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Missouri Supreme Court Strikes Down 2022 Vote on KC Police Funding

May 2 2024 // The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday took the unusual step of striking down a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that required Kansas City to spend a larger percentage of its money on the police department, and...

Acrisure Acquires Scottish Broker WH&R McCartney

May 2 2024 // Acrisure, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based insurance broker and fintech specialist, announced it has acquired Scottish insurance broker, WH&R McCartney.Based in Motherwell and led by Graeme Robb and Alan Kirkwood,...

Neptune Flood Acquires Data Science Firm to Enhance Its AI-Driven Flood Insurance

May 2 2024 // Private flood insurer Neptune Flood reported it has acquired Charles River Data, a Boston-based data science consulting group. According to Neptune, the strategic move will bolster its underwriting system through advanced...

Ryan Specialty Completes Acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies From Arch

May 1 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has completed the acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies from Arch Financial Holdings (UK) Ltd. and minority...

Ardonagh to Acquire Italian Commercial Lines Business Mansutti S.r.l

Apr 30 2024 // The Ardonagh Group, the London-based insurance distribution platform, announced it has agreed to acquire Mansutti S.r.l, the commercial lines business of Italian insurance broker, Mansutti SpA.Financial details of the deal...

Inszone Acquires Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming

Apr 30 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming. Founded in 2008 by Rick van Oppen, the firm has specialized in serving the needs of the architectural, engineering and environmental...

Florida Governor Signs Wind-Mitigation Funding Bills for Homes, Condos

Apr 29 2024 // Florida’s governor has signed two bills that will provide more matching grants for homeowners and condominium associations to fortify properties against the growing threat of windstorms.Senate Bill 7028 will send an...

Connecticut M&A Advisor Agrees to Pay $1.5M to Settle Data Breach Class Action

Apr 26 2024 // Merritt Healthcare Advisors, a Connecticut mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm for healthcare practices, has agreed to a $1.525 million settlement of a class action stemming from a 2022 data breach.The money...

Aon Completes $13B Acquisition of Middle-Market Broker NFP

Apr 26 2024 // Aon plc said late Thursday that it has completed its $13 billion acquisition of middle-market P/C broker NFP.The purchase price will be funded by $7 billion in cash and $6 billion of Aon stock. Closing was earlier than...

ALKEME Acquires Illinois’ Ralph Weiner & Associates

Apr 25 2024 // ALKEME announced the acquisition of Ralph Weiner & Associates, a retail insurance agency based in Wheeling, Illinois. Established in 1951, Ralph Weiner & Associates has earned acclaim for its specialized focus on...

Marsh McLennan Agency to Buy Fisher Brown Bottrell for About $316M

Apr 24 2024 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, said it has a definitive agreement to acquire one of the largest agencies in the Southeast—Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance, Inc.Marsh McLennan Agency will pay $315.9 million...

Catastrophe Monitoring Firm ICEYE Completes $93 Million Funding Round

Apr 24 2024 // ICEYE, the microsatellite manufacturer and catastrophe monitoring company, announced definitive agreement signed for an oversubscribed $93 million growth funding round.The financing will further accelerate investment in...

UK’s Jensten Acquires Lift and Escalator Specialist Broker Robert Gerrard & Co.

Apr 24 2024 // Jensten is set to further scale its scheme and affinities business with the acquisition of UK broker Robert Gerrard & Co.The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will introduce a dedicated team of 19...

Omaha National Acquires Sutter Insurance in California

Apr 24 2024 // Omaha National Group Inc. acquired Sutter Insurance Co., a California domiciled carrier. Sutter Insurance has been renamed Omaha National Casualty Co. Omaha National also owns Omaha National Insurance Co., which is...

OPTIS: Insurance Agency M&A Down 18% in Q1 2024

Apr 23 2024 // The first quarter of 2024 was the slowest for insurance agency mergers and acquisitions since the middle of the pandemic, according to investment banking and financial firm OPTIS Partners.OPTIS Partners’ M&A...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Australia’s Prasidium Credit Insurance

Apr 23 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based broker, announced the acquisition of Australia’s Prasidium Credit Insurance.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. North Sydney-based Prasidium...

Chubb to Acquire MGA Healthy Paws From Aon

Apr 23 2024 // Chubb said it is acquiring managing general agent Healthy Paws from Aon plc.Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based Chubb has been the exclusive underwriter of Healthy Paws’ pet insurance program for Aon since 2013....

Alliant Insurance Services Acquires Advanced Benefits in Idaho

Apr 23 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, acquired Advanced Benefits, based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1993, Advanced Benefits offers employee benefit programs, and HR and compliance...

Arbol Unit Buys Centauri Insurance, Forms Lilypad to Broaden Climate Risk Coverage

Apr 22 2024 // A subsidiary of Arbol Inc., a firm that has specialized in climate risks for businesses, including parametric insurance products, has acquired Sarasota, Florida-based Centauri Insurance from Applied Underwriters.The...

Fleming Acquires James River’s Casualty Reinsurance Business, Ending Legal Dispute

Apr 19 2024 // James River Group Holdings Ltd. announced that Fleming Intermediate Holdings has completed the $277 million acquisition of James River’s casualty reinsurance business – ending a period of legal wrangling that had...