Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines
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Insurance Agency M&As Up 13% Thus Far in 2021: Optis
Oct 19 2021 // There were 553 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of 2021, up from 490 in 2020, According to an OPTIS Partners’ M&A report, that was the highest recorded total for...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Buys New Zealand’s Matt Jensen Insurance Brokers
Oct 19 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of Taupo, New Zealand-based Matt Jensen Insurance Brokers Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2005,...
Gallagher Completes Acquisition of India’s Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers
Oct 18 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadow, Ill.-based broker, announced it has completed its acquisition of Mumbai, India-based Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd. Financial details of the transaction, which...
Hub International Acquires Canadian Employee Benefits Broker Rogersworks Inc.
Oct 18 2021 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired the assets of Rogersworks Inc. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in...
The Hilb Group Completes Acquisition of D.F. Dwyer & Associates
Oct 14 2021 // The Hilb Group acquired a book of personal lines business from Rhode Island-based D.F. Dwyer & Associates LLC. The transaction became effective October 1, 2021, and completes the acquisition of D.F. Dwyer by the Hilb...
Howden to Acquire UK Broker Aston Lark From Goldman Sachs
Oct 13 2021 // Howden, the London-based insurance broking group, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Aston Lark from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Bowmark Capital. Aston Lark is one of the UK’s leading,...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ohio’s W.P. Dolle
Oct 12 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, acquired Cincinnati, OH-based W.P. Dolle, LLC. Terms of the transaction...
Howden’s DUAL Acquires Align Financial; Sweeney, Johnson to Lead; O’Connor Exits
Oct 12 2021 // London-based DUAL, the underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings, reports it has completed the acquisition of Align Financial Holdings that was announced in August. San Diego-based Align is a specialist general agency and...
Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of New York’s Safe Harbour Group
Oct 12 2021 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, acquired the assets of Safe Harbour Group Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in New City, New York, Safe Harbour...
Howden Acquires Norwegian Broker Aneco Forsikringsmegling AS
Oct 12 2021 // Howden, the London-based international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Oslo-based retail broker Aneco Forsikringsmegling AS. Howden said the acquisition affirms its position as one of the leading non-marine...
Gallagher Acquires SeaCoast Underwriters
Oct 12 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s wholesale brokerage, binding authority and programs division known as Risk Placement Services has acquired Florida-based SeaCoast Underwriters. Gallagher, the global insurance...
Hub Acquires Assets of Baird in California
Oct 11 2021 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Jerry Baird Insurance Agency and Baird Crop Insurance Agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fresno, Calif.-based Baird specializes in crop and commercial insurance,...
MGA Occam Acquires Terrorism Specialist Beech Underwriting Agencies
Oct 11 2021 // Occam Underwriting, the London-based specialist lines focused managing general agency (MGA), announced it is acquiring Beech Underwriting Agencies Ltd., subject to UK regulatory approval. Beech Underwriting is an approved...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Iowa’s River Valley Capital Insurance
Oct 11 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, acquired Dubuque, Iowa-based River Valley Capital Insurance Inc....
Howden Acquires Belgian Insurance Broker Sarton & Associés
Oct 11 2021 // Howden, the London-based re/insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Belgian insurance broker, Sarton & Associés. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As Howden Belgium’s first acquisition, it...
Jencap Group LLC to Acquire Assets of Russell Bond & Co.
Oct 11 2021 // Jencap Group LLC agreed to acquire the assets of Russell Bond & Co. (RB), a full-service specialty wholesale brokerage and managing general agency (MGA) firm. RB will operate under the auspices of the Jencap Specialty...
Liberty Company Acquires Rubicon M&A Insurance Services in California
Oct 11 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has acquired Rubicon M&A Insurance Services LLC in California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rubicon M&A, led by its founder Patrick Stroth, specializes in executive...
Hub Acquires Assets of Verity and Bellehaven in California
Oct 8 2021 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Verity Insurance Services Inc. and Bellehaven Management Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Covina, Calif., Verity Insurance is an independent...
Riskonnect Acquires ESG Technology Firm ICIX
Oct 8 2021 // Integrated risk management software firm Riskonnect has acquired ICIX, a California-based value chain governance company that helps businesses manage their environmental, social and governance performance. The acquisition...
Chubb to Buy Some of Cigna’s Asia-Pacific Businesses for $5.8 Billion
Oct 8 2021 // U.S. insurer Chubb Ltd has agreed to buy health insurer Cigna Corp’s life, accident, and supplemental benefits businesses in Asia Pacific and Turkey for $5.75 billion in cash, both insurers said, marking the latest...
