M&A News
State Auto Shareholders Back Liberty Mutual’s $1B Acquisition Plan
Shareholders at State Auto Group voted overwhelmingly to approve Liberty Mutual Holding Company's $1 billion plan to buy the company. The Ohio-based super-regional insurance holding company said the ...
Moody’s Closes $2B Acquisition of Cat Modeler RMS
Moody's Corp. reported that it has completed its acquisition of RMS, the climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics firm. In the transaction, originally announced on August 5, 2021. ...
Willis Towers Watson’s Incoming CEO Reports $5 Billion Available for Possible M&A
Willis Towers Watson has around $5 billion of capital which could used for acquisitions, its president and incoming chief executive said on Thursday, as the insurance broker prepares for a future as ...
CEO Confidence, Now at Pre-Pandemic Levels, Focuses on M&A and More: KPMG Survey
Global CEO confidence is back at pre-pandemic levels, and optimistic executives are looking at M&A, strategic alliances and sustainability measures to help transform their business, according to ...
Pie Insurance to Acquire Regional Insurer as it Evolves Into Full-Stack Carrier
Pie Insurance will acquire a regional insurer as it moves forward with a bid of becoming a full-stack insurance carrier. Pie purchased Western Select Insurance Company, a property casualty insurance ...
Insurance Industry M&A Activity Remains Resilient: Clyde & Co.
Global insurance industry M&A dipped slightly in the first half of 2021, but deals continue to be steady in key parts of the globe even in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new ...
Guidewire Acquires HazardHub, an API Property Risks Insight Tech Firm
Guidewire Software recently acquired HazardHub, an InsurTech focused on API-driven property risk insights for the P/C insurance industry. Neither side would disclose financial details. Guidewire CEO ...
Brookfield Asset Management’s Reinsurance Unit Will Acquire American National for $5.1B
Brookfield Asset Management Inc's reinsurance unit has agreed to buy insurer American National Group Inc for about $5.1 billion in an all-cash deal, the companies said on Monday. Started in 1905 by ...