Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves: Intermediary Specialist Risk Group Buys UK Broker Champion Insurance; Broker Clear Group Acquires UK Fire Safety Specialist Delco Safety
Sep 17 2025 // UK Intermediary Specialist Risk Group Buys Broker Champion Insurance Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced it has acquired Champion Insurance Group and its specialist subsidiaries...
World Acquires Indiana’s Dunway and Hoosier
Sep 16 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced it acquired the business of Dunaway Insurance Agency of New Palestine, Indiana and Hoosier Insurance Agency of Bloomfield, Indiana on June 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not...
How a High-M&A Insurance Agency Reduces Complexity at Scale
Sep 16 2025 // How INSURICA has streamlined its operations for growth Compliance officers are often the unsung heroes of the insurance industry, battling it out with spreadsheets to help move insurance agents through the ready-to-sell...
After Merger Announcement, KBRA Puts Olympus’ Rating on Watch
Sep 12 2025 // A day after SageSure announced plans to acquire Florida-based Olympus Insurance, a financial rating firm said it has some concerns. KBRA, the Kroll Bond Rating Agency, issued a notice Thursday that it has placed...
Pinnacol’s EverPeak Acquires Method Insurance, a Workers’ Comp MGA
Sep 11 2025 // Pinnacol Assurance subsidiary EverPeak Insurance has acquired Method Insurance, a workers’ compensation managing general agent based in Nashville. The move is in response to brokers who require a seamless solution...
Duffy Acquires Sartori Agency of Massachusetts
Sep 11 2025 // Duffy Insurance Agencies in Lynn, Massachusetts announced it has acquired the Sartori Insurance, a family-run agency that has served the Lexington, Massachusetts community for more than 50 years. The Sartori team will...
SageSure and Affiliate to Acquire Olympus MGA and Olympus Insurance in Florida
Sep 10 2025 // In a three-way deal involving carriers, underwriters, holding companies and more, catastrophe-focused managing general underwriter SageSure announced it will acquire the managing general agent for Florida-based Olympus...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s Bremer Insurance Agencies
Sep 10 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of St. Paul, Minnesota-based Bremer Insurance Agencies, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bremer Insurance Agencies, a subsidiary of Old National...
Lincoln International Agrees to Buy Insurance Brokerage Advisory MarshBerry
Sep 10 2025 // Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, said it has a definitive agreement to acquire MarshBerry, an advisory firm serving the insurance brokerage, insurance distribution, and wealth management...
Viewpoint: Competition to Drive ‘Deteriorating’ Reinsurance Market, More M&A in 2026
Sep 10 2025 // Pricing and returns in the reinsurance market are expected to gradually come off recent highs, with the market facing moderately weaker, but still sound, operational and business conditions in 2026. Abundant capacity and...
Exclusive: Applied Systems Acquires AI-Enabled Risk Digitalization Firm Cytora
Sep 9 2025 // Applied Systems announced the acquisition of Cytora, a digital risk processing platform for the insurance industry, in an effort to accelerate connecting the dots within the insurance ecosystem, something Applied terms as...
‘New Normal’ Sets in as Pace of Insurance Agency M&A Becomes Clear
Sep 8 2025 // Insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during second-quarter 2025 were up 11% over the prior quarter, but M&A activity for the first half of the year is down 8% compared to last year, according to investment banking...
Steadfast Group Acquires Novum Underwriting Partners
Sep 4 2025 // Steadfast Group has announced its acquisition of a majority stake in US-based specialty managing general agency and wholesale brokerage, Novum Underwriting Partners LLC. Founded in 2019 and based in Ohio, the business is...
Business Moves: Gallagher Re Agrees to Buy Steadfast Re in Australia; Lockton Re Launches in Dubai for Expansion in MENA Region
Sep 4 2025 // Gallagher Re Agrees to Buy Steadfast Re in Australia Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker and subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher, has signed an agreement to acquire Steadfast Re Pty Ltd., a Sydney-based reinsurance...
Brightway Expands With Acquisition of GlobalGreen Agency
Sep 4 2025 // Jacksonville-based Brightway Insurance has acquired GlobalGreen Insurance Agency, a multi-state network writing $270 million in annual premium. GlobalGreen is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, and has affiliate...
Penn-America Acquires Commercial Insurance Distribution Marketplace Sayata
Sep 4 2025 // Global Indemnity Group announced that its subsidiary Penn-America Underwriters has completed the acquisition of Sayata, an AI-enabled digital distribution marketplace and agency operations platform for commercial...
River Valley Underwriters Acquires Texas’ Patriot National Underwriters
Sep 4 2025 // River Valley Underwriters, Inc has announced that it will be acquiring the book of business from Patriot National Underwriters, Inc, as well as the current employees. The parties expect to complete the transaction...
Relation Acquires Illinois’ Joseph M. Wiedemann & Sons
Sep 3 2025 // Relation Insurance Services announced their acquisition of the assets of Joseph M. Wiedemann & Sons, Inc. (JMWS). The transaction went into effect on August 1, 2025; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. JMWS, a...
Tropolis Completes Acquisitions of 8 Agencies in 3 States
Sep 3 2025 // Tropolis Insurance Services said it has completed eight agency acquisitions across the United States. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. The tech-enabled brokerage providing property/casualty and employee...
Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Robins Insurance in Nashville
Sep 3 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency, part of Marsh and with offices in New York and around the country, has acquired Robins Insurance of Nashville. The agency, on the cusp of celebrating 50 years in operation, offers business and...
