Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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U.S. Risk Acquires Strategic Insurance Underwriters of Florida
Jul 28 2017 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, a property and casualty wholesaler, has acquired Strategic Insurance Underwriters, a specialist trucking MGA and broker headquartered in Sarasota, Fla. Strategic Insurance Underwriters has a...
ONI Risk Partners Acquires Green Owens Insurance in Indiana
Jul 27 2017 // ONI Risk Partners (ONI), headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., is acquiring Franklin, Ind.-based Green Owens Insurance (Green Owens). In business since 1979, the Green Owens team joins ONI’s 300-plus insurance...
OPTIS Partners: Insurance Agency Mergers, Acquisitions Still Going Strong
Jul 27 2017 // Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) among North American insurance agencies continued at a strong pace during the second quarter of 2017, with 135 reported transactions in the second three months of 2017, Chicago-based...
Markel to Acquire State National for $919 Million
Jul 26 2017 // Markel Corp. will acquire Texas-based State National Companies Inc. for $919 million, a deal that the Virginia-based insurer and reinsurer said will help diversify its underwriting and revenue streams. Both...
U.S. Risk Announces Acquisition of Strategic Insurance Underwriters
Jul 26 2017 // Dallas, TX, July 26, 2017—U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, the nation’s fifth largest Property and Casualty wholesaler, announced today that it has acquired Strategic Insurance Underwriters, a specialist Trucking...
NAPSLO, AAMGA Members OK Merger; New Wholesale & Specialty Association Is Born
Jul 25 2017 // Members of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) have approved a merger of the two associations, creating the new Wholesale...
GBS Benefits Acquires Volk & Associates in Colorado
Jul 25 2017 // Longmont, Colo.-based Volk & Associates has been purchased by GBS Benefits, a member of Leavitt Group. The deal will allow Volk & Associates to provide greater benefits resources for their clients. Volk &...
G.F.H. Insurance Acquires Peyton, Cheely and Woodle Insurance in Virginia
Jul 25 2017 // G.F.H. Insurance Agency Inc., a Richmond, Va.-headquartered insurance broker, has acquired Peyton, Cheely and Woodle Insurance of Richmond, Va., effective June 12, 2017. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Peyton,...
Aetna Acquires Bupa Thailand to Expand in Asia Health Insurance
Jul 25 2017 // Aetna Inc. announced it has acquired UK-based Bupa Group’s Thai business, Bupa Thailand, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will significantly increase Aetna’s presence in Asia, and is key to the...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire N-Surance Outlets of Georgia
Jul 25 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire N-Surance Outlets (NSO), a wholesale insurance brokerage and binding authority operation headquartered in Roswell, Ga. NSO will become...
Crest Insurance Group Acquires Troon in Arizona
Jul 24 2017 // Crest Insurance Group LLC has acquired Tucson, Ariz.-based Troon Insurance Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Troon was founded by Clebern Best and has been serving the Greater Phoenix area for 20 years. Crest...
Q2 Insurtech Funding Rises to $1B: Willis Towers Watson/CB Insights Report
Jul 24 2017 // Insurtech funding volume hovered close to $1 billion in the 2017 second quarter, a result nearly 150 percent larger than the same period a year ago, according to a quarterly report on the sector from Willis Towers Watson...
General Indemnity Group Acquires Kansas’ Surety Support Services
Jul 20 2017 // General Indemnity Group LLC (GIG), a subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corp., has acquired Surety Support Services Inc., of Overland Park, Kansas. Tracing its origins back almost 40 years, Surety Support Services (SSS) provides...
Talanx Acquires Generali’s Colombian Businesses for €30M (US$34.6M)
Jul 20 2017 // Talanx has acquired Generali Colombia Seguros Generales S.A. and its life insurance subsidiary, Generali Colombia Vida Compañia de Seguros S.A., for approximately €30 million (US$34.6 million) Generali explained that...
JenCap Holdings Acquiring Michigan’s Special Risks Facilities
Jul 19 2017 // JenCap Holdings LLC has agreed to acquire privately held Special Risks Facilities Inc., an MGA/contract binding authority and wholesale insurance brokerage firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Special Risks was formed...
MarshBerry Adds Barber as Talent Acquisition Manager
Jul 19 2017 // Woodmere, Ohio-based MarshBerry has hired Bob Barber as a talent acquisition manager. His responsibilities include overseeing a team of direct reports to source and screen high quality sales professionals for the role of...
Starr Buys Stake in Small Business Insurtech CoverWallet
Jul 19 2017 // Starr Companies is now a minority shareholder in online small business insurance agency CoverWallet. CoverWallet confirmed the deal that was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. No financial terms were...
London MGA Nexus Acquires U.S.-Based Treaty MGA from ZON Re
Jul 19 2017 // Specialty insurance managing general agent Nexus Group said it has acquired the assets of Personal Accident Treaty Reinsurance MGA operated by ZON Re, a U.S. based treaty reinsurance managing underwriter and Lloyd’s...
Allianz Forms Online Aircraft Insurance Partnership with Insurtech Firm Visicover
Jul 19 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced it has formed a partnership agreement with insurtech company, Visicover. Visicover’s existing and new aeroplane and helicopter insurance products now will be...
Massachusetts’ Kaplansky Insurance Hires Wolberg as VP of M&A
Jul 18 2017 // Kaplansky Insurance, a Needham, Mass.-based insurance agency, has appointed David Wolberg as vice president of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Wolberg brings with him experience from the sell-side of mergers and...
