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#1 Florida Class Action Targets Litigation Funding Firm Over Data Breach
Apr 25 2025 // Third-party litigation financing have become big business across the country, much to the chagrin of businesses and insurance companies that have faced multi-million lawsuit verdicts. But now one Florida-based litigation...
#2 Business Moves: CRC Group Acquires ARC in E&S Deal
May 1 2025 // Independent insurance wholesaler CRC Group said it has acquired specialty wholesale distributor ARC Excess & Surplus. Terms were not disclosed. ARC was founded in 1986 by Chris Cavallaro as a boutique management and...
#3 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...
#4 Ryan Specialty to Acquire USQRisk Holdings
Apr 22 2025 // Global specialty insurance broker Ryan Specialty has agreed to acquire certain assets of USQRisk Holdings, LLC, a New York-headquartered managing general agency focused on nontraditional insurance. Formed in 2020 and...
#5 TWFG Acquires Agencies in Texas and North Carolina
May 5 2025 // TWFG, Inc., a high-growth insurance distribution company, announced the acquisition of two agencies, one in Texas and one in North Carolina, and the hiring of Denise Davis as Vice President of Retail Operations. Denise...
#6 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...
#7 Risk Strategies Acquires Texas’ GMC Advisors
Apr 28 2025 // Risk Strategies announced that it has acquired GMC Advisors, LLC., based in Houston, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headed by owner Greg Chubon, GMC Advisors is a specialist in commercial lines insurance...
#8 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 &...
#9 Starkweather & Shepley Acquires New Jersey’s AiK2 Insurance Services
Apr 22 2025 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (S&S) has acquired AiK2 Insurance Services, a New Jersey-based firm specializing in business insurance for wealth and asset managers. As part of the acquisition,...
#10 Capital Farm Credit Acquires Two Texas Agencies
Apr 21 2025 // The Board of Directors for Capital Farm Credit recently supported the purchase of two crop insurance agencies in the Texas Plains Region in an acquisition agreement aimed at serving as a long-term provider of critical crop...
#11 Ryan Specialty Finalizes Acquisition of USQRisk
May 2 2025 // Global specialty insurance broker Ryan Specialty has completed the acquisition of USQRisk Holdings, LLC. Operating in New York and London, USQ underwrites non-traditional insurance risks. USQ’s operations will become...
#12 ALKEME Acquires Michigan’s Crawford Insurance Group
Apr 21 2025 // ALKEME has announced its acquisition of Crawford Insurance Group (CIG), a highly regarded personal and commercial insurance agency headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Founded in 2001, CIG serves clients across a...
#13 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...
#14 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...
#15 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...
#16 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...
#17 Inszone Acquires Missouri’s Davidson Insurance Agency
Apr 22 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its recent acquisition of Davidson Insurance Agency Group, LLC. Located in Missouri, Davidson Insurance Agency has proudly served local businesses, families, and individuals since its...
#18 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,...
#19 Navion Acquires P/C Business of Instasure in California
Apr 21 2025 // Navion insurance Associates Inc. acquired the property/casualty book of business from Instasure in California. Instasure is an insurance agency that specializes in serving the commercial insurance needs of clients. Navion...
#20 Relation Insurance Acquires True-Course Insurance Services in California
Apr 22 2025 // Relation Insurance Services acquired the assets of True-Course Aviation Services Inc. in Camarillo, California. Aejandro Galioto, owner of True-Course, will continue to lead the firm and spearhead the expansion of...
