Arch Capital - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Arch Capital M&A Summary

Arch Capital has acquired 13 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years.

Arch Capital’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Premia Holdings for $510M. Arch Capital has acquired in 4 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include insurance (93%) and marketing (8%).

Arch Capital Business Overview

Where is Arch Capital headquartered?

Arch Capital is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

What is Arch Capital’s revenue?

Arch Capital disclosed revenue of 8,309M USD for 2020 and 6,784M USD for 2019.

How many employees does Arch Capital have?

Arch Capital has 4,500 employees.

What sector is Arch Capital in?

Arch Capital is an insurance company.

When was Arch Capital founded?

Arch Capital was founded in 1995.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity13
    • M&A Buy Activity13
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 9

Arch Capital

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

Waterloo House Ground Floor 100 Pitts Bay Road,
Pembroke, HM 08
Bermuda,
441-278-9250
www.archcapgroup.com

Arch Capital is a publicly traded reinsurance and insurance company based in Bermuda. The proceeds of this financing were used to launch a major underwriting initiative to meet current and future demand in the global insurance marketplace. H&F was attracted to this investment because of the unique combination of the attractive market opportunity, the world-class underwriting team and our ability to create a clean insurance platform based in Bermuda. Hellman & Friedman had previously partnered with Bob Clements to found Mid Ocean Reinsurance in 1992 following Hurricane Andrew. Arch Capital was founded in 1995 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 8 2 2 - 1 - 13
vol $558M $558M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  13

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
RMIC Companies, Inc. 2023-11-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Winston-Salem, North Carolina · www.rmic.com
Somerset Bridge Group Ltd. 2021-06-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Bristol, United Kingdom · www.somersetbridgeinsurance.com
Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Ltd. 2021-03-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Sydney, Australia · www.westpac.com.au
Somers Re Ltd. 2020-11-02 - Going Private
Pembroke, Bermuda · www.somersgroup.com
Precision Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. 2020-02-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Sydney, Australia · www.precisionmarketingapac.com
Barbican Insurance Group 2019-07-30 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.barbicaninsurance.com
The Ardonagh Group - Commercial MGA Businesses 2018-11-01 48M GBP Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
McNeil & Co., Inc. 2018-11-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Cortland, New York · www.mcneilandcompany.com
Premia Holdings Ltd. 2017-01-09 510M USD Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Hamilton, Bermuda · www.premiaholdings.com
United Guaranty Corp. 2016-08-15 - Divestiture
Greensboro, North Carolina · www.ugcorp.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Premia Holdings Ltd. 2017-01-09 Premia Holdings (Europe) NV 2021-10-05 3
Hamilton, Bermuda · www.premiaholdings.com Hamilton, Bermuda
Somers Re Ltd. 2020-11-02 Axeria IARD 2021-04-09 1
Pembroke, Bermuda · www.somersgroup.com LYON Cedex, France · www.axeria-iard.fr
Premia Holdings Ltd. 2017-01-09 Armour Re Ltd. 2021-02-22 2
Hamilton, Bermuda · www.premiaholdings.com Hamilton, Bermuda

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Insurance 12 (92%) 558M (100%) - -
Marketing 1 (8%) - - -
Total 13 $558M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 - - -
  North Carolina 2 - - -
  New York 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  California 1 - - -
United Kingdom 3 48M - -
Australia 2 - - -
Bermuda 2 510M - -
China 1 - - -
Domestic 2 (15%) 510M (91%) - -
Cross-border 11 (85%) 48M (9%) - -
Total 13 $558M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Credit Suisse Investment Banking
3
Sherman & Company Holdings LLC
1
Jefferies
1
Legal Deals
Clyde & Co.
3
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
2
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $510M
< $100M 1 $48M
TOTAL $558M
Largest Premia Holdings Ltd.
$510M (2017-01-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
31%
4 (31%)

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