2021 mergers & acquisitions News

Alera Group Acquires Employee Benefits Division of Lamb Insurance Services

Alera Group, an independent, national insurance and wealth management firm, has acquired the employee benefits division of Lamb Insurance Services, an insurance broker exclusively dedicated to nonprofit and social service organizations. The acquisition is effective April 1, 2021, and the …

Gallagher Bassett Services Acquires Total Safety Consulting and Its Affiliates

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s risk management services subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. (GB), has acquired Bayonne, New Jersey-based Total Safety Consulting LLC (TSC) and its affiliates, including TSC Training Academy LLC (TSCTA). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. …

AssuredPartners Acquires Massachusetts’ Lehrer & Madden Insurance Agency

AssuredPartners, Inc. has acquired Lehrer & Madden Insurance Agency Inc. of Natick, Massachusetts. Lehrer & Madden is AssuredPartners’ first acquisition in May and its 17th acquisition in 2021. The team will remain under the leadership of Lehrer & Madden President …

USI Insurance Services Acquires Northwest Insurance Service’s Insurance Business

USI Insurance Services (USI), a provider of risk management, employee benefit and retirement plan consulting, has completed its acquisition of the insurance business offered through Northwest Insurance Services from Northwest Bank, a subsidiary of Northwest Bancshares Inc. Northwest Insurance Services …

Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s Duryea Agency

Alera Group, a financial services and risk management company, has acquired Duryea Agency, an insurance agency providing personal insurance and business insurance for clients across New Jersey and beyond. Duryea Agency is a New Jersey-based insurance agency that offers products, …

Alera Group Acquires New York’s The Waterford Group

Alera Group, a financial services and risk management company, has acquired The Waterford Group, a Rochester, New York-based retirement plan specialist providing consulting and fiduciary services to companies. Following the acquisition, The Waterford Group team will continue serving clients in …

The Hilb Group Acquires Select Book of Business in New Jersey, New York

The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired a select book of business of quick-serve restaurant clients with more than 100 locations in New Jersey and New York. These clients will participate in THG’s Alternative Solutions Insurance Company (ASIC) program, which …

Hub International Acquires Massachusetts’ IBG Financial Partners

Hub International Limited, a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired IBG Financial Partners LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, IBG is a team of retirement plan consultants that provides fiduciary and retirement plan consulting …

The Hilb Group Acquires Maryland’s Parallel Risk Advisors

The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Maryland-based Parallel Risk Advisors LLC. (PRA). The transaction became effective on January 1, 2021. PRA is a commercial lines property/casualty consulting and advisory firm specializing in the commercial real estate industry. As part …

NFP Acquires The Schuster Group, Expanding Capabilities in the Northeast

NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides property/casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has acquired Schuster Driscoll LLC, d/b/a The Schuster Group, and its nonprofit membership platform, TANGO Administrative and Management Services LLC (together, TSG). The transaction closed …