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Afore Acquires Virginia’s Resolve Insurance Group

Dec 8 2025 // Afore Insurance Services said it has acquired Resolve Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia that is known for its marine insurance specialty.Resolve will become part of...

Federal Funding Shortage Delays Progress on ‘Ike Dike’ Project in Texas Gulf Coast

Dec 8 2025 // The district charged with overseeing the construction of a massive set of gates across the mouth of Galveston Bay — known as the “Ike Dike” — announced last week that it has approved contracts with two...

Business Moves: MGA Nirvana Buys Arena From Ryan Specialty; Ryan Acquires Canada MGU SSRU; Bridgehaven Buys SureStone; Gallagher Re to Buy S. Africa’s Resilea

Dec 5 2025 // Specialty MGA Nirvana Acquires Arena From Ryan SpecialtySpecialty managing general agent (MGA) Nirvana announced the acquisition of Arena NV from Ryan Specialty. Financial terms of the deal, which was announced today, were...

Amynta Group Completes Acquisition of Louisiana’s International Sureties

Dec 4 2025 // Amynta Group has completed its acquisition of commercial surety broker Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively, “International Sureties”). International...

King Risk Partners Acquires Ohio’s Arnold Insurance Agency

Dec 4 2025 // King Risk Partners announced the acquisition of Arnold Insurance Agency, an independent firm based in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The Arnold Insurance Agency is recognized throughout Ohio as one of the premier providers of...

Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding

Dec 3 2025 // Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted...

Baldwin Group to Buy CAC Group for About $1B in Cash and Stock

Dec 3 2025 // Independent insurance agencies The Baldwin Group and CAC Group have agreed to merge to create one of the largest independent insurance advisory and distribution platforms in the U.S.Baldwin said the purchase price of about...

Asurion Agrees to Buy CVC-Backed UK Warranty Provider D&G

Dec 3 2025 // Asurion LLC has agreed to acquire UK warranty business Domestic & General Group Ltd. as the US company looks to expand its business and geography.Nashville-based Asurion is buying D&G from CVC Capital Partners Plc...

Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Three Brokerages in Hawaii

Dec 2 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency acquired three privately owned Honolulu, Hawaii-based insurance brokerages from Tradewind Group.Collectively, Atlas Insurance Agency, Pyramid Insurance Centre, and IC International created an...

West Texas County Struggles to Secure Funding for Flood Prevention

Nov 26 2025 // When it rains here, West Texans brace for the worst. With nowhere to go, water collects across sidewalks, roads and highways — the flat, desert landscape becomes a wetland in the blink of an eye.Local officials in Ector...

Trucordia Expands in New England With Acquisition of Charles River Insurance

Nov 25 2025 // Utah-based Trucordia announced it has acquired Charles River Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Framingham, Massachusetts that serves the greater Boston and central Massachusetts regions.Charles River...

More Federal Legislation Introduced to Tackle Third-Party Lit Funding

Nov 24 2025 // Sen. John Kennedy has introduced a new bill aimed at reforming the courtroom practice of third-party litigation funding.Kennedy, R-La., introduced the Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act last week, and it...

COP30 Climate Deal Fails to Detail Fossil Fuel Cuts, but Pledges Adaptation Funding

Nov 24 2025 // United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But the catch-all agreement doesn’t include explicit...

Sunstar Insurance Group Names Daniel Romero as Chief Acquisition Officer

Nov 24 2025 // Memphis, TN – Sunstar Insurance Group (“Sunstar”), a leading retail insurance brokerage platform focused on the Midwest and Southeast, announced on November 17, 2025, the appointment of Daniel Romero as its...

Tokio Marine Holdings to Acquire Illinois-Based Commodity & Ingredient Hedging

Nov 21 2025 // Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (“CIH”), a leading provider of risk management solutions for the agricultural and...

World Insurance Acquires Van Syckel Insurance of New Jersey

Nov 21 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Van Syckel Insurance of Bound Brook, New Jersey on August 1, 2025.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Van Syckel Insurance, which was started...

Trucordia Acquires Eberle Insurance in Arkansas

Nov 20 2025 // Trucordia acquired Eberle Insurance in Arkansas. Eberle Insurance is an independent insurance agency serving Sherwood and the greater Central Arkansas region, including nearby Little Rock. Trucordia is the group name for...

King Risk Partners Buys Acacia Insurance in Massachusetts

Nov 20 2025 // Florida-based national insurance agency King Risk Partners announced its continued expansion into the New England market through the acquisition of Acacia Insurance, an independent agency located in Waltham,...

King Risk Acquires Surles Agency in North Carolina

Nov 19 2025 // King Risk Partners, which said it is now the 51st largest insurance brokerage in the United States, has acquired Stuart Surles Insurance agency in Angier, North Carolina, near Raleigh. The Surles agency, founded some 30...

Has Insurtech Funding Found a Floor?

Nov 19 2025 // Two separate reports published this month show that while quarterly insurtech deal counts have plummeted from heights attained in 2021 and 2022, dollar levels invested in insurtechs have stabilized since late 2022.While...