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Marsh acquires Assurance
Illinois-based independent agency to lead Midwest region for Marsh & McLennan Agency.
Catalina completes Asia Capital Re deal
Bobby Heerasing stepping down ACR’s CEO.
Trilogy MGA sold by R&Q
Business will retain the Lloyd’s and company market carrier support under new owner.
BMS acquires Spanish broker
Jurado Mata to join the group's main European business BMS Iberia.
R&Q acquires Anglo French legacy book
Part VII transfer is R&Q's seventh in the last seven years.
IGI completes Tiberius merger
Business combination was approved by Tiberius stockholders on Friday.
Canopius buys majority stake in MultiStrat
Bermuda-based specialty reinsurance group to remain autonomous after majority purchase.
Brown & Brown acquires The Colonial Group
Firm specialises in the areas of housing, recreational, and specialty insurance.
Howden sells UK trade credit business
Xenia Broking Group acquires the UK trade credit team.
Comments
M&A covers: After the happy ending
Plenty of excitement surrounds news of a merger or acquisition, but often only part of the story ever makes it into the press.
Editor's comment: Dazed and confused
If the actors of today’s re/insurance market were transposed into the setting of a 1980s high school movie, the plot would definitely be Prom Night.
“Don’t wallow” Greenberg tells Chubb - FREE
Comment: Chubb held an employee meeting on July 20 to discuss its merger deal with Ace, with a guest speaker: Ace’s chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg, who told staff to work with Ace to build on their company’s success.
Editor's comment: Who’s next to get married?
Comment: Whether its brokers, insurers or reinsurers, companies are currently coupling up like amorous teens at a high school dance.
Editorial - overcapitalised or not?
Is the reinsurance sector overcapitalised, or is it instead a case of the world being underinsured?
XL and Catlin agree deal
XL and Catlin have agreed terms for a takeover that should close in the first half of 2015
Fosun agrees to buy Meadowbrook
Chinese holding company Fosun Intl has agreed to buy US insurer Meadowbrook for $433m
Interviews
Talanx's industrial insurance evolution
Company profile: German insurance group Talanx, majority owner of Hannover Re, has floated at last. But the group will not use the deal as a springboard for aggressive growth, says the CEO of its industrial insurance unit.
Company profile: Kiln's eastern promise
December's announcement that Japanese insurer Tokio Marine is to buy Kiln ended rampant speculation about who would snap up the Lloyd's insurer. Richard Crump speaks to Charles Franks, CEO of RJ Kiln, about how Kiln feels about its new owners and how the acquisition will affect the firm.
Settling the Scor
From triple-B-range reinsurer on the edge of oblivion to number five reinsurer in the world. French reinsurer Scor has turned its fortunes around and is riding high. Denis Kessler, the firm's larger than life CEO, tells Verena Horne the story behind this remarkable turnaround and his ambitious plans for growth.
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