Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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Warner Pacific Completes Acquisition of 5 Acrisure General Agencies

Jan 10 2025 // General agency Warner Pacific said it has acquired five general agencies from broker and fintech specialist, Acrisure, effective Dec. 1 2024.Financial terms were not disclosed. Westlake Village, California-based Warner...

Hub Acquires Connecticut’s Byrnes Agency

Jan 9 2025 // Insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Byrnes Agency, Inc. in Connecticut.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1932, Byrnes Agency is located in Dayville and Norwich. The...

More SE States Pushing Funding, Discounts for Stronger Roofs as Storms Increase

Jan 9 2025 // A residual property insurer and regulators in two Southeastern states are emphasizing roof integrity, more signs that mitigation and prevention are increasingly recognized as ways to reduce insured losses as storms...

Hub Acquires Woods Insurance Services in New Mexico

Jan 9 2025 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Woods Insurance Services Inc. in Farmington, New Mexico. Lyle Love, owner and president, and the Woods Insurance Services team, will join Hub Southwest. Woods Insurance...

ALKEME Conjures Another Acquisition with Georgia’s Professional Benefits Consultants

Jan 8 2025 // California-headquartered ALKEME, ranked as one of largest U.S. insurance brokerages, has continued its growth spurt with the recent acquisition of Professional Benefits Consultants, based in Canton, Georgia. The move...

Virginia’s Andrew Agency Acquires Richmond Insurance Agency

Jan 8 2025 // The Andrew Agency has acquired Garriques, Lloyd & McMahon in Richmond, Virginia.Founded in 1963, GLM Insurance is a third-generation family-owned agency providing personal and commercial insurance throughout Virginia...

Agency Network Renaissance Acquires Consolidated Insurance Agents in Buffalo

Jan 8 2025 // Independent insurance agency network Renaissance reports it has has acquired the agency network business of Consolidated Insurance Agents Inc. (CIA), an agency network based in Buffalo, New York.Renaissance said...

Business Moves: Aon, Guy Carpenter, WTW Each Complete Previously Announced M&As

Jan 7 2025 // Insurance brokers Aon plc, Guy Carpenter and WTW announced they each have completed previously announced mergers and acquisitions.Aon’s acquisition of Griffiths & Armour, which was first announced in November...

Ryan Specialty to Acquire Nashville-Based Velocity Risk Underwriters MGU

Jan 7 2025 // Ryan Specialty, a specialty insurance services firm and trading partner for agents and brokers, plans to acquire Nashville-based Velocity Risk Underwriters, with a closing date early this year.Velocity Risk, providing...

Relation Acquires Illinois’ Forest

Jan 6 2025 // Relation Insurance Services acquired the assets of Forest Insurance Agency. The transaction went into effect on December 1, 2024; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Specializing in personal and business...

Clyde & Co Expands Texas Presence With Tillman Batcher Merger

Jan 6 2025 // Law firm Clyde & Co announced its merger with Dallas law firm Tillman Batchelor LLP. Mark Tillman and Colin Batchelor have joined Clyde & Co’s Dallas office as partners and will be joined by their team of six...

US Steel, Nippon Sue Biden Administration Over Decision to Block Merger

Jan 6 2025 // U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit they said was filed on...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canadian Broker Encore Group

Jan 6 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based insurance brokerage, announced the acquisition of Waterloo, Ontario-based Encore Insurance Services Inc., dba Encore Group.Terms of the transaction were...

SageSure Closes Acquisition of GeoVera Advantage Insurance Services in California

Jan 3 2025 // SageSure closed the acquisition of GeoVera Advantage Insurance Services LLC in Fairfield, California. The entity will now function as a newly formed managing general agent and includes the residential earthquake risk...

Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires New York’s Acumen Solutions

Jan 2 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) announced the acquisition of Acumen Solutions Group LLC, a Melville, New York-based insurance agency.Founded in 2012, Acumen provides personal insurance and customized commercial insurance...

Brown & Brown’s Nexus Agrees to Acquire Reinsurance MGA Arma in Dubai

Jan 2 2025 // Nexus Underwriting, a Brown & Brown group business, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Arma Fusion Ltd., the parent company of Arma Underwriting Ltd.Arma is a leading specialty reinsurance MGA based...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires BMR Insurance in California

Dec 31 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Tustin, California-based Murray Gardner Insurance Agency Inc., dba BMR Insurance. Gary Arch and his team will remain in their current location under the direction of Scott Firestone,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires California’s BMR Insurance

Dec 30 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Tustin, California-based Murray Gardner Insurance Agency Inc., dba BMR Insurance. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. BMR Insurance is a retail insurance...

Union Bay Acquires Pennsylvania’s Loyalhanna Insurance Group

Dec 30 2024 // Loyalhanna Insurance Group of Latrobe, Pennsylvania has been acquired by Union Bay Acquisition LLC, an aggregator of insurance agencies based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. This acquisition is Union...

Inszone Acquires Texas-Based Roten & Company Insurance

Dec 27 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Roten & Company Insurance, a longstanding family-owned and operated insurance agency based in San Antonio, Texas. This acquisition strengthens Inszone’s...