M&A
ACE/Chubb Merger Makes it a Major U.S. P/C Player: Fitch
The massive $29.5 billion ACE/Chubb merger in 2015 vaulted the combined company to seventh place in the U.S. property/casualty insurance market. But the remaining top 10 rankings saw few other ...
Accenture and Apax Partners Team on Insurance Software Venture
Global professional services company Accenture and Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, have agreed to form a joint venture to accelerate the innovation of claims, billing and policy ...
AmTrust Seeks to Boost Lloyd’s Presence With Latest Acquisition
AmTrust Financial Services said it has agreed to buy specialty insurance company ANV Holdings B.V. and its Lloyd's affiliates for $218.7 million in cash. The seller is the Ontario Teachers' Pension ...
White Mountains Closes $2.6B Sale of Reinsurer Sirius to China Minsheng Investment
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. completed its $2.6 billion sale of Sirius International Insurance Group to a division of China Minsheng Investment Corp. Ltd., nine months after the deal with ...
Ironshore Acquires Remainder of Tennessee Surety Bond Specialist
Ironshore Inc. is diving deeper into the surety market with plans to buy up the remaining 80 percent of an insurance holding company specializing in surety bonds that it doesn't already own. The ...
M&A Deals Fuel Continued Surge in Transactional Risk Insurance: Marsh
M&A deals spurred a double-digit jump in the use of transactional risk insurance in 2015 as players on both sides sought to limit risk and improve deal terms, Marsh has found. Marsh's mergers and ...
All M&A Deals Have Culture Divides to Address: BCG Report
The idea that cultural differences can spoil a merger or acquisition deal isn't new, but according to M&A consultants at The Boston Consulting Group, cultural differences often show up ...
Most Insurance M&A Deals Haven’t Improved Financial Strength: S&P
The flurry of insurance mergers and acquisitions that yielded about $150 billion of transactions globally in 2015 may endure even after years of "patchy" results for some companies making deals, ...