Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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CRC Group Acquires Florida Wholesaler SLB Insurance Group

Dec 16 2024 // CRC Group, one of North America’s leading independent wholesale specialty insurance distributors, has acquired SLB Insurance Group, a binding authority operation with offices in Florida and Louisiana. Founded in...

Hub Acquires Arkansas’ Hadfield Agency

Dec 13 2024 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Hadfield Agency, Inc. (Hadfield Agency). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Hadfield Agency is an...

Player’s Health Announces $60M Funding Round

Dec 13 2024 // Players Health, a provider of athlete safety and sports insurance solutions, has announced the closing of its $60 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Bluestone Equity Partners, an institutionally backed...

Gallagher Buys Butler, a Georgia Benefits Agency

Dec 13 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher, the global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired Georgia-based Sheila J. Butler & Co., an employee benefits firm. Sheila Butler Butler and team will remain in their office locale in...

World Insurance Associates Acquires Sprague Israel Giles in Washington

Dec 13 2024 // World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of Sprague Israel Giles Inc. in Seattle, Washington. Sprague Israel Giles was founded in 1958 by David Sprague and Mike Israel. Ten years later, Leon Giles joined the...

ALKEME Acquires Iowa’s Relion

Dec 12 2024 // ALKEME announced the acquisition of Relion Insurance Solutions, one of Iowa’s largest insurance agencies with over 140 years of history serving Iowa and surrounding areas. Relion Insurance Solutions, formed through...

BMS Group to Acquire Spanish Broker Rasher and Its Latin American Subsidiaries

Dec 12 2024 // BMS Group, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the leading insurance broker Rasher, subject to regulatory approvals.The Rasher business...

Inszone Acquires Texas’ Southerland And Associates

Dec 11 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Southerland and Associates, Inc., an agency based in Austin, Texas. The strengthens Inszone’s footprint in Texas, enhancing the company’s ability to...

Inszone Acquires Commercial Insurance of Texas

Dec 11 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition Commercial Insurance of Texas Agency Services, a specialized agency based in Texas. This strategic acquisition strengthens Inszone’s presence in Texas and...

Hub Acquires Fairfield County Bank Insurance Agency

Dec 10 2024 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Fairfield County Bank Insurance Services, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Headquartered in Ridgefield,...

Specialist Risk Group Buys UK Broker R3 in Its 11th Acquisition of 2024

Dec 10 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, announced the acquisition of specialist insurance broker, R3.R3 is SRG’s 11th acquisition in 2024, following...

Bridge Specialty Group Acquires Assets of Wisconsin’s ARMR

Dec 10 2024 // J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO), and David Dybdahl and Cynthia Statz, owners of American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC (“ARMR”), announced that a Bridge...

NFP Expands Presence in Texas With Acquisition of Capstone Strategies

Dec 10 2024 // NFP announced the acquisition of Capstone Strategies, LLC, a P&C and benefits broker located in Midland, Texas. Capstone Strategies founders Blake Johnston and Brandon Sheppard will join NFP as senior vice presidents,...

Trucordia Acquires Business of Virginia’s Archibald Insurance

Dec 10 2024 // Utah-basrd insurance broker Trucordia has acquired the insurance business of Archibald Insurance, an agency with offices in Richmond, Midlothian and North Chesterfield, Virginia. Archibald Insurance offers personal and...

Alliant Acquires Union First in California

Dec 10 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services acquired Union First in Irvine, California. Union First will join Alliant’s Employee Benefits Group – West Region. Union First is a benefits consulting and third-party administration firm...

Gallagher to Buy AssuredPartners for $13.5B to Increase Mid-Market Reach

Dec 9 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher this morning said it has entered into an agreement to acquire AssuredPartners for $13.45 billion cash to expand its reach in the U.S. middle-market property/casualty and employee benefits...

Aviva Reaches Initial £3.6 Billion Deal to Buy Direct Line

Dec 6 2024 // Aviva Plc reached a preliminary agreement to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for £3.6 billion ($4.6 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer.London-listed Aviva sweetened its bid in...

UK Insurer Aviva Said to Boost Direct Line Takeover Bid to £3.4 Billion

Dec 5 2024 // Aviva Plc has increased its offer for Direct Line Insurance Group Plc to about £3.4 billion ($4.4 billion), days after its initial proposal to buy the UK motor insurer was rejected, people with knowledge of the matter...

Insurance Broker Verlingue Acquires Switzerland’s ProConseils Solutions

Dec 4 2024 // Verlingue, the Quimper, France-based insurance broker and subsidiary of the Adelaïde Group, announced it has acquired ProConseils Solutions, a major player in the insurance brokerage market in French-speaking...

WTW to Return to Treaty Reinsurance Broking Via Bain Capital Joint Venture

Dec 3 2024 // WTW announced it will return to treaty reinsurance broking via a joint venture with the private investment firm Bain Capital.WTW will hold a minority share in the new company, said WTW in an announcement outlining its...