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With Wednesdays announcement that LexisNexis was getting out of the insurance software business, the start of another merger-and-acquisition season has begun in the insurance software world. There has been more activity in 2011 than in 2010, and opinions vary over whether 2012 will be an even busier year.

Hub International announced the completion of three acquisitions so far this month, leading other insurance brokers in a busy few weeks of merger-and-acquisition activity.

After a couple of years of minimal (or even negative) organic growth and declining profit margins, insurance agents and brokers have put some halfway decent numbers on the board so far in 2011: Organic growth stands at 3.3 percent for the industry through the second quarter, and agents and brokers...

Private-equity firms are still interested in acquiring specialty wholesalers and managing general underwriters, but they are up against some aggressive competitors offering higher deal prices—like 6- to 8-times EBITDA, consultants say.

Private-equity firms are still interested in acquiring specialty wholesalers and managing general underwriters, but they are up against some aggressive competitors offering higher deal prices—like 6- to 8-times EBITDA, consultants say.

The specialty lines insurance industry has been a hotbed of merger-and-acquisition activity over the past year, with deals for niche specialty brokers and managing general agents getting the most attention. PropertyCasualty360 takes a look back at some of the observations dealmakers and consultants have shared this year about the abundance...

As I was finishing a feature about merger-and-acquisition activity in the insurance industry last month, a Bloomberg news item caught my eye.

Who were the alternative suitors for Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.—the reinsurer that agreed to merge with specialty insurer Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG last Sunday? I make a few guesses.