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Court Orders Start to Expose ‘Startling’ Data on Litigation Funding Sources

Oct 8 2024 // There is no federal law that requires the disclosure of litigation funding agreements in court cases, but some disturbing insight has been found in individual jurisdictions that have rules to increase transparency,...

Inszone Acquires Schmoekel Insurance Agency in California

Oct 8 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Schmoekel Insurance Agency Inc. in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1948 by Max Schmoekel, Schmoekel Insurance Agency was initially known as a non-standard insurance agency,...

Bowen, Miclette & Britt Acquires Texas’ M Surety Services

Oct 7 2024 // Bowen, Miclette & Britt Insurance Agency, LLC (BMB) has completed the acquisition of M Surety Services, a provider of contract surety bonds. BMB said the acquisition further strengthens its position in the surety bond...

Clyde & Co: First-Half Carrier M&A Activity Falls to 15-Year Low

Oct 7 2024 // The first half of 2024 set a 15-year low for insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions, according to Clyde & Co’s latest Mid-Year Growth Report.The number of insurance carrier M&A transactions completed in...

Optio to Acquire Luxembourg-Based Film and Events MGA, Circles Group

Oct 4 2024 // Optio Group, the London-based specialty managing general agent, announced it has acquired the Luxembourg-based MGA, Circles Group for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval.The acquisition of Circles,...

FEMA Doesn’t Have Enough Funding to Last Through Hurricane Season, Mayorkas Warns

Oct 4 2024 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday.The agency...

Brown & Brown Acquires Minnesota’s The Canopy Group

Oct 3 2024 // Brown & Brown announced the acquisition of the assets of The Canopy Group, a a multiline insurance agency focusing primarily on personal lines and commercial property and casualty for small businesses. Based in Le...

McGriff Amps Up SE Benefits Offerings With Acquisition of Amity in Tampa

Oct 3 2024 // McGriff, a large retail insurance brokerage headquartered in Charlotte, announced it has acquired Amity Benefits, an employee benefits brokerage based in Tampa. Amity, founded in 2017, has specialized in the auto dealer...

AssuredPartners Acquires Halstead Agency of Massachusetts

Oct 3 2024 // Global insurance broker AssuredPartners announced it has acquired Halstead Insurance Agency, a Fitchburg, Massachusetts-based agency offering personal and commercial insurance.The Halstead team will remain under the...

UK Broker Kingfisher Insurance Acquires MIS Motorsport’s Commercial Business

Oct 3 2024 // Kingfisher Insurance Services Ltd., the London-based specialist insurance broker, has acquired MIS Motorsport’s commercial business in the UK and Ireland.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. As...

Inszone Acquires Dan Davis Insurance Solutions in California

Oct 3 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Dan Davis Insurance Solutions in San Jose, California. Dan Davis Insurance Solutions is an insurance agency that specializes in serving the homeowner association board members, HOA...

Ryan Specialty Acquires Certain Assets of Indiana’s EverSports

Oct 2 2024 // Ryan Specialty announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of EverSports & Entertainment Insurance, Inc. (EverSports) from the Everest Group, Ltd. group of companies. EverSports is a managing...

Crest Insurance Group Acquires Alliance Insurance Agency in Colorado

Oct 2 2024 // Crest Insurance Group acquired Alliance Insurance Agency LLC in Colorado. Crest’s Colorado operations center around its Denver hub and expand to Longmont and Fort Collins. The Alliance deal adds Arvada to the...

Miller Completes Acquisition of Spanish Specialty Re/Insurance Broker Bruzon

Oct 1 2024 // Miller, the London-based specialist re/insurance broker, announce it has completed the acquisition of Madrid-based commercial insurance broker Bruzon Correduría de Seguros y Reaseguros.The transaction, which first was...

Marsh McLennan to Buy TIH’s McGriff Insurance for $7.75B

Sep 30 2024 // Marsh McLennan says it has a deal in place to acquire McGriff Insurance Services for $7.75 billion, funded by cash and debt financing.U.S. retail broker McGriff, an affiliate of private-equity backed TIH (formerly Truist...

Acquisition of UK’s Specialist Risk Group Completed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek

Sep 30 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based specialist insurance intermediary, announced that its acquisition by Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor, and Temasek, the Singapore-based investment company, has been...

Inszone Acquires ISU Francis-Pinney Insurance Services in California

Sep 30 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired ISU Francis-Pinney Insurance Services Inc. in California. ISU Francis-Pinney Insurance Services evolved through several mergers, including All-Cal Insurance and the John A. Francis...

Canada’s Axis Insurance Acquires P/C Broker Baker Insurance

Sep 27 2024 // Axis Insurance Managers Inc., the Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Baker Insurance, a property/casualty brokerage based in Calgary.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed....

Inszone Acquires First West Insurance Agency in California

Sep 26 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired First West Insurance Agency in Huntington Beach, California. Originally established in 1968 as Shearer Insurance, the firm merged in 1979 with First West Insurance Agency. Owners Phil...

Alera Group Acquires Louisiana’s Insurance Underwriters Ltd.

Sep 26 2024 // Alera Group announced the acquisition of Insurance Underwriters Ltd., a Louisiana-based insurance agency offering risk management and insurance solutions including business insurance, surety bonds, personal insurance and...