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King Insurance Buys Up Two More Florida Agencies: DMI and Insurance Den

Jan 12 2022 // King Insurance announced it has added two more Florida insurance agencies to its rapidly growing stable of firms in the Southeast. Don Martin Insurance, known as DMI agency, has offices in Orlando, Fanning Springs and...

Charles Taylor Firm Buys Contego Investigative Services

Jan 12 2022 // Charles Taylor, a claims management and tech company, has acquired Orlando-based Contego Investigative Services, the companies announced in a news release. Contego provides counter-fraud and special investigation services,...

One80 Acquires Workers’ Compensation Wholesaler PMC in Massachusetts

Jan 12 2022 // Specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported it has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager based in Bedford, Mass. Terms of the deal were not...

One80 Buys Wholesale Comp Broker PMC Insurance

Jan 12 2022 // One80 Intermediaries, a specialty insurance wholesale broker based in Boston, has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager. With offices in Bedford, Massachusetts,...

Xenia Broking Buys Trade Credit & Surety Business From Tysers

Jan 12 2022 // The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group Ltd., announced it has acquired the UK whole turnover trade credit and surety business of Tysers Insurance Brokers Ltd. The transaction completed onJan. 11,...

Inszone Acquires Illinois’ Lamb, Little & Co.

Jan 12 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services, a national provider of benefits, personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Illinois-based Lamb, Little & Co. This acquisition will broaden Inszone’s U.S. presence to...

Israeli Cyber-Security Startup Pentera Raises $150M in Funding, Weighs IPO

Jan 11 2022 // Israeli cyber-security firm Pentera has raised $150 million in its latest funding round, taking the company’s value to $1 billion, the company told Reuters, adding it was eyeing an initial public offering in the...

HUD Suspends Funding for Hurricane Harvey Assistance

Jan 10 2022 // The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development has halted the distribution of $1.95 billion that was approved for flood mitigation projects in Texas following Hurricane Harvey. A news release from HUD said the Texas...

Movo Partnership Acquires 3 Commercial UK Brokers

Jan 10 2022 // Movo Investment Group Ltd., the parent company of the Movo Partnership network (Movo), announced it has completed the acquisition of three commercial brokers in the UK. Chiltern Insurance Group, based in Reading; FLS...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Arkansas’ The Robbi Davis Agency

Jan 7 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of Little Rock, Arkansas-based The Robbi Davis Agency, Inc.. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, RDA is a full-service insurance agency...

Global M&A to Remain Strong in 2022 as Valuations Reach Record Highs: WTW

Jan 7 2022 // Global mergers and acquisitions activity attained historic highs in 2021 with 1047 deals valued more than $100 million, a significant increase from the previous year’s 674 deals, according to research completed by...

Fortitude Re Forms Bermuda Multi-Line Reinsurer, Buys U.S. Life Insurer

Jan 7 2022 // Fortitude Re announced the formation of a Bermuda multi-line reinsurer and the acquisition of a U.S. life insurer. In addition, Fortitude Re’s subsidiary, Fortitude Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (FRL), Bermuda’s largest...

Alera Group Acquires Michigan’s Gales Agency

Jan 7 2022 // Alera Group has acquired Gales Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency providing a full line of insurance products including home, business, auto and life insurance policies to protect families. Gales Agency, Inc.,...

Hub International Acquires Maryland’s Raffa Financial

Jan 7 2022 // Hub International, an insurance brokerage firm, announced it has acquired Maryland-based Raffa Financial Services, an insurance and benefits brokerage and consulting firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raffa,...

Charles Taylor Acquires Kentucky-based Underwriters Safety & Claims

Jan 6 2022 // Charles Taylor, a claims management and insurtech firm, announced it has acquired Kentucky-based Underwriters Safety & Claims, a third-party administrator. US&C, headquartered in Louisville but with offices around...

UK Broker Aston Lark Buys Phoenix Healthcare in 2nd UK Acquisition of 2022

Jan 6 2022 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is soon to become part of Howden, announced Phoenix Healthcare (UK) as the latest addition to the group. Established in 1996 in Oadby, Leicester, Phoenix Healthcare is a...

Optio Acquires Warranty & Indemnity-MGA Brockwell Capital

Jan 5 2022 // Optio Group, a London-based specialty MGA focused on emerging insurance risks, announced it has acquired Brockwell Capital Ltd., a leading warranty & indemnity MGA, for an undisclosed sum. Brockwell, an approved...

World Insurance Associates Acquires Kansas’ Safety Consulting

Jan 5 2022 // World Insurance Associates has acquired Safety Consulting, Inc. of Topeka, Kansas. Founded in 1971, Safety Consulting, provides loss control and risk management services that include safety training, site inspections, and...

Hilb Group Buys Interest in Tennessee-based Churchill Agency

Jan 5 2022 // The Hilb Group announced it has acquired membership interest in the Churchill Agency, based in Brentwood, Tennessee. The Hilb Group is a property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage headquartered in...

Renaissance Alliance Acquires New Jersey, California Agency Networks

Jan 5 2022 // Insurance agency network Renaissance Alliance has acquired two other agency networks, one in New Jersey and another in California. Massachusetts-based Renaissance, which calls itself the “agency growth engine,”...