M&A
Tower Group Shareholders to Vote on ACP Re Merger in August
Tower Group International's shareholders will finally get their chance to approve or reject a merger agreement with ACP Re, months after the proposed deal was first announced. The Bermuda insurer and ...
ACE Buying Itaú Seguros for $685M to Become Top P/C Insurer in Brazil
ACE Limited announced Friday that it will acquire the large corporate property/casualty business of Itaú Seguros, S.A. from Itaú Unibanco S.A. for roughly $685 million—a deal that will make ACE ...
Zurich Sells Underperforming Russian Retail Unit to Olma Group; Keeps Corporate Biz
Zurich Insurance Group AG, the largest Swiss insurer, said the sale of its Russian retail unit will lead to an estimated loss of about $300 million. The insurer said it is selling the business to ...
Swiss Re to Grab Chinese Insurer From RSA For $120M
Swiss Re disclosed it is snatching up a Chinese company from RSA Insurance Group for about $120 million as part of a plan to grow its corporate insurance arm. The Zurich reinsurance giant said its ...
Endurance M&A Bid Pushes On as Aspen Ups the Opposition
The hostile-takeover battle between Bermuda reinsurance rivals Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. and Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. continued unabated this week with no end in sight. Endurance ...
Carrier M&A Deal Counts Down, But Values Up Midyear: SNL
Merger and acquisition deal counts for the insurance industry jumped 20 percent through midyear, but broker deals drove the increase while carrier deal counts fell, according to a report from SNL ...
Merger Questions and Answers: Ironshore Ends Deal; Tower Deal Survives
Property/casualty insurance industry merger news continued late last week with Ironshore announcing that its deal to acquire an Australia specialist fell apart, while Tower got an assurance that its ...
Aspen Tells Shareholders to Snub Endurance’s New M&A Overtures
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. may want to buy Bermuda reinsurance rival Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., but its acquisition target is doing everything it can to resist the hostile bid. In its ...