agency mergers 2016 News

24 Independent Insurance, Benefits Agencies Form National Brokerage, Alera Group

There is a new national independent insurance brokerage and wealth management firm that opens its doors with more than 20,00 clients, $158 million in annual revenues and 750 employees in 40 offices across 15 states. The new firm is called …

XL Catlin to Buy Australian Underwriting Agency Brooklyn

Specialist insurer XL Catlin has agreed to acquire Australia’s Brooklyn Underwriting from Paul Hines. Brooklyn is an underwriting agency in Australia and a Lloyd’s approved coverholder, that has been operating in the Australian market for more than two decades, Brooklyn …

Hub International Acquires Canadian Agency, New Dimensions Underwriters

Global insurance broker Hub International Ltd. has acquired New Dimensions Underwriters Ltd. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, New Dimensions is a managing general agency. Russ Davis, the owner and president of New Dimensions, will join Hub Financial and be part …

Current State of P/C Insurance Agency Mergers and Valuations

The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 ranked as second-most-active six-month period since 2008. According to a new report on agency merger acivity by Chicago-based investment banking and consulting firm OPTIS Partners, which …

AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Private Client Group in Florida

Special insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. said it has completed its acquisition of the acquisition of Private Client Insurance Group, a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based wholesale broker specializing in personal lines insurance for high net worth individuals. PCIG will join …

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s AIV Group

World Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, said it recently acquired AIV Group, an insurance agency serving the Asian community. AIV Group, in Avenel, New Jersey, was founded in 2010 by Sonali Shah, who …

Cross Insurance Acquires Maine’s Sargent, Tyler & West

Maine’s Cross Insurance reported it has acquired another leading Maine insurance agency, Sargent, Tyler & West in Bangor, and its Bucksport branch office, Roland Grindle Insurance Agency. Sargent, Tyler & West has been in business for nearly 200 years. Michael …

Confie Acquires 2 New York Agencies: Sprague in Corning; Mason in Hancock

National insurance distribution firm Confie has acquired two insurance brokerages in New York State โ€“ Lloyd D. Sprague & Son Inc. and J.N. Mason Agency Inc. Confie, a portfolio company of ABRY Partner, has completed 11 acquisitions thus far in …

Hub Acquires Assets of Gateway Financial Affiliated Agency in Pennsylvania

Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Tenth Dot Benefit Solutions, an employee benefits agency in Pittsburgh that is affiliated with Gateway Financial Group Inc. and does business as Gateway Financial. Terms of the deal were …

Insurance Office of America Acquires Hornung Agency in Delaware

Insurance Office of America (IOA) of Longwood, Florida, has acquired Thomas J. Hornung & Associates, an independent insurance agency in the Wilmington, Delaware area. Thomas J. Hornung, who founded the agency in 1997, and all employees will join the IOA …