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Willis Towers Watson Agrees to Acquire Remaining 51% Stake in WTW India

Nov 3 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the remaining 51% shares from Anemone Holdings Private Ltd and Rohit Jain in Willis Towers Watson (WTW) India.WTW currently owns 49% of...

Freeway Insurance Acquires Texas’ AutoPartners

Nov 3 2021 // Freeway Insurance, a division of Confie, has acquired Texas-based AutoPartners Insurance Agency, Inc, under the Freeway Insurance brand. As part of the acquisition, Freeway Insurance will retain AutoPartners Insurance...

Inszone Insurance Acquires Texas-Based Ratliff Insurance Agency

Nov 3 2021 // Inszone Insurance Services, a national provider of benefits, personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Ratliff Insurance Agency. The acquisition marks Inszone’s expansion into Texas. Founded by Paula...

Verisk Acquires Driver Data Company

Nov 3 2021 // Verisk Analytics, the global data analytics firm, has acquired North Carolina-based Data Driven Safety to expand its automobile insurance underwriting data business, Verisk announced.Data Driven Safety, founded in 2009 and...

Mount Logan Capital Completes Acquisition of Nebraska’s Ability

Nov 2 2021 // Mount Logan Capital Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of 100% of the equity of Omaha, Nebraska-based Ability Insurance Company for a purchase price of $20 million comprised of the issuance of an...

One80 Intermediaries Acquires Hill Program Managers in Colorado

Nov 2 2021 // One80 Intermediaries acquired Hill Program Managers LLC, a Denver, Colo.-based program manager for commercial lines insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hill Program specializes in oil and gas service...

Investor Research Firm ISS to Acquire Discovery Data

Nov 2 2021 // Corporate governance and investor data firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. said it has agreed to acquire Discovery Data, Inc., which provides data and analytics to the asset management, insurance and other...

Ardonagh Group Closes on Acquisition of BGC Partners Insurance Units

Nov 1 2021 // UK insurance broker Ardonagh Group has completed its acquisition of the insurance operations of BGC Partners Inc. for $500 million in cash.The deal was first announced in May. Ardonagh has acquired 100% of Ed Broking Group...

Risk Strategies Acquires Illinois-Based Better Business Planning

Nov 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Better Business Planning, Inc., an insurance agency specializing in employee benefits solutions.Terms of the deal were not...

Alera Group Acquires Bagwell, One of Oldest North Carolina Agencies

Nov 1 2021 // Alera Group, a national insurance and wealth management firm, announced it has acquired 102-year-old Bagwell & Bagwell Insurance in North Carolina. Bagwell, founded in 1919, is a property and casualty agency that...

Aquiline Capital Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in UK Insurtech Ripe Thinking

Nov 1 2021 // Ripe Thinking Ltd., a UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement for Aquiline Capital Partners LLC to acquire a majority stake...

Generali Acquires Italy Insurer Cattolica to Boost Domestic Market Leadership

Nov 1 2021 // Italy’s top insurer Generali sealed its 1.17 billion euro ($1.36 billion) takeover of smaller rival Cattolica on Friday in a move aimed at cementing its domestic market leadership.On the last day of Generali’s...

Alera Group Acquired Blue Communications in California

Oct 29 2021 // Alera Group acquired Blue Communications in Hollywood, Calif.Blue Communications is a human resources consulting and communications agency specializing in internal communications, well-being program development, diversity,...

Amazon-Backed Indian Online Insurer Acko Valued at $1.1B in New Funding Round

Oct 29 2021 // General Atlantic and local private equity firm Multiples Private Equity led a $225 million funding in Acko General Insurance, valuing the Indian online insurer at $1.1 billion.Existing investors including Canada Pension...

La Banque Postale Plans to Buy French Insurer CNP

Oct 28 2021 // PARIS — The banking arm of French mail operator La Poste is planning to buy banking group BPCE’s stake in French insurer CNP, the companies said on Thursday, and then plans to make an offer to buy the rest of the...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Illinois’ The VanDyke Group

Oct 27 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Homer Glen, Illinois-based The VanDyke Group, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1984, The VanDyke Group offers employee benefits consulting and HR...

Peak6 to Acquire Rapidly Expanding We Insure

Oct 27 2021 // Peak6 InsurTech has signed an agreement to acquire Jacksonville-based We Insure Inc., an independent insurance franchise company that has been rapidly expanding in recent years.“Upon closing, our franchise owners...

Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors

Oct 27 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors, an all-lines brokerage focused on transportation-related industries. Terms of the deal were not...

UK-Based Broker KGJ Insurance Is Latest Acquisition for NFP

Oct 27 2021 // NFP, a New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, has acquired UK-based KGJ Insurance Services Group Ltd.KGJ is a commercial insurance broker with specialization in combined risks for complex and non-standard...

Aston Lark Acquires Birmingham Broker Bainbridge Collins

Oct 27 2021 // London-based Aston Lark reported it has acquired Bainbridge Collins Ltd., a Midlands independent insurance brokerage focused on the mid corporate sector.Led by Cyril Gallagher, Bainbridge Collins was established more than...