Insurance Company Mergers, Acquisitions, and Conversions
We have successfully represented many applicants who have filed a Form A with the Ohio Department of Insurance in connection with their merger with, or acquisition of, domestic insurance companies. We also have counseled clients regarding takeovers and proxy filings involving Ohio insurance holding company systems. Our lawyers have significant experience with the procedure that Ohio law mandates for certain insurance company merger, consolidation, and reinsurance transactions. Under that procedure, some transactions must be approved, after public hearing, by a Commission comprised of representatives of the Governor of Ohio, the Attorney General of Ohio, and the Ohio Superintendent of Insurance. Our lawyers often have appeared before that Commission on behalf of our insurance clients.
Conversions involve a different statutory process. Under Ohio law, the conversion of insurers from mutual-to-stock companies, or from stock-to-mutual companies, requires close scrutiny by a statutorily created appraisal committee and by the Ohio Superintendent of Insurance. Our firm has represented mutual insurers that converted to mutual holding companies and has handled the hearings before the Ohio Department of Insurance regarding those conversions. We also have helped clients form mutual insurance holding companies as part of the conversion process.Practice Contact
Thomas E. Szykowny
614.464.5671
teszykowny@vorys.com
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