Category: Brokers

March 24, 2021

Fast-growing global insurance brokerage Acrisure announced it has closed on two transactions representing a significant capital raise of $3.45 billion. BDT Capital Partners, a merchant bank, led a $3 billion investment through its affiliated investment funds into Acrisure’s senior preferred […]

March 15, 2021

Hollard is seeking applicants for this year’s Aspire Women Leaders Program, a year-long career development course tailored to female insurance brokers looking to become future business leaders. Hollard has run Aspire twice so far and of the 33 participants to […]

March 5, 2021

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a London-based insurance broker, has agreed to acquire CLS Risk Solutions (CLS RS), subject to regulatory approval. Financial details of the acquisition — its fourth so far this year — were not disclosed. Established in 2010, […]

February 15, 2021

EU regulator the European Commission has approved the acquisition of re/insurance broker Miller by global private equity firm, Cinven, and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. First announced in November 2020, the EC has now given the green light to the […]

February 3, 2021

Commercial property insurer FM Global has announced the appointment of Alberto Diaz (pictured) as senior broker relations manager for EMEA. Diaz previously served as director and vice president of AFM, Frankfurt, FM Global’s middle-market division. He was appointed to that […]

January 29, 2021

Insurance Business America (IBA) magazine has just released its 2021 Top Specialist Brokers list spotlighting 42 of the country’s most impressive individuals that found success through specialization. Whether it’s delivering communicable disease coverage and cyber policies for the COVID-19 era, […]

January 19, 2021

Mergers and acquisitions among insurance brokerages accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2020, capping a record-setting year, according to data from Optis Partners LLC. There were 290 fourth-quarter transactions involving U.S. and Canadian brokerages, third-party administrators and related managing general […]

January 19, 2021

Clovis, Calif.-based Sierra Specialty Insurance Services has added Chris Sunderland as a senior property/casualty underwriter. Sunderland previously co-founded International Property & Casualty Insurance Brokers of Nevada Inc., which was recently acquired by Platinum Specialty Underwriting, a division of XPT Group, […]

January 19, 2021

BGC Insurance (BGCI) has rebranded as Corant Global Ltd., which will become the holding company for all the insurance interests of BGC Partners Inc., a global brokerage and financial technology company, subject to regulatory consent. Corant will comprise the broking […]