M&A
RSA Backs $9.6B Takeover Offer From Overseas Rivals
British insurance group RSA is backing a 7.2 billion pound ($9.55 billion) cash offer from Canada's Intact Financial and Denmark's Tryg in one of Europe's biggest financial takeover bids this year. ...
Zywave Snatches Up Advisen in Move to Accelerate Global Growth
Insurance technology company Zywave snatched up Advisen, a global insurance data provider, in a deal expected to fuel more rapid international growth. The acquisition includes WCL, a UK-based Advisen ...
III CEO Kevelighan: The Institutes Affilliation Brings Group Into 21st Century
Affiliating with The Institutes provides an opportunity for the industry's Insurance Information Institute (III) to become more of a 21st Century trade association, rather than one suited for the ...
Watson’s Fairfax to Sell Vault; A.M. Best Issues Ratings Downgrade
Vault Insurance – a high-net-worth insurer majority-owned by Fairfax Financial's Allied World – will be sold, a decision that has led to an initial A.M. Best ratings downgrade. A.M. Best knocked ...
U.S. Election Outcome: Divided Government Seen Reigniting M&A
Joe Biden's projected win of the U.S. presidency and the Republican Party potentially retaining control of the U.S. Senate could drive a pickup in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that took a hit ...
InsurTech CoverHound Acquired by Broker Brown & Brown
Another InsurTech has been acquired. This time, insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. bought CoverHound, a digital property/casualty insurance marketplace, and CyberPolicy, CoverHound's small ...
Arch Capital Revises Watford Acquisition Agreement, With Backing From Ex-Rival Enstar
Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Watford Holdings Ltd. announced a revised definitive agreement under which Arch will acquire all of the common shares of Watford for $35.00 per share, in an all-cash offer ...
To Merge or Not to Merge: InsurTechs Must Increasingly Ask This Question
The drumbeat for InsurTechs to pursue a merger, acquisition or partnership is getting louder, with the number likely to substantially grow in the months ahead, an insurance industry expert believes. ...