Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Security Service Insurance Acquires Louisiana’s Pace Insurance Managers
Apr 7 2021 // San Antonio-based Security Service Insurance, an independent agency currently licensed in eight states, has acquired Pace Insurance Managers LLC. (Pace) in Springhill, Louisiana. With Security Service Insurance agents...
World Insurance Acquires LB Insurance, John Roberts Agency
Apr 7 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Lawrence & Brownlee Agency (LB Insurance) of and John Roberts Insurance Agency (JRIA), both of Anderson, South Carolina, on April 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Norway-Based Parisco AS
Apr 7 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Norway-based Parisco AS. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, Parisco is a marine and energy broker, serving contractors, offshore service...
Ardonagh Group Forms M&A Unit; Acquires Chicago’s AccuRisk Solutions
Apr 7 2021 // London-based broker the Ardonagh Group has launched Ardonagh Global Partners (AGP), a unit focused on international mergers and acquisitions. Its first acquisition in the United States, AccuRisk Solutions, follows on the...
Broker Ardonagh Group Forms Unit for International M&A; Makes 1st U.S. Acquisition
Apr 6 2021 // London-based broker the Ardonagh Group announced the launch of Ardonagh Global Partners (AGP), a unit focused on international mergers and acquisitions. The company also announced its first acquisition in the United...
The Hilb Group Acquires Connecticut’s Andrews Benefits
Apr 6 2021 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Connecticut-based Andrews Benefits LLC (AB). The transaction became effective on February 15, 2021. AB is an employee benefits agency providing strategies and long-term solutions for...
First Quarter Activity Signals Record Insurance Carrier M&A Deals Ahead in 2021: S&P
Apr 6 2021 // Insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions could reach historic levels in 2021 based on early indications from a robust first quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor’s report. U.S. and/or Bermuda based...
Hub Acquires Assets of KC Insurance Group
Apr 6 2021 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of KC Insurance Group LLP in Overland Park, Kansas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. KC Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires PayneWest in Montana
Apr 5 2021 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC has acquired Missoula, Mont.-based PayneWest Insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PayneWest will operate as MMA’s Northwest regional hub under Kyle Lingscheit, CEO of...
Kemper Completes Acquisition of Illinois’ American Access Casualty
Apr 5 2021 // Kemper Corp. has closed its previously announced acquisition of Downers Grove, Illinois-based American Access Casualty Co. and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings LLC, and its...
Gallagher Bassett Services Acquires Terrier Claims Services, MT Investigations
Apr 5 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s risk management services subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. (GB), has acquired Pleasantville, New York-based Terrier Claims Services Inc. (TCS) and its affiliate, MT...
Next Insurance Funding Hits $881M After Latest $250M Round
Apr 5 2021 // Next Insurance raised $250 million in new venture financing – a major cash infusion after a year of acquisitions and other actions to further growth. FinTLV Ventures and Battery Ventures led the Series E financing round....
People Moves: McPartland Named Partner at Hotchkiss Insurance
Apr 1 2021 // Hotchkiss Insurance Hotchkiss Insurance, a full-service Texas-based independent agency, has named Shannon McPartland as its newest partner. A member of the Houston team, McPartland joined the agency in an account...
Massachusetts’ Risk Strategies Acquires Specialty Insurance Solutions
Apr 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Massachusetts-based national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS), expanding capabilities in its national student health...
K2 Insurance Services Acquires Montana’s Loss Run Pro
Apr 1 2021 // K2 Insurance Services, based in San Diego, Calif., has invested in Loss Run Pro LLC, headquartered in Missoula, Montana. LRP, founded in early 2020 by Reghan Brandt, was a participant in BrokerTech Ventures’ (BTV)...
Florida’s Centauri Insurance Keeps ‘A’ Rating, Plans Expansion After Applied Acquisition
Mar 30 2021 // Centauri insurance companies (Centauri Specialty Insurance Co. and Centauri National Insurance Co.) have sustained their financial stability rating of “A” (Exceptional) from Demotech, after being strengthened...
Private Equity Firm Odyssey Partners With Management to Acquire SIAA
Mar 29 2021 // Private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has joined with management of SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance), the nation’s largest alliance of independent insurance agencies, to acquire the company. New...
Chubb ‘Disappointed’ in Hartford’s Rejection of Merger Offer, Talks
Mar 29 2021 // Global insurer Chubb Ltd. today issued a statement that it is “disappointed that The Hartford chose not to engage in discussions regarding a strategic business combination.” However, the disappointed insurer...
Southeast Brokers Sterling Seacrest Partners, Pritchard & Jerden to Merge
Mar 26 2021 // Sterling Seacrest Partners, Inc. and Pritchard & Jerden announced they will merge and operate as Sterling Seacrest Pritchard. According to the company, the merger makes it one of the largest privately held, independent...
Element Risk Management Acquires Henderson Insurance, Our Legacy Insurance
Mar 26 2021 // Element Risk Management has acquired Henderson Insurance of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Our Legacy Insurance of Front Royal, Virginia. Henderson Insurance, founded by Jim Henderson in 1978, has served the central...
