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Warner Pacific Acquires Texas’ Ashmore Agency

Aug 8 2024 // Warner Pacific announced it has completed its acquisition of the General Agency of Ashmore Agency, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1984 by Elizabeth “Beth” Ashmore and her husband Will...

Legacy Acquirer DARAG to Sell North America, Bermuda Units to Fairfax’s RiverStone

Aug 8 2024 // DARAG Group, the Malta-based legacy acquisition company, announced it has agreed to sell its North American and Bermuda business entities to the RiverStone Group, a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.The sale,...

King Insurance Partners Acquires Lincoln Group in Georgia

Aug 7 2024 // King Insurance Parnters, based in Gainesville, Florida, continues to expand with the acquisition of Lincoln Insurance Group in McDonough, Georgia. Lincoln is an independent agency that offers auto, home, life and...

Crest Insurance Group Acquires Provost Associates in Arizona

Aug 7 2024 // Crest Insurance Group has acquired Scottsdale, Arizona-based Provost Associates. Provosts specializes in the hospitality industry, serving more than 200 high-end hotel properties and 900 golf properties. Crest is an...

Hub Acquires Pennsylvania Commercial Lines Agency IMC

Aug 6 2024 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced it has acquired Insurance Management Company (IMC).Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, IMC provides commercial insurance and risk management services to commercial,...

New Hampshire’s HPM Insurance Acquires Insurance Savers

Aug 6 2024 // HPM Insurance of Amherst, New Hampshire reports it has acquired Insurance Savers Agency, a personal and commercial lines agency with offices in the towns of Littleton and Thornton.The purchase of Insurance Savers Agency...

Singapore Monetary Authority Defends Allianz’s $1.7B Plan to Buy Income Insurance

Aug 6 2024 // Singapore ministers addressed concerns about Allianz SE’s plan to buy a majority stake in Income Insurance Ltd., saying it would be held to account on its commitments and that the potential deal isn’t expected...

Ambac Completes Buy of Majority Stake in London’s Beat Capital Partners

Aug 2 2024 // Ambac Financial Group said it has completed the acquisition of a 60% controlling stake in London-based Beat Capital Partners for about $282 million, up to $40 million of which will be paid in shares of Ambac common...

Marsh McLennan Agency Completes Acquisition of Illinois’ The Horton Group

Aug 2 2024 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a business of Marsh and a leading provider of business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement & wealth, and private client insurance solutions across North America, today announced...

J&J MGA Acquires Georgia-Based Strickland General Agency

Aug 2 2024 // Johnson & Johnson, a managing general agency working in 48 states, has acquired Strickland General Agency in Suwanee, Georgia, J&J announced. The deal closed July 31. Terms were not disclosed. Strickland, known as...

BNP Paribas in Talks to Buy AXA Investment Managers for €5.1 Billion

Aug 2 2024 // BNP Paribas is in exclusive talks with French insurer AXA to buy 100% of its AXA Investment Managers arm at an agreed price of 5.1 billion euros ($5.50 billion), the euro zone’s biggest bank said on Thursday.For BNP,...

Howden to Acquire Allianz UK’s Musical Insurance Book

Aug 1 2024 // Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, today announces that it has agreed to acquire the Musical Insurance book from Allianz UK and will incorporate its customer base and marketing and operations teams into...

Arch Completes Acquisition of Allianz’s U.S. MidCorp and Entertainment Businesses

Aug 1 2024 // Arch Insurance North America it has closed the acquisition of the U.S. MidCorp and Entertainment insurance businesses from Allianz. Nearly 500 former Allianz MidCorp and Entertainment employees have joined Arch and will...

Ardonagh’s Geo Underwriting to Buy Navigators & General From Zurich UK

Aug 1 2024 // Geo Underwriting, the managing general agency and subsidiary of Ardonagh Advisory, announced it will acquire Navigators & General (N&G) from Zurich UK.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in...

Insurance Broker Miller Acquires Swiss Reinsurance Capital Advisory Business

Aug 1 2024 // Miller, the London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the acquisition of reinsurance capital advisory business 4809 Brokers AG.Financial details were not disclosed. As its third Continental...

CBIZ to Acquire Accounting Firm Marcum in $2.3 Billion Deal

Aug 1 2024 // Financial services and insurance provider CBIZ said on Wednesday it would buy Marcum, one of the biggest accounting services providers in the United States, in a $2.3 billion cash-and-stock deal.The accounting market in...

AXA IM Prime Buys 20% Stake in French Private Credit Firm Rivage

Jul 30 2024 // A unit of AXA Investment Managers has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Rivage Investment, a specialist private credit firm focused on infrastructure debt that oversees more than €7.7 billion ($8.3 billion) in...

Cowbell Secures $60M Series C Funding From Zurich

Jul 30 2024 // Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced on July 26 that it has closed a $60 million Series C equity investment from Zurich Insurance Group, a global multiline...

Insurance Comparison Site The Zebra Buys Marble

Jul 30 2024 // Personal lines insurance comparison site The Zebra said it has acquired Marble, a digital platform for managing and saving on insurance.The acquisition is effective as of July 25, 2024. Terms of the deal, the first in The...

Confie Acquires Insurance Agencies in Texas, Florida, North Carolina

Jul 30 2024 // Confie, a California-based personal lines distributor, has acquired three insurance agencies in the South, the firm said last week.Affordable Insurance in Hendersonville, North Carolina; US1 Insurance in Miami; and...