Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
RK Harrison and Hyperion sign up to merger deal
The boards and shareholders of both companies give their approval for the deal.
Hiscox and R&Q Synergy MGA deal stopped
Insurer pushes ahead with £9.25m yacht and marine trade MGA buy.
Fairfax to buy Brit for £1.22bn
Boards of both companies have reached agreement on the cash for shares deal.
Clear acquires JH Hibbert
Deal moves Clear Insurance Management to £60m premium.
All change
Change will be this year’s defining theme, says Bill Cooper, and small to medium-sized brokers are in a perfect position to exploit it
Business as usual for brokers as Aviva takes next step in Friends Life takeover
Brokers largely unconcerned over insurer’s purchase of life and pensions provider
Willis deal “biggest” acquisition for Clark Thomson
Broker insists independence remains following the deal which also saw it join Willis Commercial Network.
Saga buys bike broker Bennetts for £26.26m
Deal takes firm up to approximately 20% of UK motorbike insurance market.
Bennett Christmas buys book of business from Howden
The broker plans to grow to £20m in the next three years.
Miles Smith plans acquisitions after refinancing
Broker announces growth plans following refinancing with Clydesdale.
Hiscox to buy MGA and HNW provider from R&Q
Deal expected to complete this quarter of 2015.
Cinven buys Premium Credit for £462m
Andrew Doman stays as chief executive following private equity deal.
XL's takeover of Catlin confirmed
The businesses have agreed to a deal worth £2.79bn.
Japanese insurer invests £105m in Insure The Box telematics firm
Deal sees Catlin get £85m for its stake in technology-based business.
Simply Business edging toward 300,000 customers
Jasper Martens shares his overview of 2014 and takes about how the line between broker, aggregator, and insurer is blurring.
Bluefin buys Marchant McKechnie
The regional broker is Bluefin's fifth acquisition of the year.
Catlin confirms XL’s £2.5bn takeover approach
Deal would be funded through mixture of cash and shares.
Integro buys Howard Global
New York-based firm buys broker to add to list of specialisms.
Tasker buys licensed trade sector broker
Tasker Insurance Group snaps up Dartford-based Pro Hospitality.
Jelf buys Beaumonts for initial £10.1m
Deal cost will rise by £8.28m if Ebitda targets hit.
Equistone sells A-Plan stake to HgCapital
Broker chief says it is "business as usual" for the firm.
Editor's letter - December 2014
“‘Insurance is a people industry’… But it is precisely the people who are at risk of being forgotten in the quick-fire way this story is unfolding”
Speculation rife over Towergate’s future
What are the next steps for the troubled consolidator?
Aviva agrees £5.6bn takeover with Friends Life
Both boards will recommend proposals to their shareholders.
