M&A Deal Summary

Validus Re Acquires Archer Daniels Midland Co. - Crop Risk Services Business

On May 1, 2017, Validus Re acquired insurance company Archer Daniels Midland Co. - Crop Risk Services Business from ADM for 128M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Validus Re’s 5th transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is Validus Re’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Validus Re’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Validus Re’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-01
Target Archer Daniels Midland Co. - Crop Risk Services Business
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) Validus Re
Sellers(s) ADM
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 128M USD

Target

Archer Daniels Midland Co. - Crop Risk Services Business

Decatur, Illinois, United States
Archer Daniels Midland Co. - Crop Risk Services Business is a primary crop insurance managing general agent based in Decatur, Illinois with $555.0 million gross premiums written in 2016 and 1,170 agents across 36 states.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Validus Re

Pembroke, Bermuda

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Insurance
Employees866
Revenue 2.4B USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Validus Re is a provider of reinsurance and insurance, conducting its operations worldwide through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Validus Reinsurance, Ltd. and Talbot Holdings Ltd. The company is a Bermuda-based reinsurer focused on short-tail lines of reinsurance. Talbot is the Bermuda parent of the specialty insurance group primarily operating within the Lloyd's insurance market through Syndicate 1183. Validus Re was founded in 2005 and is based in Pembroke.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Insurance M&A 5 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Illinois M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-30 ADM Crop Risk Services

Decatur, Illinois, United States

ADM Crop Risk Services is a primary crop insurance general agent based in Decatur, Illinois.

Buy $128M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ADM

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1902
Sector Agriculture
Employees42,383
Revenue 85.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to ADM's corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Entrance to ADM's corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

ADM is a processor of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa, and other agricultural commodities and is a manufacturer of protein meal, vegetable oil, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value-added food and feed ingredients. The Company also has a global grain elevator and transportation network to procure, store, clean, and transport agricultural commodities, such as oilseeds, corn, wheat, milo, oats, and barley, as well as processed agricultural commodities. ADM was founded in 1902 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 8
Sector: Insurance M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 7 of 8
State: Illinois M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 6 of 7
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-27 Chamtor SA

Bazancourt, France

Chamtor SA is a French producer of wheat-based sweeteners and starches. Chamtor, founded in 1992, produces glucose, starch and proteins from wheat.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-08 Industries Centers

Israel

Industries Centers is specializing in the import and distribution of agricultural feed products. It has offices in the Tel Aviv area, and operates a 45,000 MT storage facility strategically located at the Port of Ashdod. The company has a significant and diversified customer base within Israel.

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