M&A
Ironshore CEO Kelley: Goal Under Liberty Mutual Is to Become ‘Premier’ Specialty P/C Insurer
Longtime Ironshore Inc. CEO Kevin Kelley said his company has a genuine shot at becoming a "premier" specialty property/casualty insurance company, both domestically and abroad, now that Liberty ...
OneBeacon to be Acquired by Canada’s Intact Financial for $1.7B
Canada's largest property/casualty insurer, Intact Financial Corp., has agreed to acquire U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon from White Mountains Insurance Group for US$1.7 billion. The merger will ...
Liberty Mutual Reorganizes Global Specialty Business After Closing $3B Ironshore Purchase
Liberty Mutual Insurance has closed its $3 billion acquisition of specialty lines insurer Ironshore Inc. from China's Fosun International, and will make some organizational changes to accommodate its ...
Broker Hub International Acquires Firm With Focus on Korean American Community
Hub International Ltd. said it has snatched up the assets of City Insurance Services and its related affiliates. The Chicago-based global insurance brokerage did not disclose financial terms, though ...
Canada P/C Giant Desjardins Seeks Acquisitions
Desjardins Group is looking to acquire insurers, wealth managers and payments firms to expand further outside Quebec and challenge the dominance of Canada's big financial services firms, Chief ...
The Hartford CEO Swift Open to Larger Acquisitions That ‘Accelerate’ Existing Growth Plans
The Hartford Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift said he remains interested in potential acquisitions – even large ones – less than a year after completing a noteworthy M&A deal in mid-2016. ...
Vertafore Acquires RiskMatch
Insurance technology firm Vertafore said it has acquired RiskMatch, a Connecticut-based business intelligence and analytics company that provides portfolio management and placement services to ...
States Approve Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual ‘Super Regional’ Joint Venture
Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers' compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been granted regulatory approvals ...