Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

All the headlines from our Mergers & Acquisitions Topic Page, ordered by recency.

9 Talent Acquisition Goals for Insurance Organizations in 2023

Nov 7 2022 // Sourcing is the number one problem most insurance organizations tell me they have with recruiting. While finding candidates is important, that’s like saying your company’s revenue will grow if you get more...

AmTrust Acquires Surety MGA CMGIA in California

Nov 4 2022 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. acquired Contractor Managing General Insurance Agency Inc. in California. CMGIA will offer surety bonds to small to mid-size contractors across 50 states. The company is led by Stephanie...

Gallagher Buys Irish Broker Doyle Mahon, Rebrands Innovu After Recent Acquisition

Nov 4 2022 // Gallagher announced it has acquired Doyle Mahon Insurances, bolstering its presence in Ireland and demonstrating its commitment to expand its customer and employee base in the country. This follows Gallagher’s...

Alera Group Acquires Benson Blackburn for Affluent Clients

Nov 4 2022 // Alera Group Wealth Services, a division of Alera Group, an insurance and wealth management firm, today announced the acquisition of Benson Blackburn. Based in Naples, Florida, BB is a specialized insurance consultancy with...

Specialty Program Group Acquires Texas’ Catapult

Nov 3 2022 // Specialty Program Group, an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, announced the acquisition of the assets of Catapult Insurance Solutions. Based in Carrollton, Texas, Catapult is a...

NFP’s Alerity Acquires CIC Group in Buffalo

Nov 3 2022 // Alterity Group, a subsidiary of insurance brokerage NFP, reports it has acquired CIC Group, a Buffalo, New York-based commercial insurance agency. CIC Group principals Timothy McMullen, Gina Teresi and Chris...

Hub Acquires Assets of Priority Insurance Associates In Arizona

Nov 3 2022 // Hub International Limited acquired the assets of Priority Insurance Associates LLC in Scottsdale, Arizona. Priority co-owners Victoria Turns and Nancy Vukelich, and the Priority Insurance Associates team will join Hub...

Alliant Acquires New Jersey’s Trivedi Capacity Associates and Risk Purchasing Group

Nov 2 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired New Jersey-based Trivedi Capacity Associates, further expanding its reach in the community association and condominium association underwriting space. Central to the acquisition is...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Texas’ Tejas American General Agency

Nov 2 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its U.S. wholesale brokerage, binding authority and programs division, Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS), has acquired Cedar Park, Texas-based Tejas American General Agency,...

Marsh McLennan Acquires Texas-Based Focus

Nov 2 2022 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, announced the acquisition of Focus Insurance, a leading personal insurance brokerage firm based in Houston, Texas. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in...

Marsh Acquires Bradley Agency in Tennessee; Wright Flood Adds IAT Book of Business

Nov 2 2022 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of the global insurance broker Marsh, has acquired Bradley Insurance Agency, a commercial brokerage in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Bradley agency was founded in 1972 by Steve Bradley and...

Ardonagh Advisory Acquires UK Consultant, Stallard Kane Group

Nov 2 2022 // Ardonagh Advisory Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of The Ardonagh Group, announced it has acquired Stallard Kane Group Ltd. (SKG), a leading provider of health and safety, HR, training, and employment law compliance...

Ryan Specialty Acquires Centurion in California

Nov 1 2022 // Ryan Specialty acquired certain assets of Centurion Liability Insurance Services LLC in Tustin, California. Centurion is a professional lines wholesale insurance broker and has employees based in Florida and California....

World Insurance Associates Acquires Clinard Group in North Carolina

Nov 1 2022 // World Insurance Associates, one of the larger brokerage firms in the country, has acquired North Carolina-based Clinard Insurance Group. WIA, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, announced that it had purchased Clinard on...

Jensten Group Completes Acquisition of UK Broker J Bennett & Son

Nov 1 2022 // The Jensten Group, the London-based independent insurance broking group, has completed the acquisiton of J Bennett & Son Insurance Brokers and its subsidiary, Mathews Comfort & Co., following final regulatory...

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...