M&A
Allianz, Mitsui Sumitomo Reportedly Finalists in Bid for Malaysia Auto Insurer
Allianz Malaysia Bhd. and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. have been shortlisted to proceed to the next round of bidding for AmGeneral Insurance Bhd., in a deal that could value Malaysia's ...
Generali Commits More than $4B for Acquisitions, Growth Options
Generali has earmarked up to four billion euros ($4.5B) or acquisitions and growth as it looks to asset management and high-margin business in Latin America and Asia to fuel earnings. Italy's top ...
National General Will Buy QBE North America’s Farmers Union Business
QBE North America plans to sell its Farmers Union Insurance business to National General Holdings Corp. for an undisclosed price. The sale reflects QBE North America's ongoing effort to pare down and ...
A New Specialty Biz Emerges From Marsh’s Pending $5.6B Acquisition of JLT
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. is forming Marsh-JLT Specialty, a new business within the company that combines the specialty teams of Marsh and the broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. Marsh ...
JLT Shareholders Sign Off on Planned Marsh & McLennan Acquisition
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. said its $5.6 billion acquisition of broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc has been approved by JLT's shareholders. Of those shares voted, 99.9 percent voted in favor ...
For RenRe CEO O’Donnell, Acquiring Tokio Millennium Re Is All About Independence
RenaissanceRe's planned $1.5 billion purchase of Tokio Millennium Re (TMR) reinforces its strategy of being an independent reinsurer, according to Kevin O'Donnell, president and CEO of RenRe. "The ...
Global Insurance M&A Activity Rose in H1 2018, Fueled By Mega Deals
Global insurance mergers and acquisitions rose to 37 billion euros in the first six months of 2018, with a host of mega deals resulting in the highest first-half total since the financial crisis, a ...
Buying Instead of Selling, RenRe to Acquire Tokio Millennium Re for $1.5B
Less than two months after one of RenaissanceRe's shareholders urged the Bermuda-based reinsurer to consider putting itself up for sale, the company announced it will buy another reinsurer ...