Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Business Moves: Private Equity Firm J.C. Flowers Acquires Italian Insurance Broker Caleas; UIB International Sells Minority Stake in UIB Insurance Brokers (India)
Aug 5 2025 // Private Equity Firm J.C. Flowers Acquires Italian Insurance Broker Caleas J.C. Flowers & Co. (JCF), a private equity investment firm that focuses on financial services investments, announced that investment vehicles...
Business Moves: Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations; Optio Completes Purchase of UK MGA Custodian Management
Aug 4 2025 // Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based global insurance intermediary, announced it has completed the acquisition of German broker...
United Risk Acquires Verita CSG From WTW; Rebrands as Verist With Chang as CEO
Aug 4 2025 // United Risk has acquired specialized property/casualty managing general agent Verita CSG, Inc. from global risk advisor WTW and rebranded the venture as Verist LLC. Industry veteran Michael Chang will become CEO of Verist,...
USI Acquires Oklahoma’s Rogers Insurance Center
Aug 4 2025 // USI Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Miami, Oklahoma-based Rogers Insurance Center. Founded in 1997, Rogers Insurance Center is an independent brokerage firm specializing in commercial and personal risk...
Marsh McLennan Acquires Olympic Insurance Agency in California
Aug 4 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency acquired Olympic Insurance Agency in a Simi Valley, California. All Olympic employees, including principals Don and Bob Barberie, will remain working out of their existing Simi Valley office. Olympic...
Attempts to Reform Litigation Funding Disclosure Continue on the Hill
Aug 4 2025 // Changes to the taxes paid by litigation investors did not make it into the final version of the expansive One Big Beautiful Bill, but the issue of third-party litigating funding continues to have the attention of at least...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Miami-Based ANOVA Marine Insurance
Aug 1 2025 // Specialty Program Group, a specialty insurance brokerage and distribution firm headquartered in Chicago, has acquired Florida-based ANOVA Marine Insurance, a managing general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder. ANOVA, in...
Risk Strategies Acquires Assets of 3 New Mexico Firms
Jul 31 2025 // Risk Strategies acquired the assets of Santa Fe, New Mexico-based firms Zia Insurance Services, Tyra Enterprises Inc. and Capitol Insurance Services Inc. The firms will become part of the Risk Strategies West Region, and...
‘New Normal’ Sets in as Pace of Insurance Agency M&A Becomes Clear
Jul 30 2025 // Insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the 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...
Bridgepoint to Buy Majority Stake in German Insurance Broker HBC
Jul 30 2025 // Bridgepoint Group Plc agreed to acquire a majority stake in German insurance broker Hanseatic Broking Center GmbH from Preservation Capital Partners. The transaction sees Bridgepoint partner with HBC’s management...
Inszone Acquires Beasy Insurance Services in California
Jul 30 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Beasy Insurance Services in California. Founded by Wendy Beasy in 2002, Beasy Insurance Services specializes in personal lines coverage placement throughout California and the...
Marsh Japan Agrees to Acquire Mitsubishi Electric’s Insurance Agency
Jul 29 2025 // Marsh Japan has agreed to purchase Mitsubishi Electric Corp.’s in-house insurance agency, Mitsubishi Electric Insurance Service Co. Ltd., in a share transfer agreement that will be completed on Nov. 4. Financial...
World Acquires Louisiana’s Lighthouse Insurance Agency
Jul 29 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of Lighthouse Insurance Agency of Madisonville, Louisiana on March 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Lighthouse Insurance Agency...
5 Reasons to Centralize Your Compliance and Producer Management After an Acquisition
Jul 29 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. For high-growth insurance agencies and carriers, acquisitions are a core part of business expansion. Yet, if you don’t keep your acquisition strategy streamlined...
Polish Insurer PZU Eyes Seed Funding Role for Big Polish Projects
Jul 28 2025 // Polish insurer PZU SA envisages playing a key role in attracting financing for the country’s big-ticket energy and infrastructure projects after it completes a merger with Bank Pekao SA. Chief Executive Officer...
UK Hybrid Fronting Insurer Bridgehaven to Acquire Dublin Insurer SureStone
Jul 28 2025 // Bridgehaven Europe Holdings Ltd., the UK hybrid fronting insurer in commercial and specialty lines, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Dublin-based insurer, SureStone Insurance DAC. The deal, for an undisclosed...
Arkansas to Receiving $1M in Funding for April Storm Cleanup and Recovery
Jul 28 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week the award of $1 million in grant funding to Arkansas for cleanup and recovery activities after severe storms caused extensive damage and flooding in April. Between April...
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Minnesota’s Erickson-Larsen
Jul 25 2025 // Johnson & Johnson Inc. announced it is acquiring the assets of Erickson-Larsen, Inc (E&L). The parties expect to complete the transaction effective August 1, 2025. With offices in Maple Grove, MN, and Fargo, ND,...
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Erickson-Larsen, Inc.
Jul 25 2025 // CHARLESTON, SC., July 25, 2025 – Johnson & Johnson Inc. (J&J) continues the expansion of its footprint by acquiring the assets of Erickson-Larsen, Inc (E&L). The parties expect to complete the transaction...
Brown & Brown (Europe) Agrees to Acquire UK-Based Bloodstock Broker
Jul 24 2025 // Brown & Brown (Europe) Ltd., part of Brown & Brown, Inc., has agreed to acquire Weatherbys Hamilton LLP, a leading UK-based insurance broker specializing in private client, bloodstock, and farm & estate...
