soon as possible," now that all of the necessary regulatory approvals are in place. In October, ...
Carriers Will Increasingly Target InsurTechs for Investment, Acquisition in 2019: Deloitte
Carriers will increasingly seek InsurTech startups as investment and eventual M&A targets in 2019, according to Deloitte's predictions outlined in a new report. "Insurance companies' appetite for ...
Aon Scraps Plans to Pursue Willis Towers Watson Acquisition
Aon Plc said on Wednesday it had scrapped plans to pursue a merger with rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc, a day after it revealed it was in early stages of considering an all-stock ...
Marsh, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Will Sell JLT’s Aerospace Unit to Gallagher
Marsh & McLennan Cos. and Jardine Lloyd Thompson have agreed to sell JLT's aerospace business to Arthur J. Gallagher. The arrangement provides for the acquisition of all assets within JLT's ...