
DB Insurance Co. Ltd. reached an agreement to acquire The Fortegra Group Inc. from Tiptree Inc. (NASDAQ: TIPT) and private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC in a $1.65 billion all-cash deal.
The purchase, announced Sept. 25, marks the largest U.S. market entry by a Korean non-life insurer and will give DB Insurance full ownership of Fortegra, a Jacksonville, Florida-based specialty insurer.