Still Hot… M&As to Date in 2018

M&A activity in the insurance industry was hot in 2017, and thus far in 2018, it shows no signs of cooling, with 30 deals announced in the month of January alone. The following are reports from the InsuranceJournal.com news archives of M&As in the U.S. for January 2018.

Aon Acquires Real Estate Investment Advisor Townsend Group

RightSure Acquires Auto & Property Insurance Solutions in California

Seeman Holtz Acquires Houston’s Dash Insurance Agency

Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires J&A Insurance of Florida

Oklahoma’s Howell-Stone Insurance Joins Rich & Cartmill

AmWINS to Acquire Seacoast Brokers, Trident Claims Management

Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire New York’s Kerwick & Curran

Oklahoma’s Mid-Continent to Acquire Tank Owners Renewal Rights

American Enterprise Acquires Utah-Based Great Western Insurance

Wintaai Holdings Acquires Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance

Independent Agents of Plainview, Texas, Merges with Higginbotham

UK Broker Beach & Associates to Be Acquired by Michigan’s Acrisure

Hub Acquires P/C Book from Montreal’s Daniel Picard

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Houston’s AquaSurance

State Auto’s Rockhill Sells Environmental Renewals to CapSpecialty

Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s FIRM Inc.

JenCap Holdings to Acquire Genesee General of Georgia

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires New Jersey’s The Daniels Group

Kaplansky Acquires Massachusetts’ Anthony and Malcolm Agency

AIG to Buy Bermuda Reinsurer Validus for $5.6B in Cash

Leavitt Central Coast Insurance Acquires Pulford in California

Liberty Mutual Sells Off Life Insurance Unit, Realigns P/C Business

InsuranceHub Acquires Insley Insurance of Georgia

Ryan Specialty to Acquire New York’s Irwin Siegel Agency

Oklahoma City Agencies, Universal Insurance and Ledbetter, Merge

MGA Ascent Underwriting Acquired by Preservation Capital Partners

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Market Financial Group, Austin Consulting

Eastern Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Southeastern Agency

Seeman Holtz Acquires Arizona’s Xponent Employer Solutions

Paragon in Connecticut Gains Equity Investment from EPIC and Oak Hill