M&A
Hudson Insurance Acquires Surety Business Portfolio
Hudson Insurance Group has acquired the underwriting operations of Surety Partners of America, Northeast. As part of the transaction, Michael Blount and James Balzan will join the team at Hudson ...
White Mountains Grabs Majority Stake in Web Insurance Broker
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. purchased a majority stake in Tranzact for $178 million as the insurer renews its bet on policy sales through the Internet. White Mountains acquired 63 percent of ...
Willis Gains Swedish OK for $205M investment in Max Matthiessen
Willis Group Holdings plc said it's gotten a pivotal O.K. from Swedish regulatory authorities to complete its acquisition of a 75 percent stake in Max Matthiessen, a personal insurance, health plan ...
FTC Review Delays Verisk’s $650M EagleView Deal
Verisk Analytics Inc., the supplier of data to insurers and banks, said its planned $650 million takeover of EagleView Technology Corp. has been delayed amid a review by antitrust regulators. The ...
Catalina Agrees to Acquire Danielson Indemnity
Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Danielson Indemnity Company, the holding company of National American Insurance Company of California and Danielson ...
Tower Group, Now Part of ACP Re, Gets a Ratings Boost
Now that Tower Group International is a part of Bermuda-based reinsurer ACP Re Ltd., its financial ratings have stopped dropping and are improving. A.M. Best said it upgraded the financial strength ...
Willis Re Grabs Firm With Expertise in Accident and Health Insurance
Willis Re said it will snatch up the assets of a specialized professional advisory and reinsurance broking firm, giving it a boost in the North American accident and health insurance sector. The ...
What Analysts Expect in 2015: Lower Rates, More M&A, Underwriting Losses
Analysts seem to agree on a few things, at least, about what the property/casualty insurance industry can expect through the end of 2014 and into 2015. Reinsurance consolidation is coming, they say. ...