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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s f3 Companies

Oct 31 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of the f3 Companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Included in the acquisition are Burnsville, Minnesota-based f3Logic, LLC; Burnsville,...

USI Acquires Oklahoma’s Beasley & Company

Oct 31 2022 // USI Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Beasley & Company. Founded in 1992, Beasley & Company is a regional benefit consulting firm specializing in retirement, executive...

World Insurance Acquires Circle Agency in Massachusetts

Oct 28 2022 // Insurance brokerage World Insurance Associates has acquired Circle Insurance Agency Inc. of Danvers, Massachusetts.Founded in 1989 by James M. Holbrook, Circle Insurance provides personal and commercial lines as well as...

Acrisure Continues UK Growth by Acquiring Sutton Winson and Sutton Specialist Risks

Oct 28 2022 // Acrisure, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based insurance broker and fintech specialist, announced the acquisitions of Sutton Winson and Sutton Specialist Risks (SSR), in the UK.The deals are expected to close in the near term,...

DOJ Antitrust Losses in Court Are Seen as Setback for Biden’s Merger Crackdown

Oct 26 2022 // In the span of just a month, federal judges rejected the US Justice Department’s attempts to block three mergers in the health technology, agriculture and defense contracting industries.The agency is considering...

Risk Strategies Acquires Actuarial Firm Aquarius Capital

Oct 26 2022 // Specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Aquarius Capital Solutions Group, an actuarial firm focused on health care, employee and retirement benefits. Founded in 2002 and based in Port Chester,...

Insurance Risk Transfer Platform Vesttoo Valued at $1 Billion After Latest Funding Round

Oct 26 2022 // Vesttoo Ltd. said on Tuesday its valuation has more than tripled to $1 billion after the insurance risk transfer platform secured $80 million in late-stage funding at a difficult time for private companies to raise...

AmTrust Acquires Mid-Market Book from DUAL

Oct 26 2022 // AmTrust Financial Services announced that it has acquired the middle market management liability business of DUAL North America, a Florida-based specialty program administrator that offers property/casualty products. DUAL...

Choice Financial Acquires Georgia Pines; Hilb Adds Allegacy Unit

Oct 21 2022 // Choice Financial Group, a regional insurance agency based in Virginia Beach, said it has acquired Georgia Pines Agency, expanding its footprint into Georgia, Florida and California.GPA, headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia,...

Inszone Acquires Texas’ Proctor Insurance

Oct 20 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Proctor Insurance, providing the fifth acquisition in the state of Texas. Based in Houston, Proctor offers business and personal lines and specializes in hotels and...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Illinois-Based Cason, Huff & Schlueter

Oct 20 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Quincy, Illinois-based Cason, Huff & Schlueter Insurance. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1923, Cason, Huff & Schlueter is a retail...

Legacy Specialist Compre Acquires Covéa’s MedMal Subsidiary

Oct 20 2022 // Compre, the Bermuda headquartered legacy group, announced it has signed agreements to acquire the Irish subsidiary of Covéa, Medical Insurance Co. DAC (MIC), which provided general liability insurance covering...

Litigation Funding: Competing Mythologies

Oct 18 2022 // Judge William Blackstone’s 18th century Commentaries on the Laws of Englandhas been deemed among the most significant influences on the development of U.S. law, second only to the Bible. Blackstone continues to be...

Oliver Wyman Agrees to Buy A&D Consulting Firm Avascent

Oct 18 2022 // Oliver Wyman announced it entered into an agreement to acquire Avascent, an aerospace and defense management consulting firm focused on the corporate and private equity sectors.The terms of the transaction were not...

NFP Buys UK Broker Bentley Insurance Services

Oct 18 2022 // NFP, the New York City-based property/casualty insurance broker and consultant, announced it has acquired Mason James Insurance Services Ltd. (doing business as Bentley Insurance Services), one of the largest brokers in...

AXA to Acquire Spanish P/C Insurer GACM España for €310M

Oct 18 2022 // AXA announced that AXA Spain has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Groupe Assurances du Crédit Mutuel España (GACM España), a Spanish property/casualty and health insurer.Under the terms of the transaction,...

Inszone Insurance Completes Acquisition of Precision in Colorado

Oct 17 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Precision Insurance in Colorado. Precision Insurance was opened in November of 2017 by Heather McBroom. Inszone was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Sacramento, California....

Risk Strategies Acquires Relation Education Solutions in California

Oct 17 2022 // Risk Strategies acquired Relation Education Solutions from Relation Insurance Services.The deal adds key capabilities to Risk Strategies’ National Education Practice. A division of California-based Relation Insurance...

Berkshire Hathaway and Alleghany Corp. Receive Regulatory Approvals for Merger

Oct 17 2022 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Alleghany Corp. announced that all regulatory approvals relating to the proposed $11.6 billion acquisition of Alleghany by Berkshire Hathaway have been received.The deal...

Hub Acquires Investment Advisory Businesses of Quintes in California

Oct 10 2022 // HUB International Ltd. acquired the insurance brokerage and investment advisory businesses of Quintes Financial Services LLC and Quintes Administrative and Insurance Services Inc. in Northern California. Mark Laughton,...