Latest Acrisure Headlines
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Malloy Appointed President of Acrisure’s Specialty Division
Jun 13 2018 // Caledonia, Michigan-based retail consulting and insurance brokerage, Acrisure, has appointed industry veteran William Malloy as president of its Specialty Division. Malloy has extensive leadership experience in the...
Michigan-Based Broker Acrisure Completes Acquisition of UK-Based Beach
Mar 13 2018 // London-based broker Beach & Associates announced the completion of its acquisition by Acrisure LLC, the Michigan-based retail consulting and insurance broker. Having obtained all necessary regulatory approvals,...
UK Broker Beach & Associates to Be Acquired by Michigan-Based Acrisure
Jan 10 2018 // London-based broker Beach & Associates announced Acrisure LLC has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the company’s equity from existing shareholders. These shareholders include Aquiline Capital Partners, a private...
Deal Activity on Record Pace: MarshBerry
Nov 20 2017 // Deal count is on record pace for the first nine months of 2017 (year-to-date, Sept. 30, 2017). There were 357 transactions during this period. By comparison, 334 transactions closed during the same year-to-date period in...
Florida Insurance Agents Recount Hurricane Irma’s Personal Impact
Oct 26 2017 // It’s been just over a month since Hurricane Irma hit Florida, and it won’t be forgotten in Florida by anyone anytime soon, especially not by those in the insurance industry. The powerful storm made landfall...
People – Midwest
May 15 2017 // Farmington Hills, Mic.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. hired Jayashree Ishwar as chief underwriting officer. Ishwar will be accountable for corporate underwriting, loss control, advanced analytics and product...
Sherman Named President of Michigan’s Acrisure
Apr 24 2017 // Acrisure LLC, a national retail consulting and insurance broker based in Caledonia, Mich., has named D. Michael Sherman as president. Sherman joined Acrisure in January as a strategic advisor, bringing more than 40 years...
M&A Activity Continues at Industrious Pace: MarshBerry
Feb 6 2017 // Merger & acquisition activity in the insurance distribution space continued at an industrious pace throughout 2016, with 443 closed transactions. This was down from 456 in 2015, but still higher than previous years on...
Acrisure Names Sherman as Strategic Advisor
Jan 31 2017 // Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Acrisure LLC has named D. Michael Sherman as strategic advisor, reporting to Greg Williams, CEO and president of the rapidly growing insurance broker. Sherman brings more than 40 years of...
Reed Named General Counsel at Acrisure
Jan 6 2017 // Michigan-based Acrisure LLC has named Adam C. Reed as the company’s general counsel, effective Jan. 1. He succeeds John P. Iacono, who will retire later this year. Reed joined Acrisure in September 2016. He has 23...
Acrisure Acquires Alaska USA Insurance Brokers’ Commercial, Benefits Business
Dec 20 2016 // Acrisure LLC has acquired Alaska USA Insurance Brokers’ commercial insurance and employee benefits books of business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new company will operate under the name Insurance...
Business Moves
Dec 19 2016 // Access Holdco Management, IAT Insurance Group Access Holdco Management has purchased the Massachusetts non-standard auto insurance book of business of Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina from...
Acrisure, Genstar Complete $2.9B Management-Led Buyout
Nov 22 2016 // Acrisure LLC, a national insurance brokerage based in Grand Rapids, Mich., and private equity firm Genstar Capital announced the completion of a previously announced management-led buyout of the company. The $2.9 billion...
Business Moves
Nov 7 2016 // Verisk Analytics, Analyze Re Data firm Verisk Analytics Inc. has acquired Halifax, Novia Scotia-based Analyze Re, a software analytics provider for the reinsurance and insurance industries founded in 2013. Analyze Re...
Acrisure in Michigan Announces Management-Led Buyout
Oct 21 2016 // Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Acrisure LLC has signed a definitive agreement for a management-led buyout of the company, led by Greg Williams, Acrisure’s CEO and co-founder, and a consortium of minority...
Merger and Acquisition Activity Sets New High-Water Mark
Feb 22 2016 // Merger and acquisition activity for 2015 set a new record with 456 deals, sailing past the previous high-water mark of 325 deals set in 2012, according to recent data. The fourth quarter closed with 104 announced...
Deal Activity Still Booming
Jan 25 2016 // Deal count for the third quarter of 2015 continued its record breaking pace with 89 announced transactions. Although it was the slowest quarter in 2015 (107 in 1st quarter and 99 in 2nd quarter), it was the most active...
People – Midwest
Dec 2 2013 // Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance announced that Joseph A. Martin, the company’s current chief operating officer (COO) and senior vice president of marketing, has been selected after a nationwide search to serve as its...
Acrisure in Michigan Makes Three Executive Moves
Nov 14 2013 // Caledonia, Mich.-based Acrisure LLC recently announced three executive moves. Don Collins was named chief operating officer of Acrisure. Collins will lead new acquisition assimilation, coordination and development of...
Tuit Joins Michigan-Based Acrisure as CFO
Jun 3 2013 // Caledonia, Mich.-based retail insurance brokerage, Acrisure LLC, announced that Dave Tuit has joined the firm as chief financial officer. Tuit has more than 20 years of leadership in finance and accounting, mergers and...
