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Generali Completes Acquisition of La Médicale from Crédit Agricole Assurances

Jul 5 2022 // Generali has completed the acquisition of La Médicale from Crédit Agricole Assurances, following receipt of the necessary approvals from relevant regulatory and competition authorities, for €435 million (US$453.8...

Howden Buys New Zealand Broker Wallace McLean

Jul 5 2022 // Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Wallace McLean, which further strengthens its local expertise and provides an enhanced platform for its strategic growth plans in New Zealand. Wallace...

Ardonagh Europe to Acquire Léons Group in the Netherlands

Jul 5 2022 // Ardonagh Europe Ltd., the Dublin-based subsidiary of The Ardonagh Group, announced it has agreed to acquire Léons Group, an independent family-owned insurance brokerage and consultancy firm in the...

Vertafore Acquires MGA Systems

Jul 1 2022 // Insurance technology vendor Vertafore reports that it has acquired MGA Systems, a provider of software for managing general agencies based in Melville, New York. Vertafore said the acquisition gives its customers access to...

PCF Acquires MGA United Underwriters in Utah

Jun 30 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired Utah-based property/casualty managing general agent United Underwriters. United Underwriters offers agencies across the Western United States P/C MGA services and programs including...

Hill Group Acquires Indiana’s Howe-LaGrange and Reick Agencies

Jun 30 2022 // The Hilb Group announced that it has acquired Indiana-based Howe-LaGrange Insurance Agency and Reick Insurance Agency, expanding the company’s growing presence throughout Indiana and the Midwest. Based in LaGrange,...

ReSource Pro Acquires Commercial Lines Technology Platform towerIQ

Jun 30 2022 // Insurance business services firm ReSource Pro reports it has completed its acquisition of towerIQ, a property/casualty insurance focused technology platform designed to streamline workflows and capture market...

Cross Insurance Acquires Benefits Agency in Massachusetts

Jun 29 2022 // Maine-based insurance agency Cross Insurance has reported its acquisition of Northern Benefits of Massachusetts. Northern Benefits of Massachusetts, based in Marlborough, specializes in customized benefits brokerage and...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires UK Broker Erimus Group Ltd.

Jun 28 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Erimus Group Ltd. in the UK. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986 and based in Teesside, England, Erimus is an established retail insurance...

Alera Group Acquires Compensation Works in Washington

Jun 28 2022 // Alera Group acquired Compensation Works in Washington. The Compensation Works team will continue serving clients in their existing roles. Compensation Works is a national compensation company providing services that...

Acrisure Acquires Ohio’s QuickInsured Agency

Jun 24 2022 // Acrisure, a fintech company that runs a global insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based QuickInsured, a tech-centered insurance agency. Acrisure will now have use of QuickInsured’s...

Gallagher Acquires Ireland’s INNOVU Group

Jun 24 2022 // U.S. based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has purchased Wexford, Ireland-based INNOVU Group Holding Co. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded by Ronan Foley in 2018, INNOVU...

Alacrity Solutions Acquires Property Damage Appraisers In Texas

Jun 23 2022 // Alacrity Solutions Group LLC acquired Property Damage Appraisers in Fort Worth, Texas. PDA is an independent specialty and auto damage appraisal firm.. PDA’s corporate The transaction with PDA is Alacrity’s...

World Insurance Buys Commercial Insurance Agency of Massachusetts

Jun 23 2022 // World Insurance Associates announced has acquired Commercial Insurance Agency of Belmont, Massachusetts. Terms of the May 1, 2022 transaction were not disclosed. George W. Ruggiero, Jr. established CIA in 1975 and today he...

Digital Insurer Startup Wefox Seeks Funding at Over $5 Billion Value

Jun 22 2022 // Wefox, the German digital insurer, is in advanced discussions to raise fresh funding at a valuation of $5 billion to $6 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Berlin-based insurtech startup is aiming to...

Acrisure Acquires UK Independent Brokerage Russell Scanlan

Jun 22 2022 // U.S.-based insurance broker Acrisure reports that it has acquired UK independent specialty broker Russell Scanlan in Nottingham. The deal is expected to close in the near term, pending Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Agent-Focused Home Insurer Openly Closes $75 Million Funding Round

Jun 22 2022 // Boston-based Openly, an insurtech homeowners insurer distributing through independent agents, has closed a $75 million Series C investment. According to founders Ty Harris and Matt Wielbut, Openly has responded to a...

California Bill Would Require Gunowners to Buy Liability Insurance

Jun 21 2022 // California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure. “Guns kill more people than cars. Yet...

JAB to Acquire Fairfax’s Pet Insurance Stake in Crum & Forster, PetHealth

Jun 20 2022 // JAB Holding Company and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited said today that JAB’s pet insurance business agreed to acquire all of Fairfax’s interests in the Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group and PetHealth...

Insurance Broker Acrisure Touches $23 Billion in Valuation After Latest Funding

Jun 20 2022 // Acrisure reports it has raised $725 million in a fresh funding round led by a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing the insurance brokerage at $23 billion. The company has benefited from a jump...