M&A
Alleghany Stockholders Approve Sale to Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
Alleghany Corp. on June 9 said its stockholders approved and adopted Berkshire Hathaway's offer to buy the company for $11.6 billion. "We are pleased our stockholders have overwhelmingly voted to ...
Howden Group to Acquire TigerRisk Partners to Create ‘Much-Needed’ Fourth Reinsurance Broker
Howden Group Holdings said it has created the "much-needed fourth global player in the reinsurance market" with an announcement it has acquired TigerRisk Partners to bolster the scale and depth of ...
LexisNexis Acquires Property Inspection Tech Firm Flyreel
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has acquired Flyreel, a Denver-based property technology firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to enable self-service property inspections. ...
Dealmaking 101: When Opportunity Comes, You Move, Buffett Says
When opportunity comes, you have to move. That was one of the simple life lessons that Warren Buffett imparted during the six-hour-plus annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday. ...
Familiar Securities Plaintiff Sues to Stop Berkshire’s $11.6B Deal for Alleghany
At least one shareholder of Alleghany Corp. is unhappy with the insurer's agreement to be bought by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. According to a lawsuit filed April 13 in U.S. District Court ...
AF Group to Purchase AmeriTrust
AF Group, a holding company whose affiliated brands provide specialty and workers compensation insurance across the U.S., has entered into a definitive agreement through its subsidiary Accident Fund ...
Randall & Quilter Agrees to Acquisition by R&Q Shareholder Brickell for £482M
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q), the Bermuda-based program management and legacy acquisition specialist, announced it has agreed to be purchased by shareholder Brickell PC ...
Acrisure Acquires MGA Platform Volante Global From Markel’s Nephila
Acrisure, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based financial services and insurance brokerage firm, announced it is acquiring Volante Global, a multi-class, multi-territory international managing general agent ...