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#1 Exclusive: Applied Systems Acquires AI-Enabled Risk Digitalization Firm Cytora
Sep 9 2025 // Applied Systems announced the acquisition of Cytora, a digital risk processing platform for the insurance industry, in an effort to accelerate connecting the dots within the insurance ecosystem, something Applied terms as...
#2 Lincoln International Agrees to Buy Insurance Brokerage Advisory MarshBerry
Sep 10 2025 // Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, said it has a definitive agreement to acquire MarshBerry, an advisory firm serving the insurance brokerage, insurance distribution, and wealth management...
#3 SageSure and Affiliate to Acquire Olympus MGA and Olympus Insurance in Florida
Sep 10 2025 // In a three-way deal involving carriers, underwriters, holding companies and more, catastrophe-focused managing general underwriter SageSure announced it will acquire the managing general agent for Florida-based Olympus...
#4 The MEMIC Group to Acquire The Dakota Group, Including Risk Administration Services
Sep 19 2025 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group, led by parent company Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company, has entered into an agreement to acquire The Dakota Group, including Risk Administration...
#5 Korean Insurer DB to Buy Fortegra for $1.65 Billion in US Foray
Sep 26 2025 // South Korea’s DB Insurance Co. agreed to buy US specialty insurer Fortegra Group for $1.65 billion, in what would be the biggest US acquisition by a non-life insurer from the country. The Seoul-based company will...
#6 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s Bremer Insurance Agencies
Sep 10 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of St. Paul, Minnesota-based Bremer Insurance Agencies, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bremer Insurance Agencies, a subsidiary of Old National...
#7 After Merger Announcement, KBRA Puts Olympus’ Rating on Watch
Sep 12 2025 // A day after SageSure announced plans to acquire Florida-based Olympus Insurance, a financial rating firm said it has some concerns. KBRA, the Kroll Bond Rating Agency, issued a notice Thursday that it has placed...
#8 Mutual Growth Strategy: Northern Neck Insurance to Acquire Frederick Mutual
Sep 23 2025 // Two mutual insurers — Northern Neck Insurance Co. and Frederick Mutual Insurance Co.— have announced they intend to affiliate, pending regulatory approval, in a move to grow across the Mid-Atlantic region. While...
#9 Pinnacol’s EverPeak Acquires Method Insurance, a Workers’ Comp MGA
Sep 11 2025 // Pinnacol Assurance subsidiary EverPeak Insurance has acquired Method Insurance, a workers’ compensation managing general agent based in Nashville. The move is in response to brokers who require a seamless solution...
#10 Novacore to Acquire Real Estate Insurance MGA Minglewood Risk
Oct 2 2025 // Novacore, the specialty insurance managing general agent (MGA) formerly the U.S. commercial division of NSM Insurance Group, has agreed to acquire Minglewood Risk, an MGA specializing in habitational and real estate...
#11 Howden Acquiring Entertainment Broker Gravitas in California
Sep 18 2025 // Howden is acquiring Gravitas Insurance Agency LLC, a Los Angeles-based retail brokerage specializing in contingency insurance for music, sports and live events. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions,...
#12 ALKEME Insurance Acquires New York’s Alliance Brokerage
Sep 26 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance announced it has acquired Alliance Brokerage Corp., a Melville, New York-based property/casualty agency. The acquisition strengthens ALKEME’s presence on the East Coast and adds...
#13 Duffy Acquires Sartori Agency of Massachusetts
Sep 11 2025 // Duffy Insurance Agencies in Lynn, Massachusetts announced it has acquired the Sartori Insurance, a family-run agency that has served the Lexington, Massachusetts community for more than 50 years. The Sartori team will...
#14 ‘New Normal’ Sets in as Pace of Insurance Agency M&A Becomes Clear
Sep 8 2025 // Insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during second-quarter 2025 were up 11% over the prior quarter, but M&A activity for the first half of the year is down 8% compared to last year, according to investment banking...
#15 For Global M&A, Third Quarter Was One of the Best–and Worst–in Recent History
Oct 1 2025 // For dealmakers across the world, the third quarter was one of the best and one of the worst in recent history. Megadeals tallied a stunning $1.26 trillion in global mergers and acquisitions during the third quarter – up...
#16 McGowan Acquires Limit.com in California
Sep 25 2025 // The McGowan Companies acquired Limit, a digital wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Covina, California, via an asset purchase agreement. After the transaction is closed, Limit will continue to operate under the...
#17 Inszone Acquires Arkansas Best Insurance Agency
Sep 26 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its expansion into Arkansas through the acquisition of Arkansas Best Insurance Agency, Inc., a long-standing independent agency based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Founded in 1905, Arkansas...
#18 Farmer Woods Acquires iinsure in Arizona
Oct 2 2025 // Farmer Woods Group acquired iinsure in Arizona. iinsure clients will continue working directly with Jeff Martin, owner of iinsure, while also gaining access to Farmer Woods Group’s resources. iinsure is an...
#19 World Acquires Indiana’s Dunway and Hoosier
Sep 16 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced it acquired the business of Dunaway Insurance Agency of New Palestine, Indiana and Hoosier Insurance Agency of Bloomfield, Indiana on June 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not...
#20 ALKEME Acquires New York City Real Estate Specialist Gotham Brokerage
Sep 24 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance reports it has acquired Gotham Brokerage Co., a New York City insurance agency specializing in insurance for condos, co-ops, and apartments with a concentration in the high-value real...
