Global Insurance M&A Hits 10-Year High, Despite Slowdown in H2 2022
The insurance sector saw 449 completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide during 2022, up from 418 the previous year — the highest for a decade, according to ...
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Brookfield Reinsurance to Acquire Insurer Argo Group in $1.1B Deal
Financial services firm Brookfield Reinsurance announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Argo Group International Holdings in an all-cash transaction ...
Vista Equity Partners to Buy Duck Creek for $2.6B Cash
Insurance software provider Duck Creek Technologies said it has entered into an agreement to be bought by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal of about $2.6 ...
Great SPAC Crash of 2022 Deepens as Investors Cash Out in Droves
The great SPAC crash is closing out the year in dramatic fashion as more shareholders prepare to cash out of the speculative-investing industry for good.
AmTrust Financial Services has acquired the middle market management liability business of specialty program administrator DUAL North America, which includes its ...
AmTrust Acquires DUAL’s Middle Market Management Liability Practice
Westfield Enters International Specialty Market With Purchase of Argo’s Lloyd’s Syndicate
Westfield said it has expanded into the international specialty insurance market by buying Lloyd's Syndicate 1200 from Argo Group International Holdings for about $125 million. The acquisition is ...
Cyber MGA At-Bay Acquires Tech-Solutions Provider Relay
At-Bay, the San Francisco-based managing general agent, announced the acquisition of Relay, a technology solutions provider that enables the digital transformation of commercial insurance placements. ...
Global M&A Hits 10-Year High, Says Clyde & Co.
The volume of global insurance industry mergers and acquisitions reached a 10-year high in the first half of 2022, up 9.5 percent from the same six months a year ago. According to Clyde & Co.'s ...
Reinsurance M&A Slows Amid Macroeconomic Risks, Higher Natural Disaster Claims
Mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance sector will be limited into 2023 amid investor concerns over macroeconomic risks and heightened catastrophe losses linked to climate change, ...
Coalition to Now Offer Cyber Policies With Acquisition of Admitted Carrier
Coalition said it received regulatory approval and completed the acquisition of Digital Affect Insurance Company from Munich Re Digital Partners US Holding Corporation. Digital Affect Insurance ...