Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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CRC Group Agrees to Acquire Lloyd’s Managing Agency Atrium Underwriting Group
Jul 7 2025 // CRC Group, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based wholesale specialty insurance distributor, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Lloyd’s managing agency Atrium Underwriting Group Ltd. from investment funds...
WalkerHughes Acquires Missouri’s Apogee
Jul 7 2025 // WalkerHughes Insurance, a privately held, founder-led retail insurance brokerage headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is pleased to announce the addition of Apogee Insurance Solutions, LLC, a St. Peters, Missouri-based...
Business Moves: Specialist Risk Group Acquires Generation Underwriting From WF Risk Group; Ardonagh Acquires Majority Stake in Apex Insurance in Hong Kong
Jul 3 2025 // Specialist Risk Group Acquires Generation Underwriting From WF Risk Group Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of managing general agent Generation Underwriting,...
Zurich Insurance Buys Canadian Insurance Technology Firm BOXX
Jul 3 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group AG agreed to buy BOXX Insurance Inc, a Canadian cyber risk management firm, marking the Swiss insurer’s latest push into the insurance technology sector. The acquisition will see BOXX becoming...
Texas Braces for Budget Constraints as Federal Funding Dries Up
Jul 2 2025 // The era of massive state budget surpluses in Texas could be coming to an end. As the last of the federal government’s COVID-19 emergency funds are spent and sales tax revenues return to historic averages after a...
Legacy Specialist Enstar Goes Private on Completed Acquisition by PE Firm Sixth Street
Jul 2 2025 // Sixth Street, the San Francisco-based private equity firm, has completed its $5.1 billion acquisition of Bermuda legacy specialist Enstar Group. Enstar’s ordinary shares will no longer be listed publicly, and Enstar...
Marsh McLennan Buys Excel Agency in South Florida
Jul 2 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency, part of the global Marsh insurance brokerage and services companies, has acquired Excel Insurance, an insurance agency in Medley, Florida. Excel was founded in 2020 and provides property/casualty...
Business Moves: Howden Japan Acquires Holos; Ageas Buys Saga’s Underwriting Biz; BMS Purchases Australian Property Broker; UK’s Direct Line Now Owned by Aviva
Jul 2 2025 // Howden Japan Acquires Majority Stake in Retail Broker Holos Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired a majority stake (68.3%) in Holos Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading retail insurance...
Hancock Claims Acquires Knight’s Solutions, Expanding Service in SE, Midwest
Jul 2 2025 // Hancock Claims Consultants, a 22-year-old claims adjusting firm with offices in Georgia and Kentucky, has acquired Knight’s Solutions, an inspection firm that works claims in the Midwest and Southeast. Neither...
Resource Pro Acquires Tech Services Firm Propellint
Jul 2 2025 // Insurance operations specialist ReSource Pro has acquired Propellint, a Hartford, Connecticut-based tech services firm that specializes in implementing claims administration software. The deal expands New York-based...
Relation Insurance Acquires Oklahoma’s Advantage Insurance Group
Jul 1 2025 // Relation Insurance Services acquired the assets of Advantage Insurance Group. The transaction went into effect on May 31, 2025; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Advantage Insurance Group, a family-owned...
First Mid Insurance Group Expands Presence in Illinois With Acquisition
Jul 1 2025 // First Mid Insurance Group, a provider of comprehensive insurance solutions, announced its acquisition of certain assets from AAdvantage Insurance, including the former Waterman-Neely agency based in Chatham, Illinois. This...
Bishop Street Underwriters Acquires Ohio’s Aerospace Insurance Managers
Jul 1 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced that it has acquires Ohio-based Aerospace Insurance Managers, a general aviation insurance services provider, from Hallmark Financial. This acquisition marks Bishop Street’s entry...
BNP Paribas Completes Acquisition of AXA’s Asset Management Unit
Jul 1 2025 // BNP Paribas SA has finalized its purchase of AXA SA’s investment unit, creating one of Europe’s largest asset managers. The newly formed business will have more than €1.5 trillion ($1.8 trillion) in assets...
BHP Faces UK Contempt Charge for Funding Case Over Brazil Dam Collapse
Jun 27 2025 // BHP faces a full contempt of court hearing in Britain for funding litigation to try to prevent some Brazilian municipalities suing the mining giant over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, London’s...
World Insurance Acquires Maine’s Healey Associates
Jun 27 2025 // Global insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired the business of Healey & Associates of Portland, Maine. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Healey has been offering employee benefits to...
Inszone Acquires Texas’ Osterts and Associates
Jun 26 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its acquisition of Osterts and Associates, LLC, a insurance agency based in Plano, Texas. This acquisition grows Inszone’s capabilities and further expands its presence in Texas,...
First Financial to Acquire Westfield Bancorp From Ohio Farmers
Jun 25 2025 // First Financial announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Westfield Bancorp, in a cash and stock transaction, from Ohio Farmers Insurance Company. Ohio Farmers is the parent company of the global...
AI-Focused COVU Acquires Maine’s 100-Year Old Ford Agency
Jun 24 2025 // San Francisco-based COVU, Inc. announced it has acquired Ford Insurance Agency, a 100+ year-old, family-owned business based in Eliot, Maine. Operated by the Lonsinger family, Ford Insurance Agency provides commercial and...
World Acquires Five Louisiana Agencies
Jun 24 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of five entities with locations across Louisiana on March 1, 2025. The agencies are Insurance Unlimited of Louisiana, LLC (“IU”), Erwin...
