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RenRe Completes $3.3 Billion Acquisition of Validus Re From AIG

Nov 1 2023 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it has concluded its acquisition of Validus Re, the treaty reinsurance business of American International Group. AIG received total consideration of $3.3 billion in cash, including a...

NFP Acquires Ireland-Based Health and Safety Consultancy, SeaChange Ltd.

Nov 1 2023 // NFP, a New York City-based property/casualty broker, announced it has acquired SeaChange Ltd., a health and safety consultancy based in Naas, County Kildare, in Ireland. This acquisition expands NFP’s European health...

Alliant Acquires Oklahoma’s 3IG & The Arrow Group

Nov 1 2023 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired 3000 Insurance Group (3IG), a retail property and casualty (P&C) insurance and employee benefits firm based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Joining the Alliant Americas division, 3IG...

Ryan Specialty Acquires Illinois MGU AccuRisk

Oct 31 2023 // Ryan Specialty announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AccuRisk Holdings, LLC, a medical stop loss managing general underwriter. AccuRisk is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and was founded in...

Progressive Groups Ask DOJ to Reverse New M&A Safe Harbor Policy

Oct 31 2023 // More than a dozen groups are pressing the U.S. Justice Department to retreat from a new policy they say gives a “free pass” to corporate wrongdoers, a sign of mounting criticism among progressives of...

Risk Strategies Acquires Philadelphia Area’s Fairmount Benefits

Oct 31 2023 // Boston-based national specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Fairmount Benefits Co., a Philadelphia-based specialty firm focused on employee benefit programs and technology for corporate...

Alera Group Acquires Michigan’s Rick Young Insurance

Oct 30 2023 // Alera Group announced the acquisition of Rick Young Insurance, an insurance agency offering employee benefits services including health insurance, life insurance, Medicare and Medicaid redetermination. Rochester Hills,...

NFP Buys UK-Based Resolute Insurance Services

Oct 27 2023 // NFP, a New York City-based property/casualty broker, announced it has acquired Resolute Insurance Services, an independent insurance broker based in the West Midlands. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. NFP...

TWFG Acquires Jeff Kincaid Agency in North Carolina

Oct 27 2023 // TWFG Insurance, also known as The Woodlands Financial Group, has continued its growth trajectory with the acquisition of Jeff Kincaid Insurance Agency, which has five offices in North Carolina. Kincaid, a former Nationwide...

AgentSync Raises $50M in Funding to Drive Operational Efficiencies For Insurers and Distributors

Oct 26 2023 // AgentSync doubles down on building the most modern and connected producer management and compliance solutions to provide flexibility in distribution channels for carriers, agencies, and MGAs DENVER, CO, October 26, 2023...

RMS Brokerage Acquires Clancy & Clancy in New York

Oct 26 2023 // RMS Insurance Brokerage, LLC announced that it has acquired Garden City, New York-based Clancy & Clancy Brokerage LTD (C&C). An independent insurance agency founded in 1956 by the late Maureen and Cummin Clancy,...

Cybersecurity, Insurance Platform Upfort in California Raises $8M Series A Funding

Oct 26 2023 // Upfort raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures, with participation of Eniac Ventures and Fika Ventures, which co-led Upfort’s seed round. Upfort’s goal is to simplify the way brokers...

Choice Financial Group Acquires SIA Insurance in New Jersey

Oct 26 2023 // Choice Financial Group announced it has acquired SIA Insurance in Manasquan, New Jersey. The move marks Choice’s fourth acquisition in New Jersey and adds to Choice’s growing East Coast presence from New...

Insurtech Startup QuoteWell Comes Out of Stealth With $15M in Series A Funding

Oct 25 2023 // Tech-enabled commercial insurance wholesale brokerage QuoteWell announced its public launch to serve independent retail agents. Founded in 2021, the insurtech said it “helps agents who are often overlooked and given...

Risk Strategies Acquires North Bay Business Unit of InterWest Insurance Services

Oct 25 2023 // Risk Strategies acquired North Bay, a business unit from InterWest Insurance Services LLC, adding specialty expertise to its Wineries Practice. Along with offices in Petaluma, California and Santa Rosa, California, the...

Gallagher Acquires New York’s Rosenzweig Agency

Oct 24 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Mineola, New York-based Rosenzweig Insurance Agency, Inc. Rosenzweig Insurance Agency is an insurance broker with pharmacy expertise serving small and medium-sized...

Arthur J Gallagher to Acquire Cadence Insurance for $904M

Oct 24 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today said it has signed a definitive agreement with Cadence Bank to acquire Cadence Insurance, Inc. for $904 million cash. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-headquartered Cadence Insurance, the second...

Howden Buys Portfolio of Broker in Luxembourg, Acquires Belgium Broker WDR

Oct 24 2023 // Howden, the London-based global insurance group, announced it has established a retail presence in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with the acquisition of the portfolio of United Brokers S.A., and has strengthened its...

White Mountains to Acquire a Majority Stake in Bamboo in California

Oct 23 2023 // White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services, LLC (“Bamboo”), an MGA focused on the California homeowners insurance market. White...

USI Insurance Services Acquires Cavanah Associates in Hawaii

Oct 23 2023 // USI Insurance Services acquired Honolulu, Hawaii-based Cavanah Associates Inc. Cavanah Associates is an independent brokerage firm specializing in commercial and personal risk insurance programs. Terms of the transaction...