Latest Mergers & Acquisitions Headlines

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Hub Acquires Texas’ Catto & Catto

Dec 2 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the assets of Catto & Catto, Inc. and Catto & Catto Benefits Group, LLC (collectively, Catto & Catto)....

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency

Dec 2 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency Inc. of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on November 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Coe-Brooke Insurance Agency Inc. is a family...

Howden Acquires UK Specialist Broker Ross Insurance Group

Dec 2 2021 // Howden, the international re/insurance broker, announced it has acquired Ross Insurance Group, a commercial broker servicing corporate and technology clients, as it continues to invest in expertise for its UK...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Buys Australia’s Sound Insurance Services

Dec 2 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Caulfield, Victoria-based Sound Insurance Services in Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Gallagher Completes $3.25B Purchase of Willis’...

Marsh McLennan Acquires Texas-Based Insource

Dec 1 2021 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired InSource Insurance Group LLC, an independent agency in Texas. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. InSource Insurance Group was formed in 1986 to provide...

Ryan Specialty Acquires Crouse and Associates in California

Dec 1 2021 // Ryan Specialty Group acquired transportation specialist Crouse and Associates in San Francisco, California. The Crouse team is now a part of RT Specialty, the wholesale brokerage division of Ryan Specialty. Crouse has...

Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s KRA Insurance Agency

Dec 1 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired full-service brokerage firm KRA Insurance Agency Inc. Included in the transaction is KRA’s wholly owned subsidiary, KRA...

High Street Acquires 27 Former Nationwide Agencies

Dec 1 2021 // Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners reported it has acquired 27 former Nationwide exclusive insurance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Maryland. The company said all of the...

Xenia Buys UK Trade Credit and Surety Broker, Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks

Dec 1 2021 // The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group, announced it has acquired Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks Ltd., based in Northampton, England. Peter Hill is a leading specialist trade credit...

Howden Acquires Specialist Broker Expat Marine in Hong Kong

Dec 1 2021 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the assets of Expat Marine Ltd. (EML), a specialist insurance broker providing employee benefits and general insurance products and advice to clients...

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Acquires D.E.P. in California

Dec 1 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers acquired D.E.P. Insurance Services Inc. in Huntington Beach, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. D.E.P. Insurance Services is owned by Don Phoenix, and has been in...

Zywave Acquires Insurance Distribution, Quoting Software Firm ClarionDoor

Nov 30 2021 // Milwaukee-based Insurance technology firm Zywave reports it has acquired Santa Barbara, Calif.-based ClarionDoor, a seller of insurance product distribution software for the property/casualty market. Zywave said...

Owners of Thai Insurer Syn Mun Kong Explore Sale of Majority Stake

Nov 30 2021 // The controlling shareholders of Thai insurer Syn Mun Kong Insurance Pcl are exploring the sale of a majority stake in the firm and have picked several strategic players to advance into the next round of bidding, according...

Definity Financial’s CEO Plots Acquisitions After Insurer’s Canadian IPO

Nov 29 2021 // Definity Financial Corp., the 150-year-old insurer that held its initial public offering [on Nov. 17], will look to use its newfound access to capital to expand through acquisitions, the firm’s top executive...

IncubEx, Led by Industry Veteran Eckert, Buys UK Insurtech Platform Insurwave

Nov 24 2021 // IncubEx Inc., a Chicago-based company that is chaired by industry veteran Neil Eckert and designs and develops new financial products in global environmental, climate risk and related commodity markets, announced the...

People Moves: Mosaic Launches London M&A Team, Hiring From Liberty Mutual, AIG; BHSI Promotes 2 in UK; Marsh’s Dubreuil to MGA Alta Signa in Brussels

Nov 23 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Mosaic Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and MGA Alta Signa Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Mosaic Launches London...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Real Estate Insurance Solutions in Utah

Nov 23 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Park City, Utah-based Real Estate Insurance Solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chris Nangle and his associates will remain in their current location under the direction...

Generali in Preliminary Talks to Buy Credit Agricole Subsidiary La Medicale

Nov 23 2021 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA is in early talks on a possible takeover of Credit Agricole subsidiary La Medicale, as part of plans to expand in European non-life and health insurance businesses, according to people with...

Alera Group Acquires Schwartz Insurance Agency in Arizona

Nov 23 2021 // Alera Group acquired Schwartz Insurance Agency in an Arizona. Schwartz Insurance will expand Alera Group’s footprint in Arizona. Schwartz Insurance joins Alera Group through Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group...

ALKEME Acquires H&S Insurance Services in California

Nov 22 2021 // ALKEME acquired H&S Insurance Services in Moorpark, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. H&S operates in 50 states, specializing in commercial, personal, benefits and risk management in the...