M&A
April, the French Insurer, Is Drawing Interest From Potential Suitors
French insurer April SA has drawn takeover interest from private equity firms including CVC Capital Partners, KKR & Co. and BC Partners as it weighs a sale amid a wave of industry consolidation, ...
Liberty Mutual Is Pursuing Strategic Review of Pembroke Managing Agency
Liberty Mutual Insurance announced it is undertaking a strategic review of its London-based Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd., acquired through the lronshore purchase in May of 2017. The company has ...
Cincinnati Financial Will Pay $134M for London Specialty Underwriter Owned by Munich Re
Cincinnati Financial Corp. has agreed to acquire MSP Underwriting Limited, a London-based global specialty underwriter and Munich Re subsidiary, in a bid to diversify its earnings and expand its ...
American Financial Group Boosts Specialty Casualty Cover With $28M ABA Insurance Services Acquisition
American Financial Group has agreed to acquire ABA Insurance Services from American Bankers Mutual Insurance Ltd. in a $28 million cash deal. Based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, ABAIS is a provider of ...
Allstate Closes $525M InfoArmor Cash Purchase
The Allstate Corp. has closed its $525 million cash acquisition of InfoArmor, a little over a month after the deal was first announced. InfoArmor is based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and provides identity ...
Lending Tree Forks Over $370M for QuoteWizard, an Online Insurance Comparison Marketplace
Online financial services marketplace LendingTree Inc. said it has agreed to acquire QuoteWizard.com, one of the largest online insurance comparison marketplaces. Since its founding in 2006, ...
Aspen Founder, CEO O’Kane to Depart in 2019; Brit Chairman Cloutier to Replace Him
Aspen Insurance Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer Chris O'Kane plans to step down in the 2019 first half, after investment manager Apollo Global Management LLC closes its $2.6 billion deal to ...
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Others Must Face Stock Lending Antitrust Suit
Major banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp., Credit Suisse Group AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. must face allegations that they conspired to prevent the "antiquated" stock ...