M&A
Hamilton Insurance Places Acappella Syndicate Into Runoff
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. said it is placing Acappella Syndicate 2014 into runoff. Acappella is a third-party capital supported Lloyd's syndicate included in Hamilton's acquisition in August of ...
Demand Soars for M&A Insurance as M&A Activity Increases: Aon
More mergers and acquisitions in today's challenging economic environment are driving a soaring demand for M&A insurance products, according to a new Aon report. Aon's report finds that following ...
AXA Agrees to Sell Belgian Banking Biz to Crelan for Nearly $690M
AXA said it has agreed to sell its Belgian banking operations, AXA Bank Belgium, to Crelan Bank for cash and Crelan's loan insurance business. The deal, in all, is worth nearly $690 million. In ...
Startup Constellation Insurance Holdings Raises $500M to Invest in M&A, Demutualizations
Constellation Insurance Holdings, founded by industry veteran Anurag Chandra, former CEO of Prosperity Life Insurance Group, has partnered with Canadian institutional investors, Caisse de dépôt et ...
Berkshire Hathaway, Other Shareholders Sell Applied Underwriters Back to Founder
Applied Underwriters Inc. and its subsidiary North American Casualty Co. has reportedly been acquired by Applied Underwriters founder Steve Menzies, who was joined in the acquisition by the Quasha ...
The Aftershocks of the Guy Carpenter-JLT Re Alignment
Now that the dust has settled following the historic merger of giant broker Marsh and Jardine Lloyd Thompson, the transaction's impact on the two firms' reinsurance broking units, Guy Carpenter and ...
A Red Sox/Yankees Game Helped Bring Tokio Marine and PURE Group Together
PURE Group, the high-net-worth insurer set to be acquired by Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., had been on the Japanese company's radar for more than a decade. After PURE was created in 2006, Tokio Marine ...
Markel Sells Brazilian Insurance Operations to Division’s Executive Team
Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer and subsidiary of Markel Corp., announced that it has sold its insurance operations in Brazil to its existing executive team. Markel ...