merger News
Liberty Mutual Acquiring State Auto
Liberty Mutual Holding Company, whose insurance company famously invites customers to only pay for what they need, is paying roughly $1 billion to acquire State Auto Group, a super-regional insurance ...
InsurTech Kin Reportedly Talking With ‘Shark Tank’ Judge About SPAC Merger
Home-coverage startup Kin Insurance is in talks to go public via Omnichannel Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company led by recurring "Shark Tank" guest judge Matt Higgins, according ...
Aon, Willis Towers Watson Announce Future Post-Merger Leadership Team
In anticipation of their proposed merger receiving final approval, insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson announced the future leadership team for the firm that will be effective following ...
AIA, PCI Members Approve Merger; Combined Group Debuts on Jan. 1
Members of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association have approved a merger that takes effect in 2019, and the combined organization is set to have ...
AXA’s $15B XL Acquisition Enables It to Raise Profit Goals, Target Asia Markets
AXA, Europe's second-biggest insurer, expects its profitability to improve in the next two years thanks to U.S. business brought in by its new XL arm, and said it would now focus on expanding in ...
XL Catlin Ends 2015 on Firmer, Post-Merger Solid Ground
The creation of XL Catlin in mid-2015 through a $4 billion deal put in place significant new scale and market reach for the combined insurer and reinsurer. With that in mind, parent XL Group's Q4 and ...
Willis CFO Departs, Gets $3.75M in Wake of Merger with Towers Watson
Willis and Towers Watson are now officially one company. Their $8.9 billion merger deal closed on Jan. 4, and they began operating a day later under their new name: Willis Towers Watson Public ...
Willis/Towers Watson Shareholders Embrace $8.9B Merger Deal
Shareholders from Willis Group Holdings and Towers Watson approved the planned $8.9 billion merger between both companies, setting the stage for the deal to close in early 2016. In approving the ...