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Bowhead Specialty

3 stories · tracked since Aug 3, 2026 · last seen Aug 4, 2026

Bowhead Specialty is a US specialty insurer that underwrites excess and surplus lines coverage for complex commercial risks. It is being acquired by American Family Mutual Insurance Company.

InsurerSpecialty insuranceCommercial insuranceNew York, United States

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Carrier Management, Insurance Journal, Reinsurance News

1 deal tracked · $1.2B disclosed across 1 of 1

Bowhead Specialty acquisitions and mergers — counterparty, price, date and source
Deal Price Announced Source
Acquired by American Family $1.2B Carrier Management+2

Ownership changes as reported in the insurance press — see the M&A tracker for what is counted and what isn't. Minority investments are not acquisitions and are on the funding tracker instead.

Coverage

  1. Carrier Management · Aug 4, 2026

    American Family to Acquire Bowhead Specialty in $1.2B Cash Deal

    American Family Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy all outstanding shares of specialty insurer Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. for about $1.2 billion in cash. Under the terms of the transaction, each Bowhead…

    M&A
  2. Insurance Journal · Aug 3, 2026

    American Family to Acquire Bowhead Specialty in $1.2B Cash Deal

    American Family Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy all outstanding shares of specialty insurer Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. for about $1.2 billion in cash. Under the terms of the transaction, each Bowhead…

    M&A
  3. Reinsurance News · Aug 3, 2026

    American Family to acquire Bowhead Specialty in $1.2bn cash deal

    American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. and its affiliates have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all remaining issued and outstanding common stock of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc., in an all-cash…

    M&A

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