Agents & Brokers News

Gallagher Buys Majority Stake in UK Property-Owners’ Broker Vasek Insurance

Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker Gallagher announced it has acquired a controlling interest in Purple Bridge Group Ltd., the holding company of UK specialist property insurance provider Vasek Insurance Services Ltd. The deal includes Vasek’s appointed representative Insure My Villa, and …

Hub International Acquires Ontario’s Proteus Performance Management

Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired Proteus Performance Management Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Proteus provides specialized pension plan governance and investment consulting to corporate plan sponsors, …

Insurance Technologies Corp. Acquires Assurance Systems

Texas-based Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of websites, marketing, rating and management software and services, has acquired Assurance Systems Inc., an insurance technology provider in the southeastern United States. Founded in 1986, Assurance Systems product offerings include AccuAuto, its …

Willis Towers Watson Taps Marsh’s Willmott as Sales Leader for UK Corporate Retail

Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Adrian Willmott as sales leader for its Corporate Risk & Broking GB Retail business. Based in London, Willmott will be responsible for developing Willis Towers Watson’s integrated sales approach for the retail business …

UK’s Ed Broking to Be Acquired by BGC Partners

Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced that it would be acquired by a subsidiary of BGC Partners, Inc (BGC), a global brokerage and financial technology company. Financial details of the deal, which is subject to a number …

AFL Insurance Brokers Finds Good Strategic, Cultural Fit with U.S. MGA Zodiac

AFL Insurance Brokers, the London-based Lloyd’s broker, was looking for an MGA platform in the United States and found the perfect partner last month when it purchased Zodiac Insurance Services, which specializes in professional, entertainment and event insurance. It wasn’t …

Marsh Joins with Insurtech Firm Concirrus to Drive Behavioral Analytics in Marine Market

Concirrus, the London-based insurtech company specializing in marine analytics, announced it has formed a multi-year agreement with insurance broker Marsh. The agreement will see the two companies working together to drive the use of behavioral data in the global marine …

AIR Worldwide Develops Probabilistic Model for Global Cyber Risks

Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced it has developed a probabilistic model for cyber risk, which is capable of accounting for security breach and cloud service provider downtime incidents for insurance portfolios worldwide. AIR’s probabilistic cyber model estimates the …

Miller Agrees to Acquire London Re/Insurance Broker Alston Gayler

Miller announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alston Gayler and Co. (AG), majority owned by Nelson Holdings Ltd. AG is an independent London market re/insurance broker specializing in multiple lines of business, said Miller, noting that …

Aon Forms New Ventures Group, Led by Chief Innovation Officer Goland

Aon plc announced it has formed a new unit called New Ventures Group, which is designed to increase Aon’s investment in innovative new businesses. The global unit will identify, incubate and deliver new sources of value for clients, explained an …