Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves: NSM Completes Sale of Commercial Division to New Mountain Capital; Compre Buys Covea’s CSE Group
Apr 17 2025 // Specialty insurer NSM Insurance Group said it has completed the sale of its U.S. commercial insurance division to investment firm New Mountain Capital. The agreement includes NSM’s portfolio of 15 niche insurance...
King Risk Acquires Watts Dawson Agency in Florida
Apr 16 2025 // King Risk Partners, based in Gainesville, Florida, has acquired Watts, Dawson & Associates, an independent agency with offices in Temple Terrace and Valrico, Florida. The move expands King Risk’s presence in...
Inszone Acquires Kansas’ Munson Insurance Agency
Apr 16 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announce its second acquisition in the state of Kansas with the addition of Munson Insurance Agency, located in Arkansas City, Kansas. This milestone further strengthens Inszone’s presence...
Markel to Acquire UK Specialist Marine MGA, The MECO Group Ltd.
Apr 16 2025 // Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced it has agreed to purchase The MECO Group Ltd. (MECO), subject to regulatory approval. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
OneDigital Acquires Tacoma-Based Fortune Insurance
Apr 16 2025 // OneDigital, an insurance brokerage, financial services, and HR consulting firm, has acquired Fortune Insurance, a property and casualty firm headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. A press release announcing the news said...
Hadron Acquires Michigan’s The Guarantee Company of North America
Apr 15 2025 // Hadron, an Arkansas-based carrier, announced its intent to acquire The Guarantee Company of North America USA (GCNA), a Michigan-domiciled insurance company, from Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of...
Ageas to Buy UK Insurance Platform Esure for $1.7 Billion
Apr 14 2025 // Ageas has agreed to buy British car and home insurer esure from Bain Capital for 1.3 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in a move that will create the third largest personal lines platform in the UK. The deal, set to be closed...
Novatae Risk Buys Up Ajax Specialty Insurance in Atlanta
Apr 11 2025 // Dallas-based Novatae Risk Management, part of World Insurance Associates, has purchased Ajax Specialty Insurance, a wholesaler based in Atlanta. Andy Bierbaum is the owner of Ajax. He founded the company in 2012 and in...
Totalis Acquires Michigan-Based MGA Brownyard MacLean
Apr 10 2025 // Totalis Program Underwriters, an underwriting platform providing specialty expertise and solutions for challenging and underserved areas of the market. announced the acquisition of Brownyard MacLean Security Insurance...
Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Pennsylvania’s Arthur Hall
Apr 10 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a business of Marsh, announced the acquisition of Arthur Hall Insurance, a West Chester, Pennsylvania-based insurance agency. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1966,...
PointeNorth Expands With Three Alabama Agency Acquisitions
Apr 9 2025 // PointeNorth Insurance Group, one of the largest and fastest-growing independent agencies in the Southeast, has acquired three agencies in Alabama, the latest move in the group’s expansion plans. The acquisitions...
Maine’s United Insurance Acquires Barresi Financial
Apr 8 2025 // Portland, Maine-based United Insurance announced it has acquired Barresi Financial, a financial services and retirement advisory firm with offices in Bangor and Presque Isle. Barresi’s 10 associates will join United,...
Hub International Buys Meyer & Rosenbaum Agency in Mississippi
Apr 8 2025 // Hub International, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Meyer & Rosenbaum in Meridian, Mississippi, an insurance agency that was founded in 1932. The agency offers commercial and...
Business Moves: Dutch Broker HW International Completes MBO; Jewelers Mutual Buys Australia’s Q Report; Ardonagh Advisory Buys UK Broker ALP Holdings
Apr 7 2025 // Dutch Broker HW International Completes Management Buyout HW International BV (HWI BV), the privately held, Dutch insurance broker, has completed a management buyout with the backing of OBL Investments BV, a privately held...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Royalty Insurance Services in California
Apr 7 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired Royalty Insurance Services in Van Nuys, California. Royalty has been providing commercial trucking insurance for over 23 years. World Insurance Associates is a national financial...
Why Key Person Disability and Accidental Death Coverage Matters in Mergers & Acquisitions
Apr 7 2025 // In the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), key person life insurance is often a given; most deals account for it to protect against the unexpected loss of a key executive. But what about the “what...
Hub Acquires Illinois’ Dansig
Apr 3 2025 // Hub international Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Dansig, Inc., d/b/a Dansig Insurance Risk Advisors (Dansig). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Decatur, Illinois, Dansig is an...
Specialty and Media MGA Nirvana to Acquire MGA Pulse
Apr 3 2025 // Managing general agent Nirvana announced it is acquiring Pulse, an MGA specializing in non-standard accident, health and life, and sports & leisure insurances. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nirvana...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Brokers in UK and Australia
Apr 3 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. this week announced two acquisitions – of the UK’s Bircroft Insurance Services and Australia’s Tresidder Insurance Brokers. Financial details of the transactions were not...
People Moves: Anhalt to Lead The General Following Sentry Acquisition
Apr 2 2025 // Sentry Insurance announced that Pete Anhalt will lead The General following Sentry’s September 2024 acquisition of the brand from American Family Insurance. Anhalt currently serves as president of Sentry’s...
