2019 M&A News

Risk Strategies Acquires New England-Based Subsidiaries of Gowrie Holdings

Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired the two subsidiaries of Gowrie Holdings Inc. (GHI). The acquisitions include both Gowrie Group, a full-service national specialty retail insurance brokerage with an established leadership reputation …

World Insurance Associates Acquires New York’s J & S Risk Planning Group

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired J & S Risk Planning Group LLC of Wantagh, N.Y., on November 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, J & S Risk Planning Group LLC provides insurance services …

Brown & Brown to Acquire Canadian MGA Special Risk Insurance Managers

Brown & Brown Programs Inc. has agreed to acquire the assets of the British Columbia, Canada-based managing general agency Special Risk Insurance Managers (SRIM). The transaction is expected to close effective January 1, 2020. Brown & Brown said the acquisition …

Swiss Re to Sell U.K. Insurer ReAssure to Phoenix Group for $4.3B in Cash, Shares

Swiss Re announced an agreement to sell its U.K. life subsidiary ReAssure Group plc to Phoenix Group Holdings plc. As part of the agreement, which values ReAssure at £3.25 billion ($4.3 billion), Swiss Re will receive a cash payment of …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Australia’s Blueleaf Consulting

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia-based Blueleaf Consulting Pty Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2006, Blueleaf Consulting is a holistic financial …

Legacy Specialist Catalina Holdings to Acquire Asia Capital Reinsurance Group

Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., the legacy re/insurance specialist, has reached an in principle agreement to acquire Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte. Ltd. (ACR), a Singapore-based reinsurance business. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2020, subject …

Insurtech M&A: Applied Systems to Acquire Indio to Digitize Commercial Lines Sales

Leading insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire digital insurance technology startup Indio Technologies. The move will enable Applied Systems to offer Indio’s digitized commercial insurance application and renewal process to its 13,000 agency and brokerage customers and …

Verisk Signs Agreement to Acquire New Jersey’s FAST

Verisk, a Jersey City, N.J.-headquartered data analytics provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FAST, a privately held software company for the life insurance and annuity industry based in Iselin, N.J. FAST offers a flexible policy administration system that …

Arch Capital Group Finalizes Acquisition of Barbican Group Holdings

Arch Capital Group Ltd. announced the completion of its previously disclosed acquisition of Barbican Group Holdings Ltd. (Barbican), including Barbican Managing Agency Ltd., Lloyd’s Syndicate 1955, Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and other associated entities. “We are excited to complete this …

Wholesale Broker H.W. Kaufman Acquires UK MGA Barbican Protect

H.W. Kaufman Group, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, announced the acquisition of Barbican Protect Ltd., as part of its continued expansion into the UK market, subject to regulatory approval. Purchased from Barbican Insurance Group for …