K.K.R. to Buy Sedgwick, an Insurance Claims Processor, for $2.4 Billion

The private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts agreed on Monday to buy Sedgwick Claims Management Services, a provider of insurance claims processing, for $2.4 billion. .K.R. is buying control from Sedgwick’s existing investors, including Hellman & Friedman and Stone Point Capital.
The deal is the latest multibillion-dollar transaction by K.K.R. in recent months. Last week, the firm and Affinity and Equity Partners agreed to sell Oriental Brewery, a big Korean beer maker, back to Anheuser-Busch InBev for about $5.8 billion.