Business Moves News
Motorists Mutual to Acquire Southeast, Midwest Insurer
Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy the stock of Consumers Insurance USA, which is based in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Consumers Insurance will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
Australia’s Wesfarmers to Sell Insurance Brokerage to Arthur J. Gallagher
Perth, Australia-based conglomerate Wesfarmers has agreed to sell the insurance brokerage and premium funding operations of its Insurance division to subsidiaries of U.S.-based broker Arthur J. ...
Hartford Financial in Talks to Sell Japan Unit to Orix
Orix Corp., a Japanese finance and leasing firm, said it is in talks to buy Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.'s unit in the country. Nothing has been decided on the purchase, Tokyo-based Orix ...
Greenberg’s Starr Investment Heads Group Buying Claims Firm MultiPlan
A group led by former AIG boss Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's Starr Investment Holdings said it would buy health insurance claims processor MultiPlan Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A person ...
A.M. Best Incorporates Mexican Subsidiary; Opens Office in Mexico City
A.M. Best Co. announced the incorporation of its new subsidiary, A.M. Best América Latina, S.A. de C.V. The new office will be located in the financial district of Mexico City at Paseo de la Reforma ...
CNA to Sell Life, Group Insurance Unit to Wilton Re
CNA Financial Corp. said it would sell its life and group insurance business, on the same day that parent Loews Corp. reported a bigger quarterly loss, hurt by impairment charges. CNA said it was ...
First American Acquiring Verisk’s Interthinx for $155 Million
First American Financial Corp., the second-largest U.S. title insurer, agreed to buy Interthinx Inc. from Verisk Analytics Inc. for $155 million to add data that serves the mortgage industry. The ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty to Acquire MyAssist and Insure America
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance said it has agreed to purchase the assets of MyAssist Inc., a live-agent personal concierge and telematics service provider, and Insure America LLC, a niche ...