Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
Aston Lark launches joint MGA venture
The broker has teamed up with Spring Partners as the platform buys Neon Sapphire Underwriting.
Go Compare owner sold for almost £600m
GoCo has been bought four years after its Esure de-merger.
Private equity picks up the AA for £219m
An offer from Towerbrook and Warburg Pincus has been recommended to shareholders.
Aston Lark hits £500m GWP
The business struck a number of deals, with more in the pipeline, which have taken the broker to half a billion of gross written premium.
JM Glendinning hits acquisition trail after MBO
Group CEO Nick Houghton discusses how the deal with Synova Capital came about and reveals ambition to grow JMG's GWP from £45m to £200m in the next five years.
Howden snaps up cyber specialist
The broker has bought Lloyd’s coverholder Safeonline.
PIB expands into Poland with fresh deal
The business says it plans further growth in its European operations as it buys Polish broker WBD.
JM Glendinning management completes MBO backed by Synova Capital
PE firm to support organic growth and acquisition plans as JMG aims to grow four-fold in five years, with former Stackhouse Poland boss Tim Johnson joining board as Jeremy Cary becomes an adviser.
Ardonagh reveals 14.4% growth in adjusted Ebitda
The business says it has a "robust forward-looking pipeline" after making five deals in Q3 2020.
Daulby Read reveals deal-making plans
MD Peter Goddard tells Insurance Age about the firm's mission to keep broking "at the heart of the community" and discusses its recent purchase of Townsends Insurance Brokers.
Hastings sale to Finnish/South African consortium completed
Takeover, which valued the business at £1.66bn, sees Hastings delist from the London Stock Exchange.
RSA suitors agree cash offer
RSA board says it will recommend the £7.2bn deal to shareholders as Intact and Tryg take next step to buy and split the insurer.
Aon seeks European Commission approval for $30bn WTW deal
The EU watchdog is to make a decision by 21 December 2020.
Aston Lark buys two brokers from Risk Alliance Group
Risk Alliance in Bingley and Belfast-based Risk Alliance International bring a combined GWP of £12m to Aston Lark.
Intact secures billions in funding as RSA sale talks forge ahead
If a firm offer is made Intact will buy RSA's Canadian and UK & International operations.
Aston Lark buys MS Amlin division
The broker has purchased specialist marine pleasure craft insurance provider, Haven Knox-Johnston, for an undisclosed sum.
Brokers hope "inevitable" RSA sale will inject new life into the "sleeping monolith"
Some brokers expect potential deal to re-energise RSA, while others criticise the provider's "poor performance" and predict an uncertain future for its UK operations.
Broker space still attractive to investors
Inflexion’s Peter Shaw tells Insurance Age why the sector is still a safe bet for private equity.
Willis Towers Watson sells Miller
Private equity firm Cinven and Singapore wealth fund GIC have bought the specialist broker for an undisclosed sum.
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NFP buys Birmingham-based broker
The US-headquartered business adds commercial broker ER Shaw to its stable.
GRP Yorkshire hub Marshall Wooldridge buys again with RIB swoop
Marshall Wooldridge, the Yorkshire hub business for Global Risk Partners, has acquired its second broker within a month following a swoop for Rotherham-based RIB Group.
Hazelton Mountford buys Michael Rollett & Co
Move comes as owner Michael Rollett retires.
PIB's McManus lifts the lid on Erskine Murray lockdown deal
The CEO tells Insurance Age how the deal came about and discusses plans for the future and how the pandemic is slowing the buying process down.