Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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AIG Gets Approval to Acquire Everest Renewals in 6 EU Countries – in Time for Jan. 1
Dec 15 2025 // AIG announced it has received approval to proceed with the acquisition of Everest Group’s renewals in Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Ireland. The European Union deal is part of AIG’s $2 billion...
Enterprise Risk Associates Gets $150M From Macquarie to Fund Agency Acquisitions
Dec 11 2025 // Enterprise Risk Associates (ERA), an insurance brokerage platform focused on mergers and acquisitions of independent insurance agencies, announced it has received an investment from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance that...
Acrisure to Buy MGA Vave From Canopius
Dec 11 2025 // Acrisure said it is acquiring Vave, a managing general agent, from parent Canopius. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vave will continue to operate under its brand name, and its management team, led by CEO Marek...
Higginbotham Enters Indiana With Synergy Insurance Acquisition
Dec 10 2025 // Higginbotham has acquired Mishawaka, Indiana-based Synergy Insurance, giving the firm its first footprint in the state. Synergy Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency providing services to businesses and...
WTW to Acquire Newfront in Deal Worth Up to $1.3B
Dec 10 2025 // Broker WTW said it has a definite agreement in place to acquire Newfront for up to $1.3 billion in a move to expand its middle-market reach in specialties such as technology, fintech, and life sciences. The transaction is...
WalkerHughes Acquires Illinois’ Benhoff Insurance Agency
Dec 9 2025 // WalkerHughes Insurance, a privately held, founder-led retail insurance brokerage, announced its expansion into Illinois with the acquisition of Benhoff Insurance Agency, well-established personal lines brokerage based in...
Swiss Insurer Helvetia Baloise to Cut Up to 2,600 Jobs Following Merger
Dec 9 2025 // Newly created Swiss insurer Helvetia Baloise plans to cut up to 2,600 jobs in the coming years to boost profitability, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Switzerland’s largest multi-line...
Afore Acquires Virginia’s Resolve Insurance Group
Dec 8 2025 // Afore Insurance Services said it has acquired Resolve Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia that is known for its marine insurance specialty. Resolve will become part of...
Federal Funding Shortage Delays Progress on ‘Ike Dike’ Project in Texas Gulf Coast
Dec 8 2025 // The district charged with overseeing the construction of a massive set of gates across the mouth of Galveston Bay — known as the “Ike Dike” — announced last week that it has approved contracts with two...
Business Moves: MGA Nirvana Buys Arena From Ryan Specialty; Ryan Acquires Canada MGU SSRU; Bridgehaven Buys SureStone; Gallagher Re to Buy S. Africa’s Resilea
Dec 5 2025 // Specialty MGA Nirvana Acquires Arena From Ryan Specialty Specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nirvana announced the acquisition of Arena NV from Ryan Specialty. Financial terms of the deal, which was announced today,...
Amynta Group Completes Acquisition of Louisiana’s International Sureties
Dec 4 2025 // Amynta Group has completed its acquisition of commercial surety broker Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively, “International Sureties”). International...
King Risk Partners Acquires Ohio’s Arnold Insurance Agency
Dec 4 2025 // King Risk Partners announced the acquisition of Arnold Insurance Agency, an independent firm based in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The Arnold Insurance Agency is recognized throughout Ohio as one of the premier providers of...
Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding
Dec 3 2025 // Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted...
Baldwin Group to Buy CAC Group for About $1B in Cash and Stock
Dec 3 2025 // Independent insurance agencies The Baldwin Group and CAC Group have agreed to merge to create one of the largest independent insurance advisory and distribution platforms in the U.S. Baldwin said the purchase price of...
Asurion Agrees to Buy CVC-Backed UK Warranty Provider D&G
Dec 3 2025 // Asurion LLC has agreed to acquire UK warranty business Domestic & General Group Ltd. as the US company looks to expand its business and geography. Nashville-based Asurion is buying D&G from CVC Capital Partners Plc...
Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Three Brokerages in Hawaii
Dec 2 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency acquired three privately owned Honolulu, Hawaii-based insurance brokerages from Tradewind Group. Collectively, Atlas Insurance Agency, Pyramid Insurance Centre, and IC International created an...
West Texas County Struggles to Secure Funding for Flood Prevention
Nov 26 2025 // When it rains here, West Texans brace for the worst. With nowhere to go, water collects across sidewalks, roads and highways — the flat, desert landscape becomes a wetland in the blink of an eye. Local officials in Ector...
Trucordia Expands in New England With Acquisition of Charles River Insurance
Nov 25 2025 // Utah-based Trucordia announced it has acquired Charles River Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Framingham, Massachusetts that serves the greater Boston and central Massachusetts regions. Charles River...
More Federal Legislation Introduced to Tackle Third-Party Lit Funding
Nov 24 2025 // Sen. John Kennedy has introduced a new bill aimed at reforming the courtroom practice of third-party litigation funding. Kennedy, R-La., introduced the Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act last week, and it...
COP30 Climate Deal Fails to Detail Fossil Fuel Cuts, but Pledges Adaptation Funding
Nov 24 2025 // United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But the catch-all agreement doesn’t include explicit...
