Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s KRA Insurance Agency
Dec 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency Inc. Included in the transaction is KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA...
High Street Acquires 27 Former Nationwide Agencies
Dec 1 2021 // Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners reported it has acquired 27 former Nationwide exclusive insurance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Maryland. The company said all of the...
Xenia Buys UK Trade Credit and Surety Broker, Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks
Dec 1 2021 // The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group, announced it has acquired Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks Ltd., based in Northampton, England. Peter Hill is a leading specialist trade credit...
Howden Acquires Specialist Broker Expat Marine in Hong Kong
Dec 1 2021 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the assets of Expat Marine Ltd. (EML), a specialist insurance broker providing employee benefits and general insurance products and advice to clients...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Acquires D.E.P. in California
Dec 1 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers acquired D.E.P. Insurance Services Inc. in Huntington Beach, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. D.E.P. Insurance Services is owned by Don Phoenix, and has been in...
Zywave Acquires Insurance Distribution, Quoting Software Firm ClarionDoor
Nov 30 2021 // Milwaukee-based Insurance technology firm Zywave reports it has acquired Santa Barbara, Calif.-based ClarionDoor, a seller of insurance product distribution software for the property/casualty market. Zywave said...
Owners of Thai Insurer Syn Mun Kong Explore Sale of Majority Stake
Nov 30 2021 // The controlling shareholders of Thai insurer Syn Mun Kong Insurance Pcl are exploring the sale of a majority stake in the firm and have picked several strategic players to advance into the next round of bidding, according...
Definity Financial’s CEO Plots Acquisitions After Insurer’s Canadian IPO
Nov 29 2021 // Definity Financial Corp., the 150-year-old insurer that held its initial public offering [on Nov. 17], will look to use its newfound access to capital to expand through acquisitions, the firm’s top executive...
IncubEx, Led by Industry Veteran Eckert, Buys UK Insurtech Platform Insurwave
Nov 24 2021 // IncubEx Inc., a Chicago-based company that is chaired by industry veteran Neil Eckert and designs and develops new financial products in global environmental, climate risk and related commodity markets, announced the...
People Moves: Mosaic Launches London M&A Team, Hiring From Liberty Mutual, AIG; BHSI Promotes 2 in UK; Marsh’s Dubreuil to MGA Alta Signa in Brussels
Nov 23 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Mosaic Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and MGA Alta Signa Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Mosaic Launches London...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Real Estate Insurance Solutions in Utah
Nov 23 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Park City, Utah-based Real Estate Insurance Solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chris Nangle and his associates will remain in their current location under the direction...
Generali in Preliminary Talks to Buy Credit Agricole Subsidiary La Medicale
Nov 23 2021 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA is in early talks on a possible takeover of Credit Agricole subsidiary La Medicale, as part of plans to expand in European non-life and health insurance businesses, according to people with...
Alera Group Acquires Schwartz Insurance Agency in Arizona
Nov 23 2021 // Alera Group acquired Schwartz Insurance Agency in an Arizona. Schwartz Insurance will expand Alera Group’s footprint in Arizona. Schwartz Insurance joins Alera Group through Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group...
ALKEME Acquires H&S Insurance Services in California
Nov 22 2021 // ALKEME acquired H&S Insurance Services in Moorpark, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. H&S operates in 50 states, specializing in commercial, personal, benefits and risk management in the...
Alera Acquires Michigan’s Becker Insurance Agency
Nov 22 2021 // Alera Group, an independent, national insurance and wealth management firm, has acquired Becker Insurance Agency, P.C., an independent insurance agency based in Portage, Michigan. Terms of the transaction were not...
Resilience Cyber Closes $80M Funding Round to Further Expand Into Middle Market
Nov 22 2021 // Resilience, which offers cyber insurance and security solutions, reported that that it closed an $80 million Series C funding round as it plans for further middle market expansion and international growth. The funding...
Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on Merger of ProAssurance and Noetic
Nov 19 2021 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing Dec. 6 on the proposed merger of Birmingham-based ProAssurance Specialty Insurance Co. and Noetic Specialty Insurance, a Vermont company. The publicly traded...
Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Judith M. Flynn Agency
Nov 19 2021 // Kaplansky Insurance acquired Judith M. Flynn Insurance Agency Inc., located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. This deal serves as Kaplansky’s fourth acquisition of 2021 and 38th overall and contributes to its growth...
BRP Group to Acquire Missouri’s Brush Creek Partners
Nov 19 2021 // BRP Group, Inc., through an indirect subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Brush Creek, LLC. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Brush Creek Partners, also operating as “bcp...
Vertafore Acquires Ohio-Based Insurtech AgencyZoom
Nov 18 2021 // Vertafore, a provider of insurance technology, has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based inusrtech AgencyZoom, a cloud-based sales automation platform for insurance agents. AgencyZoom provides insurance agents with sales analytics...
