Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Howden Acquires Denmark’s NORTH Risk
Dec 14 2023 // Howden, the London-based insurance group, announced an agreement to acquire Denmark’s fourth largest insurance intermediary NORTH Risk, thereby establishing a retail presence in the Danish market and strengthening...
OneDigital Acquires Ohio’s RiskSOURCE
Dec 13 2023 // OneDigital, an insurance brokerage, financial services and HR consulting firm, has acquired RiskSOURCE Clark-Theders, a property & casualty firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. RiskSOURCE, founded in 1977 and licensed in 46...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Illinois’ Hunt Insurance Agency
Dec 12 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Palos Heights, Illinois-based Hunt Insurance Agency, Inc., dba Hunt Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Hunt Insurance Group is a retail...
Adults in Ohio Can Legally Possess and Grow Marijuana – But There’s Nowhere to Buy It
Dec 11 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohioans woke up Thursday in a land of recreational marijuana limbo, in which adults can legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but cannot legally buy it. That combination of factors related to a...
Maury, Donnelly & Parr Acquires Maryland Agency
Dec 11 2023 // Baltimore-based insurance agency Maury, Donnelly & Parr, Inc. has acquired another Maryland agency, Wetzel & Lanzi, Inc. Wetzel & Lanzi is a family-owned, independent insurance agency located in...
GIC Reaches Agreement to Buy Cinven’s Shares in UK Broker Miller
Dec 11 2023 // Miller, the London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced that GIC, a global institutional investor, and Cinven, the international private equity firm, have reached an agreement for GIC to acquire...
Specialist Risk Group Acquires Lloyd’s Broker CBC Partnership
Dec 8 2023 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG) has agreed to acquire the London-based broker CBC Partnership (CBC), subject to the necessary regulatory approvals. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. CBC will become...
Brown & Brown Acquires Automotive Business Solutions in Colorado
Dec 8 2023 // Brown & Brown Dealer Services has completed the acquisition of Automotive Business Solutions. The ABS team will continue to be led by CEO Michael Cox from their current offices in Denver, Colorado. ABS is an...
New England’s Foy Insurance Group Acquired by World Insurance
Dec 7 2023 // New England’s Foy Insurance Group has been acquired by national broker World Insurance Associates. The Foy agency, headquartered in Exeter, New Hampshire, has been doing business in New Hampshire for more than 100...
Higginbotham Acquires Ohio’s Botson’s Insurance Group
Dec 7 2023 // Higginbotham has acquired Botson Insurance Group of Avon, Ohio. This move extends the Texas firm’s presence across Ohio, as Higginbotham formed a similar collaboration with western Ohio’s Community Insurance...
World Acquires South Dakota’s American Trust Insurance
Dec 5 2023 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of American Trust Insurance, LLC (“ATI”) of Huron, South Dakota on December 1, 2023. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ATI was...
Clear Group Buys General Insurance Book of PW White & Partners in UK
Dec 5 2023 // The Clear Group, the London-based independent broker, announced it has acquired the entire general insurance book of regional broker P W White & Partners Ltd. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The...
Howden Acquires Swiss Reinsurance Broker Haakon AG
Dec 5 2023 // Howden, the London-based global insurance group, announced the acquisition of Haakon AG, the specialist reinsurance broker, headquartered in Switzerland. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Haakon,...
Confie Acquires Acceptance Insurance
Dec 4 2023 // Confie announced the acquisition of Acceptance Insurance’s retail division to its family of brands. The personal lines distribution company said its latest acquisition expands its footprint to 26 states across the...
Historic Merger in New York: Bailey Place to Acquire Tanner Ibbotson
Nov 30 2023 // Bailey Place Insurance has agreed to acquire Tanner Ibbotson in a merger of two historic Cortland, New York-based independent insurance agencies. Effective April 1, 2024, Tanner Ibbotson’s office on West Road will...
Hall Sues Oates, Wins Restraining Order Over Plan to Sell Stake in Joint Venture
Nov 27 2023 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daryl Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates...
Aviva to Acquire Canadian Vehicle Replacement MGA Optiom for Circa £100m
Nov 27 2023 // Aviva plc announced the acquisition of Optiom O2 Holdings Inc. from Novacap and other minority shareholders for a consideration of approximately £100 million (US$126 million). Calgary, Canada-based Optiom, which operates...
Gallagher Acquires New York’s Hughes Insurance Agency
Nov 22 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Queensbury, New York-based independent insurance agency, Hughes Insurance Agency, Inc. From it headquarters in Queensbury and an office in Albany, Hughes serves...
Inszone Acquires Letherer Insurance Consultants in New Mexico
Nov 22 2023 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Letherer Insurance Consultants in New Mexico. Letherer Insurance Consultants specializes in professional liability coverage for attorneys, dentists, doctors and accountants. Sacramento,...
Alacrity Acquires South Carolina’s Cross Country Adjusting
Nov 21 2023 // Insurance Claims management service Alacrity Solutions Group, has acquired Cross Country Adjusting of Pageland, South Carolina. CCA, founded in 2005, provides residential and commercial property claims adjusting through a...
