Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Allied World Sells Majority Stake in High-Net Worth Insurer Vault
Nov 18 2020 // Fairfax Financial Holdings and its subsidiary Allied World Assurance Co. have agreed to sell their majority interests in Florida-based high-net worth insurer Vault E&S Insurance Co. to private equity investor Cornell...
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Hires Mancebo as a Partner in New York City
Nov 17 2020 // Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a national law firm serving the business and insurance communities and headquartered in Woodbury, N.Y., has hired John Mancebo as a partner in its New York City office. Mancebo, who...
Connecticut’s TigerRisk Partners Appoints O’Keefe as Head of Strategy
Nov 17 2020 // TigerRisk Partners has appointed Bill O’Keefe as its head of Strategy. In this new role, O’Keefe will identify growth initiatives, advise the company’s leadership and consult with clients to drive...
Hub Acquires Assets of The Vitolo Company in Washington
Nov 16 2020 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of The Vitolo Co. in Seattle, Wash. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mike Vitolo, founder and president of The Vitolo Co., as well as the Vitolo team, will be joining...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia’s Danaher-Skewes & Associates
Nov 16 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Danaher-Skewes & Associates Inc. of Manassas, Va., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1963, Danaher-Skewes is an independent...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Indiana’s Ball Insurance
Nov 16 2020 // Ball Insurance Services (Ball Insurance) of Northwest Indiana has been acquired by World Insurance Associates LLC. Ball Insurance, based in Merrillville, Ind., is a property/casualty-focused agency, specializing in auto...
HUB Acquires Assets of Miss.-Based Larry Dean Massey, Jr.
Nov 16 2020 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the insurance brokerage assets of Larry Dean Massey, Jr. (Massey). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With legacy operations in Memphis,...
World Insurance Associates Acquires The Walker Agency of South Carolina
Nov 13 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired The Walker Agency, Inc of Anderson (d/b/a Palmetto Insurance) of Anderson, S.C. on October 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Palmetto Insurance is a...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Fairways Insurance
Nov 13 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Fairways Insurance Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fairways is a full-service insurance agency serving clients...
R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers Acquires Rancho Pacific in California
Nov 12 2020 // R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers has acquired Rancho Pacific Insurance Services in California. Founded by Tracy Prettyman, Rancho Pacific Insurance Services is a wholesale brokerage specializing in commercial...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires AWIS Group in California
Nov 12 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based AWIS Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The AWIS team will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of Adam Mazan,...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Alliance Insurance in Kansas
Nov 12 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired LIA Great Bend Inc. (d/b/a Alliance Insurance Group) (Alliance) of Salina, Kan. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Led by CEO Cody Smith, Alliance is a...
Insurance Tech Firm Insurity Acquires Personal Lines Management Suite CodeObjects
Nov 12 2020 // Insurance systems and data analytics provider Insurity reported that it has completed the acquisition of California-based CodeObjects, which offers a management program for personal lines. The deal expands Hartford-based...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Collier O’Neill & Associates
Nov 12 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Brian S. O’Neill & Associates Inc., d/b/a Collier O’Neill & Associates., of Trenton, N.J., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not...
HUB Acquires Assets Of Florida-Based Leading Edge Benefit Advisors & Affiliates
Nov 12 2020 // HUB International Limited (Hub), a leading global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Leading Edge Benefit Advisors, LLC, Raimey, Corp., Leading Edge Human Resource Services, LLC, Leading Edge Companies, LLC,...
Palomar Buys Renewal Rights to Hawaii Residential Hurricane Business from GeoVera
Nov 10 2020 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire the renewal rights to GeoVera’s Holding’s Hawaii residential hurricane policies. The transaction is expected to further deepen Palomar’s presence in...
BRP Group’s BKS Partners to Acquire Houston’s Insgroup
Nov 9 2020 // BRP Group Inc. subsidiary, Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners LLC (BKS Partners), has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Insgroup Inc. a Houston, Texas-based provider of...
Equity Firm Cinven and Singapore’s GIC to Buy Insurance Broker Miller from Willis
Nov 9 2020 // Private equity firm Cinven and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, have agreed to acquire London-based specialist insurance and (re)insurance broker Miller from its partners and corporate member, Willis Towers...
Johnstone Partners Hires Friedman as an Adjuster in New York
Nov 9 2020 // Johnstone Partners has expanded its national risk management and claims adjusting practices with the hire of Andrew Friedman in New York. Friedman joins Johnstone Partners as an adjuster with six years of claims...
Brown & Brown Acquires Digital Insurance Agency CoverHound and Its CyberPolicy Unit
Nov 9 2020 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired CoverHound, a digital property/casualty insurance marketplace, and CyberPolicy, CoverHound’s small business subsidiary. Neither side disclosed financial details of the...
