Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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Acrisure Buys UK Broker CRK Commercial Insurance Services Ltd.

Sep 28 2022 // Acrisure, the fintech company that operates a top-10 global insurance broker, announced it had acquired CRK Commercial Insurance Services Ltd., the specialist commercial schemes provider. Financial details of the deal,...

Alliance 360˚ Acquires M.I. Insurance Solutions in California

Sep 28 2022 // Alliance 360˚ Insurance Solutions acquired M.I. Insurance Solutions, located in Cypress, California. M.I. Insurance Solutions was founded in 2005 as a joint venture between The J. Morey Company and Miyuki Inouye to...

Agency Aggregator Union Bay Acquires Farrell Insurance in Pennsylvania

Sep 22 2022 // Union Bay Acquisition, a new aggregator of insurance agencies agent based in Princeton, New Jersey, reports it has acquired Farrell Insurance Associates Inc. of Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. Jerry...

Smart Choice Announces Acquisition of Carriage Hill Insurance and Key Leadership Appointments for Smart Choice Partners (SCP)

Sep 22 2022 // SCP identifies strategic agency acquisition opportunities that are complementary to Smart Choice’s existing network of over 9,500 independent agencies. GREENSBORO, NC., September 22, 2022— Smart Choice® announces...

PCF Insurance Buys Peak Performance Brokerage, its 112th Acquisition This Year

Sep 22 2022 // PCF Insurance Services, a burgeoning brokerage based in Utah, has acquired Peak Performance Team, a brokerage that offers financing and insurance packages to automobile dealers in the United States. PPT, headquartered in...

Hong Kong Insurer AIA in Talks to Buy Philippine’s MediCard: Sources

Sep 22 2022 // AIA Group Ltd. is in advanced talks to acquire MediCard Philippines Inc., people familiar with the matter said, as the insurance giant seeks to boost its presence in Southeast Asia. AIA and MediCard are finalizing the...

RB Jones Acquires ‘Smart’ Ocean Cargo Business From Corvus

Sep 21 2022 // Specialty risk broker RB Jones announced its marine and energy division has acquired the Smart Cargo Insurance business from Boston-based managing general agent Corvus Insurance. The Corvus ocean cargo product offers an...

Smart Choice Makes Tennessee Agency Its 22nd Acquisition

Sep 20 2022 // Smart Choice, a network of independent agents, has acquired Carriage Hill Insurance, an agency in Tennessee. The agency has $4 million in annual revenue, with offices in Lenoir City, Oak Ridge, Brentwood and Athens,...

Acrisure Acquires Illinois’ B2Z Insurance

Sep 19 2022 // Acrisure announced it has acquired B2Z Insurance, a digitally native company that helps business owners obtain customizable insurance coverage in minutes. The acquisition of B2Z strengthens Acrisure’s digital...

Gallagher Re Taps Aon’s Bowen as Chief Science Officer; Aon Names Jursa CEO of Commercial Risk, Czech Republic; Gridel Joins Howden M&A to Lead Europe Biz Devel

Sep 19 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Gallagher Re, Aon and Howden M&A. A summary of these new hires follows here. Gallagher Re Names Aon’s Bowen as Chief Science Officer Gallagher...

Howden Acquires Born Consulting AG in Switzerland

Sep 19 2022 // Howden, the London-based independent insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Swiss broker Born Consulting AG. Founded in 2003 and based in Bern, Switzerland, Born Consulting is an independent insurance broker for...

California Funding Research to Develop New Wildfire Defense Tools

Sep 19 2022 // The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is funding research to better predict who wildfires spread from burning wildlands to communities. CalFire awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers Albert...

Risk Strategies Acquires Missouri’s Beattie & Associates

Sep 15 2022 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced it has acquired Beattie & Associates, a retail agency in Missouri specializing in employee benefits for both individuals and...

Relation Insurance Acquires Mobeck-Guandalini in Connecticut

Sep 15 2022 // National insurance agency Relation Insurance Services has acquired Mobeck-Guandalini Insurance, a multi-line brokerage headquartered in Branford, Connecticut. Christopher Guandalini will continue to lead Mobeck-Guandalini...

Brown & Brown Acquires New England’s Smithwick & Mariners Insurance

Sep 14 2022 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts has acquired Maine-based Smithwick & Mariners Insurance, which includes MidCoast Insurance and Chapman & Chapman Insurance. Originally founded in 1987 to service the marine...

Alera Group Acquires Louisiana’s jweinland Group Benefits

Sep 13 2022 // Alera Group announced the acquisition of jweinland Group Benefits, a full-service employee benefits firm specializing in the highest quality group benefits and self-funded insurance plans. “Our large and mid-market...

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Illinois’ VistaNational

Sep 13 2022 // Brown & Brown of Illinois, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Oak Brook, Illinois-based VistaNational. VistaNational was founded in 1996 by president and...

Conner Strong & Buckelew Acquires Pennsylvania’s Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll

Sep 12 2022 // Camden, New Jersey-based insurance brokerage Conner Strong & Buckelew has acquired Wayne, Pennsylvania-based brokerage firm, Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll. In business since the 1950s, Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll...

Biz Moves: King Insurance Acquires Two More Agencies in Florida

Sep 12 2022 // King Insurance, a rapidly expanding brokerage based in Gainesville, Florida, has announced the acquisitions of two more Florida agencies. King officials said that it bought Tallahassee-based Brad Burns Insurance, which...

Hub Grows Again with Acquisition of South Carolina Agency

Sep 9 2022 // Hub International Ltd., a global insurance brokerage, has continued its steady expansion with the recent acquisition of Tilghman Insurance of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Tilghman has provided commercial and personal...