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Reinsurance mergers and acquisitions news, covering details of M&A transactions in the works and completed, between insurance, reinsurance and related companies.
IK Partners acquires majority stake in French insurance broker Ascora
31st December 2025
IK Partners, a European private equity firm, has announced that its IK Small Cap IV Fund has acquired a majority stake in Ascora Group, a French multi-specialist insurance broker. The transaction, structured as a management buyout (MBO), is designed to facilitate the succession of the company’s founder while accelerating the Group’s ... Read the full article
Verisk withdraws from AccuLynx acquisition
30th December 2025
Verisk, a data analytics and technology provider to the insurance and energy industries, has terminated its definitive agreement to purchase AccuLynx, a SaaS platform providing end-to-end business management workflow for residential property contractors with expertise in roofing. This decision follows the notification by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was unable to ... Read the full article
JAB Insurance to acquire Utmost Group’s Life and Pensions business
29th December 2025
JAB Insurance, the global insurance business of JAB Holding Company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire from Utmost Group plc its Life and Pensions (ULP) business. ULP is a UK life and pensions platform with more than £5 billion of assets under management and serving approximately 290,000 pensioners. The platform ... Read the full article
Freedom to buy outstanding shares of Concert
24th December 2025
The shareholders of Concert Group Holdings, Inc., a specialised insurance holding company known for providing tailored solutions to programme insurance markets, have agreed to allow founding shareholder Freedom Underwriters LLC (Freedom) to purchase all outstanding shares from current shareholders WT Holdings, Inc. (WT) and Century Focused Fund IV, LLC (Century). This ... Read the full article
AM Best places Vantage ratings under review following HHH acquisition
22nd December 2025
AM Best has placed Vantage Risk Ltd. (Bermuda) and its affiliates’ credit ratings under review with developing implications, following the announcement that Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) will acquire Vantage Group from Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman. These include the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings ... Read the full article
Permira and Warburg Pincus-led investor group acquires Clearwater for $8.4bn
22nd December 2025
Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by Permira and Warburg Pincus, with participation from Temasek, in a transaction valued at approximately $8.4 billion. The deal also has key support from Francisco Partners. Following a process that included engagement with strategic and financial sponsors, the ... Read the full article
Marco completes acquisition of Dublin-based Benteler Re
19th December 2025
European P&C insurance run-off group Marco Capital Holdings has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dublin-based Benteler Re from Benteler Group. Incorporated in January 2003, Benteler Re is a non-life insurance Captive in run-off. According to Marco, the transaction has received all required regulatory approvals and is now fully closed. Simon Minshall, Marco ... Read the full article
Vantage to be acquired by Howard Hughes Holdings in ~$2.1bn transaction
18th December 2025
Holding company Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire 100% of specialty insurer and reinsurer, Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., for approximately $2.1 billion in an all-cash transaction, subject to customary regulatory approvals. Founded in 2020, Vantage has established itself as a global insurer and reinsurer, offering a diversified portfolio of ... Read the full article
Insurance M&A activity set to hold pace in 2026: PwC
17th December 2025
PwC has disclosed that the insurance sector recorded $31.8 billion in M&A deals across 207 transactions between June 1 and November 30, and expects deal activity in 2026 to be broadly in line with this year. According to the firm, deal flow has remained steady over the past 12 months, as ... Read the full article
Enterprise Risk Associates secures $150m investment from Macquarie Capital
15th December 2025
Enterprise Risk Associates, a US-based insurance brokerage platform that focuses on acquiring and partnering with independent insurance agencies, has announced an investment from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance, the financing and principal investment division of Macquarie Capital. The funding arrangement provides up to $150 million to support ERA’s acquisition-driven growth across multiple ... Read the full article
Amynta Group completes acquisition of broker International Sureties
12th December 2025
Insurance service provider Amynta Group has completed the acquisition of Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL, collectively known as International Sureties. Founded in 1972, International Sureties is a specialty surety broker, providing a range of commercial surety products, including admiralty, court, bankruptcy, logistics and license & permit ... Read the full article
ACCC opposes IAG’s acquisition of RAC WA’s insurance arm
11th December 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced its opposition to Insurance Australia Group Limited’s (IAG) proposed acquisition of RAC Insurance Pty Limited (RACI) from the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia Inc, citing concerns that the deal would likely lead to a substantial reduction in competition in the ... Read the full article
Radian receives all regulatory approvals required for Inigo acquisition
11th December 2025
Radian Group Inc., a US-based company primarily known for mortgage insurance, has received all regulatory approvals required for its pending acquisition of Inigo Limited, a specialty insurance group underwriting through Lloyd’s of London. The transaction is expected to close in February 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. This deal ... Read the full article
Acrisure to acquire underwriting MGA Vave from Canopius
10th December 2025
Acrisure has agreed to acquire Vave, a tech-first underwriting Managing General Agent, from international specialty and P&C re/insurer Canopius Group. Vave, which uses data-driven, precision underwriting to deliver instantly bindable quotes on U.S. catastrophe-exposed E&S property risks, with real-time binding and servicing via API, will continue operating under its own brand. Its ... Read the full article
WTW expands US middle market reach with up to $1.3bn Newfront acquisition
10th December 2025
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group WTW has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based Newfront, a top 40 US broker combining deep specialty expertise and cutting-edge technology, for upfront and contingent consideration payments amounting to $1.3 billion. With this acquisition, WTW will expand its US middle market reach and presence within high-growth ... Read the full article
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