Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Skyla Insurance Acquires Policyline, Names Ricks President
May 28 2025 // Charlotte-based Skyla Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Skyla Credit Union, has acquired Policyline Insurance, an employee benefits and insurance brokerage in the Carolinas. The acquisition strengthens Skyla’s...
Shareholders of Swiss Insurers Helvetia and Baloise Approve Merger
May 23 2025 // The shareholders of the Swiss insurers Helvetia Holding Ltd. and Baloise Holding Ltd. approved the merger to form Helvetia Baloise Holding Ltd., at their respective extraordinary general meetings. Upon the closing of the...
COVU Acquires Texas’ Uno Insurance Services
May 23 2025 // COVU, Inc., an AI-native customer servicing platform for the insurance industry announced the acquisition of Uno Insurance Services, a fast-growing Texas-based agency with a stronghold in Houston’s Spanish-speaking...
BMS Group Acquires Turkish Broker Oria
May 23 2025 // BMS Group, the London-based independent re/insurance broker, has acquired Istanbul, Turkey-based Oria Sigorta ve Reasürans Brokerliği A.Ş. Financial details were not provided. Founded in 2019, Oria is an independent...
Acrisure Secures $2.1 Billion Funding Round for M&A, Tech
May 21 2025 // Acrisure said it has entered into a definitive agreement for the issuance of new convertible senior preferred stock in a $2.1 billion capital raise led by Bain Capital. Acrisure said the company’s valuation stands at...
Thoma Bravo’s Nearmap to Buy Insurance Tech Firm Itel for Over $1.3B
May 21 2025 // Thoma Bravo-backed Nearmap has agreed to buy insurance technology provider itel from private equity firm GTCR, the companies said on Tuesday, as it looks to expand its offerings across property portfolios. The deal values...
Ryan Specialty Acquires Irish MGU 360° Underwriting
May 20 2025 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announce that it has acquired 360° Underwriting (360), a managing general underwriter specializing in commercial construction. 360 is based in...
FCC Approves Verizon Deal to Acquire Frontier After DEI Changes
May 20 2025 // The Federal Communications Commission said it was approving Verizon Communication’s $20 billion deal to acquire fiber-optic internet providers Frontier Communications after the largest U.S. telecom company agreed to...
Davis & Towle Acquires New Hampshire’s Tobey & Merrill Insurance
May 16 2025 // Insurance agency Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, announced its acquisition of Tobey & Merrill Insurance in Hampton. While the agency will operate under Davis &...
Update: Aviva’s £3.7 Billion Direct Line Deal Faces UK Merger Review
May 14 2025 // Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog into its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The...
Business Moves: Clear Group’s Shape Underwriting Acquires HNW Specialist Protect Underwriting; Optio Buys UK PI Specialist MGA, Custodian Management
May 9 2025 // Clear Group’s Shape Underwriting Acquires HNW Specialist Protect Shape Underwriting, the London-headquartered managing general agent, has acquired Protect Underwriting LLP, a specialist MGA in private client...
Hub Acquires Virginia’s Guru of Insurance
May 9 2025 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited announced it has acquired the assets of EB Specialists Inc. dba Guru of Insurance. Guru of Insurance is an employee benefits firm located in King George, Virginia that...
Paragon’s Reel Media Acquires WISE Risk of Massachusetts
May 8 2025 // Connecticut-based Paragon Insurance Holdings announced that its specialty media and contingency platform, Reel Media Insurance Services, has acquired WISE Risk, a wholesaler for event-driven and specialty insurance...
Hub Acquires Louisiana’s Demarie Insurance
May 8 2025 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of FGLP Equity Partners, LLC dba Demarie Insurance Agency (Demarie Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Lake Charles,...
Trucordia Expands on East Coast With Acquisition of Virginia’s Huffman Insurance
May 8 2025 // Utah-based insurance brokerage Trucordia has acquired Huffman Insurance, a personal and commercial lines insurance agency with offices across Virginia, including locations in Lexington, Staunton, and Covington. Founded by...
Business Moves: Gallagher Acquires Turkish Re/Insurance Broker Aspera
May 7 2025 // Gallagher announced it has acquired Turkey-based Aspera Sigorta ve Reasürans Brokerliği A.Ş. (Aspera). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2022, Aspera is a boutique insurance and reinsurance...
World Insurance Acquires Upstate New York Agencies
May 6 2025 // Insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired the business of Christopher Williams Agency and Barrett Millard LLC of Pittsford, New York. The Christopher Williams Agency began in 1961, and it purchased...
Business Moves: Earnix Agrees to Acquire Insurtech and AI Specialist Zelros
May 6 2025 // Earnix, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, the Paris-based insurtech and developer of artificial intelligence solutions. Financial details of the...
Q1 Has Lowest Insurance Agency M&A in 5 Years; Mega Deals Coming?
May 6 2025 // The first three months of 2025 were the slowest quarter for insurance agency mergers and acquisitions since the second quarter 2020, according to investment banking and financial consulting firm OPTIS Partners. The total...
Hub Acquires Allegiant Global Partners of Massachusetts
May 6 2025 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited reported it has acquired the assets of Allegiant Global Partners, Inc. (AGP) of Boston. AGP is a health, welfare and risk consulting firm serving global employers. AGP...
