M&A
France’s Atos Boosts Cyber Security Services With $5.06B Gemalto Buy
French technology consulting firm Atos offered to buy Gemalto for 4.3 billion euros ($5.06 billion) on Monday to boost its cyber security services as states and big corporations seek to cope with a ...
Zurich Will Pay $2.14B to Snatch Up ANZ’s Australia Life Insurance Biz
Zurich Insurance Group said it will pay more than $2 billion to acquire the life insurance business from an Asia Pacific-based bank. Zurich's $2.14 billion deal to buy OnePath Life from ANZ ...
Claims Firm Sedgwick Will Acquire Rival Firm Cunningham Lindsey
Global claims firm Sedgwick Claims Management Services will acquire Cunningham Lindsey, another global loss adjusting and claims management firm. Neither side disclosed financial terms. CVC Capital ...
Willis Towers Watson Closes Sale of Telematics Tech to Octo
Willis Towers Watson has completed the sale of its usage-based insurance assets to Octo Telematics, a U.K.-based telematics company focused on the auto insurance industry. Both sides first announced ...
Aon Acquires Swiss Insurance Broker Unidelta AG
Aon plc has acquired 100 percent interest in Unidelta AG, an insurance broker located in Rapperswil, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Unidelta AG was founded in 2004, and is an independent all-line insurance ...
Heritage Insurance Gains Larger Regional Presence With $250M Narragansett Bay Acquisition
Heritage Insurance Company has completed its $250 million acquisition of Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, a deal that it said will create a personal lines carrier with a presence in 11 states. ...
Suit Against AT&T/Time Warner Merger Could Curtail Other M&A Activity
President Donald Trump's first year in office was already shaping up to be a less-than-banner one for M&A. Now, the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit to block AT&T Inc.'s $85.4 billion ...
A Move Toward Fewer and Much Larger Insurance M&A Deals: Willis Towers Watson
Fewer insurance mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are being completed these days, but those that are completed are of a higher value, according to a survey by global broker Willis Towers Watson in ...