Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Aon’s NFP Acquires Lyons Insurance in Delaware
Mar 5 2025 // Property/casualty middle-market insurance broker NFP, an Aon company, recently announced its acquisition of Lyons Insurance Agency, Inc., a multiline insurance broker located in Wilmington, Delaware. David Lyons and Tim...
Marsh Acquires Milan-Based Brokerage Fontana Rava-Toscano & Partners
Mar 5 2025 // Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced that it has acquired Fontana Rava-Toscano & Partners (FRT), a Milan-based insurance brokerage. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded...
King Risk Partners Acquires Rhode Island’s Insurance Center
Mar 4 2025 // Fast-growing insurance broker King Risk Partners has acquired The Insurance Center, an independent insurance agency in Warwick, Rhode Island. Terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1973, The Insurance Center serves...
Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire Woodruff Sawyer for $1.2B
Mar 4 2025 // Insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Woodruff Sawyer for $1.2 billion. Andy Barrengos, chairman and CEO of San Francisco-based Woodruff Sawyer, will operate under...
UK’s Specialist Risk Group Acquires Specialist Schemes Broker, Brentacre Insurance
Mar 4 2025 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of Brentacre Insurance, a specialist broker with deep expertise in providing insurance for modified and performance vehicles,...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New Zealand-Based RMA General Ltd.
Mar 4 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of New Zealand-based RMA General Ltd. (RMA) and its associated insurance broking businesses. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. RMA provides commercial and...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s Dyste Williams
Mar 3 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of Dyste Williams, a Minneapolis-based retail insurance agency. The acquired company specializes in commercial lines, employee benefits, and personal lines...
Chubb to Buy Liberty Mutual Thailand, Vietnam Insurance Assets
Mar 3 2025 // Chubb Ltd. agreed to acquire Liberty Mutual Holding Co.’s businesses in Thailand and Vietnam in a deal that would help it boost its presence in Southeast Asia. Chubb plans to buy LMG Insurance Public Co. in Thailand...
Optio Group Acquires Norwegian-Based Marine Hull Specialist MGA, S Insurance
Mar 3 2025 // Optio Group, the London-based independent specialty MGA, announced it has acquired Norwegian-based MGA S Insurance AS (S Insurance) for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval. This acquisition follows...
Selectsys Acquires Expert Insured, with AI for Carriers, MGAs
Feb 28 2025 // Tennessee-based Selectsys, an insurtech specializing in business process outsourcing for insurers, has acquired Expert Insured, an artificial intelligence-led insurance management system for wholesalers, carriers and...
Inszone Acquires South Dakota’s Kouri & Associates
Feb 26 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Kouri & Associates Inc., a Sioux Falls-based agency with a legacy dating back to 1970. This latest acquisition strengthens Inszone’s footprint in the...
Higginbotham Acquires EZ CERT from Program Insurance Group
Feb 26 2025 // Higginbotham announced an association with Program Insurance Group of Georgetown, Texas — also known as the home of EZ CERT, a nationally-deployed insurance certificate tracking service for franchisors and...
Canada’s Axis Insurance Acquires Calgary-Based Fuse Insurance
Feb 25 2025 // Axis Insurance Managers Inc., the Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Fuse Insurance, a Calgary-based, technology-driven commercial insurance brokerage. Founded in 2017, Fuse has built a...
Talanx Sells Ecuadorian Subsidiary to Grupo Financiero Atlántida
Feb 25 2025 // The Retail International division of the Talanx Group is selling its Ecuadorian entity HDI Seguros S.A. to Grupo Financiero Atlántida, a financial conglomerate from Honduras. The sale enables the Retail International...
FTC Chair Pledges to Keep Aggressive Merger Enforcement
Feb 25 2025 // President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission will “vigorously” sue to block illegal mergers, the agency’s new chairman said Monday, highlighting support for the repeated deal challenges during...
Sica Fletcher Index: Total Agency-Broker M&A Revenue Down 26% in 2024
Feb 24 2025 // The 22 acquirers that make up the Sica Fletcher Index were involved in 533 agent-broker deals in 2024, down 6% from 2023. Members completed 146 acquisitions during the fourth quarter of 2024. This was 11% less than a year...
World Insurance Acquired Grandview Brokerage of Brooklyn
Feb 20 2025 // National insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of Grandview Brokerage LLC of Brooklyn, New York last November. Grandview provides commercial and personal insurance with...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of The General Following Sentry Acquisition
Feb 20 2025 // AM Best has removed from under review with positive implications and upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “aa-” (Superior) from...
Arthur J. Gallagher Announces Acquisitions of 2 Firms in Northeast
Feb 20 2025 // Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Waltham, Massachusetts-based Agilis Partners LLC. Agilis is an investment and retirement plan consulting firm with offices in greater...
King Risk Partners Acquires Kerr Agency in Connecticut
Feb 19 2025 // Florida-based insurance broker King Risk Partners announced its acquisition of the Kerr Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency located in Simsbury, Connecticut. This strategic acquisition furthers King Risk...
