Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ryan Specialty Acquires Irish MGU 360° Underwriting
May 20 2025 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announce that it has acquired 360° Underwriting (360), a managing general underwriter specializing in commercial construction. 360 is based in...
FCC Approves Verizon Deal to Acquire Frontier After DEI Changes
May 20 2025 // The Federal Communications Commission said it was approving Verizon Communication’s $20 billion deal to acquire fiber-optic internet providers Frontier Communications after the largest U.S. telecom company agreed to...
Davis & Towle Acquires New Hampshire’s Tobey & Merrill Insurance
May 16 2025 // Insurance agency Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, announced its acquisition of Tobey & Merrill Insurance in Hampton. While the agency will operate under Davis &...
Update: Aviva’s £3.7 Billion Direct Line Deal Faces UK Merger Review
May 14 2025 // Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog into its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The...
Business Moves: Clear Group’s Shape Underwriting Acquires HNW Specialist Protect Underwriting; Optio Buys UK PI Specialist MGA, Custodian Management
May 9 2025 // Clear Group’s Shape Underwriting Acquires HNW Specialist Protect Shape Underwriting, the London-headquartered managing general agent, has acquired Protect Underwriting LLP, a specialist MGA in private client...
Hub Acquires Virginia’s Guru of Insurance
May 9 2025 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited announced it has acquired the assets of EB Specialists Inc. dba Guru of Insurance. Guru of Insurance is an employee benefits firm located in King George, Virginia that...
Paragon’s Reel Media Acquires WISE Risk of Massachusetts
May 8 2025 // Connecticut-based Paragon Insurance Holdings announced that its specialty media and contingency platform, Reel Media Insurance Services, has acquired WISE Risk, a wholesaler for event-driven and specialty insurance...
Hub Acquires Louisiana’s Demarie Insurance
May 8 2025 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of FGLP Equity Partners, LLC dba Demarie Insurance Agency (Demarie Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Lake Charles,...
Trucordia Expands on East Coast With Acquisition of Virginia’s Huffman Insurance
May 8 2025 // Utah-based insurance brokerage Trucordia has acquired Huffman Insurance, a personal and commercial lines insurance agency with offices across Virginia, including locations in Lexington, Staunton, and Covington. Founded by...
Business Moves: Gallagher Acquires Turkish Re/Insurance Broker Aspera
May 7 2025 // Gallagher announced it has acquired Turkey-based Aspera Sigorta ve Reasürans Brokerliği A.Ş. (Aspera). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2022, Aspera is a boutique insurance and reinsurance...
World Insurance Acquires Upstate New York Agencies
May 6 2025 // Insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired the business of Christopher Williams Agency and Barrett Millard LLC of Pittsford, New York. The Christopher Williams Agency began in 1961, and it purchased...
Business Moves: Earnix Agrees to Acquire Insurtech and AI Specialist Zelros
May 6 2025 // Earnix, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, the Paris-based insurtech and developer of artificial intelligence solutions. Financial details of the...
Q1 Has Lowest Insurance Agency M&A in 5 Years; Mega Deals Coming?
May 6 2025 // The first three months of 2025 were the slowest quarter for insurance agency mergers and acquisitions since the second quarter 2020, according to investment banking and financial consulting firm OPTIS Partners. The total...
Hub Acquires Allegiant Global Partners of Massachusetts
May 6 2025 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited reported it has acquired the assets of Allegiant Global Partners, Inc. (AGP) of Boston. AGP is a health, welfare and risk consulting firm serving global employers. AGP...
TWFG Acquires Agencies in Texas and North Carolina
May 5 2025 // TWFG, Inc., a high-growth insurance distribution company, announced the acquisition of two agencies, one in Texas and one in North Carolina, and the hiring of Denise Davis as Vice President of Retail Operations. Denise...
Ryan Specialty Finalizes Acquisition of USQRisk
May 2 2025 // Global specialty insurance broker Ryan Specialty has completed the acquisition of USQRisk Holdings, LLC. Operating in New York and London, USQ underwrites non-traditional insurance risks. USQ’s operations will become...
Business Moves: CRC Group Acquires ARC in E&S Deal
May 1 2025 // Independent insurance wholesaler CRC Group said it has acquired specialty wholesale distributor ARC Excess & Surplus. Terms were not disclosed. ARC was founded in 1986 by Chris Cavallaro as a boutique management and...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New Zealand’s First Capital Financial Services
May 1 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of New Zealand-based First Capital Financial Services and its affiliate First Capital Wealth Management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. First Capital is...
Risk Strategies Acquires Texas’ GMC Advisors
Apr 28 2025 // Risk Strategies announced that it has acquired GMC Advisors, LLC., based in Houston, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headed by owner Greg Chubon, GMC Advisors is a specialist in commercial lines insurance...
Business Moves: Ardonagh Acquires Zurich’s SRB Assekuranz Broker; Optio Completes Purchase of Norwegian MGA, S Insurance
Apr 25 2025 // Ardonagh Acquires Zurich-Based SRB Assekuranz Broker The Ardonagh Group, the London-based independent insurance distribution platform, announced it has acquired the Zurich-based broker SRB Assekuranz Broker AG...
