Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Crest Insurance Acquires Benefits Specialist DWA in Arizona
Aug 26 2024 // Crest Insurance Group acquired Dan Weinstein and Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona. DWA principal Dan Weinstein, who has more than 20 years of industry experience in the group benefits space, will join Crest along with the...
OneDigital Expands With Acquisition of Elite Insurance in Tennessee
Aug 23 2024 // OneDigital, an insurance brokerage, financial services and human resources firm based in Atlanta, has acquired Elite Insurance Solutions, a property-casualty insurance agency in Franklin, Tennessee, the company announced...
People Moves: Miraglia and Rusas Join Alliant M&A from WTW; Embroker’s Maletsky Joins Hiscox’s Tech E&O
Aug 23 2024 // Peter Miraglia Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Peter Miraglia as executive vice president, Alliant Specialty, within the company’s mergers & acquisitions vertical. Miraglia...
The Hilb Group Expands Central Region Presence With Texas Acquisition
Aug 22 2024 // The Hilb Group announced that it has acquired a Texas-based property and casualty agency, adding to the company’s expanding presence in the Central region of operations. The company did not name the acquired...
Titan Aerospace Acquires Plimsoll Specialty, Boosting Aviation Insurance Range
Aug 22 2024 // Atlanta-based Titan Aerospace Insurance, one of the larger aviation insurance brokers, has acquired Plimsoll Specialty Markets, a boutique aviation and aerospace brokerage house also based in Atlanta. Clark Michael Clark,...
Kroger Seeks to Block FTC Case Against Albertsons Acquisition
Aug 21 2024 // Kroger Co. is seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house case against its proposed purchase of rival grocer Albertsons Cos., claiming the proceeding is unconstitutional. The FTC, eight states and...
Specialist Risk Group Acquires UK-Based Anthony James Insurance Brokers
Aug 20 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of Anthony James Insurance Brokers, subject to regulatory approval. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed....
Ryan Specialty to Acquire Assets of MGU Greenhill From Alera
Aug 20 2024 // Ryan Specialty said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Greenhill Underwriting Insurance Services from Alera Group, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Houston-based Greenhill is a...
Update: Taiwan’s CTBC Financial Plans to Buy Rival Shin Kong
Aug 20 2024 // Taiwan’s CTBC Financial Holding Co. said it plans to buy smaller rival Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., a move that could form the island’s largest financial conglomerate. Amid speculation swirling of a...
SME Broker Ardonagh Advisory to Acquire UK-Based R.K. Henshall
Aug 19 2024 // Ardonagh Advisory, Ardonagh Group’s SME broking platform, has agreed to acquire UK chartered insurance broker R.K. Henshall & Co. Ltd. Financial details of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory...
Bankrupt Steward Health Care Sells Physician Network as Massachusetts Hospital Seized
Aug 19 2024 // Bankrupt hospital operator Steward Health Care received a bankruptcy judge’s approval on Friday to sell its nationwide physician network to a private equity buyer while its stalled efforts to sell Massachusetts...
PCF Acquires Asset Insurance Agency in Massachusetts
Aug 15 2024 // Utah-based PCF Insurance Services reports it has acquired the insurance business of Asset Insurance Agency, based in Peabody, Massachusetts. Asset Insurance Agency sells auto, home, commercial and life insurance in...
ALKEME Acquires Dunhill Marketing and Insurance Services in California
Aug 14 2024 // ALKEME acquired Dunhill Marketing & Insurance Services in San Diego, California. Founded in 1992, Dunhill Insurance Services offers insurance services and specializes in life insurance and annuities with a focus on...
Insurance Broker NFP Acquires Orca Financial Group in Ireland
Aug 13 2024 // NFP, an Aon company and insurance brokerage, announced its acquisition of Orca Financial Group, a specialist financial brokerage based in Leopardstown, County Dublin. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The...
Sica Fletcher Index: Agency-Broker M&A Down Slightly in First Half 2024
Aug 13 2024 // The 22 acquirers that make up the Sica Fletcher Index were involved in 242 agent-broker deals in the first six months of 2024, totaling $635 million in revenue. That is a 45% drop in revenue from what was acquired during...
PCF Insurance Services Acquires DLD Insurance Brokers in California
Aug 12 2024 // PCF Insurance Services acquired the insurance business of DLD Insurance Brokers in Irvine, California. DLD Insurance Brokers specializes in serving companies in the construction, real estate, manufacturing, medical device...
Palomar Plans Public Offering to Fund $25M Acquisition of Surety Bonds Specialist FIA
Aug 9 2024 // La Jolla, California-based Palomar Holdings, Inc. reports it is buying First Indemnity of America Insurance Co. (FIA), a Morris Plains, New Jersey domiciled insurance carrier specializing in surety bonds for small to...
Hub International Acquires Southern Colorado Insurance
Aug 9 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of SCIC LLC (Southern Colorado Insurance) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Debbie Klisch, owner, and Andrew Klisch, president, and the Southern Colorado Insurance team will join Hub...
Warner Pacific Acquires Texas’ Ashmore Agency
Aug 8 2024 // Warner Pacific announced it has completed its acquisition of the General Agency of Ashmore Agency, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1984 by Elizabeth “Beth” Ashmore and her husband Will...
Legacy Acquirer DARAG to Sell North America, Bermuda Units to Fairfax’s RiverStone
Aug 8 2024 // DARAG Group, the Malta-based legacy acquisition company, announced it has agreed to sell its North American and Bermuda business entities to the RiverStone Group, a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. The sale,...
