2023 M&A News

Bank Completes Sale of Eastern Insurance to Gallagher

Eastern Bankshares, Inc., the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, has completed the previously disclosed sale of its insurance operations, which conduct business as Eastern Insurance Group, to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Under the agreement, Gallagher acquired Eastern Insurance …

UK’s Ardonagh Acquires Commercial Broker for SMEs in Switzerland

The Ardonagh Group, the London-based independent insurance distribution platform, has agreed to acquire ASSEPRO, the largest independent commercial broker for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Switzerland, with operations in Austria and Liechtenstein. Ardonagh will fund the transaction with a …

RenRe Completes $3.3 Billion Acquisition of Validus Re From AIG

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it has concluded its acquisition of Validus Re, the treaty reinsurance business of American International Group. AIG received total consideration of $3.3 billion in cash, including a pre-closing dividend, and approximately $275 million in RenaissanceRe common …

NFP Acquires Ireland-Based Health and Safety Consultancy, SeaChange Ltd.

NFP, a New York City-based property/casualty broker, announced it has acquired SeaChange Ltd., a health and safety consultancy based in Naas, County Kildare, in Ireland. This acquisition expands NFP’s European health and safety capabilities and solutions for the company’s Irish, …

Risk Strategies Acquires Philadelphia Area’s Fairmount Benefits

Boston-based national specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Fairmount Benefits Co., a Philadelphia-based specialty firm focused on employee benefit programs and technology for corporate employers. Fairmount Benefits has established specializations in funding mechanisms, pharmacy cost management, benefit …

NFP Buys UK-Based Resolute Insurance Services

NFP, a New York City-based property/casualty broker, announced it has acquired Resolute Insurance Services, an independent insurance broker based in the West Midlands. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. NFP said the acquisition expands its commercial insurance product …

RMS Brokerage Acquires Clancy & Clancy in New York

RMS Insurance Brokerage, LLC announced that it has acquired Garden City, New York-based Clancy & Clancy Brokerage LTD (C&C). An independent insurance agency founded in 1956 by the late Maureen and Cummin Clancy, C&C offers commercial and personal lines insurance …

Choice Financial Group Acquires SIA Insurance in New Jersey

Choice Financial Group announced it has acquired SIA Insurance in Manasquan, New Jersey. The move marks Choice’s fourth acquisition in New Jersey and adds to Choice’s growing East Coast presence from New Hampshire to Florida. SIA Insurance was formed in …

Gallagher Acquires New York’s Rosenzweig Agency

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Mineola, New York-based Rosenzweig Insurance Agency, Inc. Rosenzweig Insurance Agency is an insurance broker with pharmacy expertise serving small and medium-sized businesses. Larry Rosenzweig, Lynn Rosenzweig Derby and their team will …

Howden Buys Portfolio of Broker in Luxembourg, Acquires Belgium Broker WDR

Howden, the London-based global insurance group, announced it has established a retail presence in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with the acquisition of the portfolio of United Brokers S.A., and has strengthened its position in Belgium with the acquisition of …