Consolidators
Howden parades beauty membership providers buy
Howden has unveiled the purchase of Associated Beauty Therapists and Associated Irish Therapists, two beauty membership providers that offer insurance broking services to members operating in the health, wellbeing and beauty sectors in the UK and Ireland.
PIB returns to buying with RS Insurance Brokers
Consolidator PIB has bought Nottingham-based RS Insurance Brokers, adding expertise in fleet and professional indemnity to its portfolio of specialisms.
Warburg Pincus and Temasek complete SRG investment
Specialist Risk Group has confirmed the takeover by private equity house Warburg Pincus and Singapore-headquartered investor Temasek has completed after receiving all regulatory approvals.
JMG reaches 40 deals milestone with Confidential Solutions buy
JMG Group has bought London-based Confidential Solutions Group as it racked up its 40th deal since being formed in 2020 when Yorkshire-headquartered JM Glendinning underwent an MBO.
JMG adds to Yorkshire roots with C P Bennet buy
Leeds-headquartered JMG Group has bought Bridlington-based commercial and personal lines insurance broker C P Bennet.
Q&A: Seventeen Group CEO, Paul Anscombe
The boss of Seventeen Group, Paul Anscombe, tells Insurance Age about getting to 10 deals this year, the firm’s national reach and how innovation and specialisms are helping deliver organic growth at a business that has its eyes fixed on long-term…
Brown & Brown buys trade credit insurance solutions specialist
Brown & Brown Europe has acquired 100% of the share capital of trade credit insurance solutions specialist, CI Group.
Paragon buys Cox Mahon
Paragon International Insurance Brokers, a professional and financial lines subsidiary of PSC Insurance Group, has bought PI specialist Cox Mahon.
Zurich sells Navigators & General to Ardonagh’s Geo
Geo Underwriting is buying marine insurance provider Navigators & General from Zurich UK, with the deal expected to close before the end of the year.
Jensten completes on three deals
Jensten has bought Asprey Harris and completed the purchases of Chris Knott Insurance Consultants and Robert Gerrard & Co in a triple swoop that has pushed headcount above 1,000.
Brown & Brown makes ‘first significant’ European retail investment outside UK & Ireland
Brown & Brown has signed up to buy Netherlands firm Quintes Holding from Aquiline Capital Partners as it moves forwards with its European retail push.
Markerstudy to buy Northern Ireland broker Hughes Insurance
Markerstudy Group has confirmed plans to buy Hughes Insurance, just a month after completing its deal with Atlanta.
The Broker Investment Group ups stake in Glowsure to 49%
The Broker Investment Group has increased its stake in Droxford-based Glowsure Insurance Brokers to 49%, having first invested in 2017.
Clear buys book and assets of Maynard Milton Insurance Services
Clear Group has bought the book and assets of £4.9m gross written premium Southend-on-Sea based broker Maynard Milton Insurance Services.
Voyager Insurance Services sold to Caledon Group
Recently-formed investment group Caledon has bought travel and wedding insurance broker Voyager Insurance Services for an undisclosed sum.
Partners& snaps up two in employee wellbeing and healthcare push
Partners& has bought Nottingham-based Halo Consulting and Chester-based Personal Healthcare Management.
PIB reveals costs of record 26 deals in 2023
PIB spent £331.9m on a record 26 deals in 2023 as the consolidator expanded in the UK and across Europe.
SRG bolsters equestrian expertise with Carriagehouse buy
Specialist Risk Group has bought the ongoing business of Carriagehouse.
Partners& adds SEP bolstering North West footprint
Partners& has revealed its second deal in a week, buying Merseyside-based broker SEP Insurance.
Brown & Brown’s PCG buys Advo Group
Brown & Brown Europe-owned Premier Choice Group has bought employee benefits intermediary Advo Group.
Markerstudy and Atlanta merger completed
Ardonagh has confirmed the completion of the Atlanta Group and Markerstudy merger.
SRG buys schemes broker Strategic Insurance Services
Specialist Risk Group has signed up to buy Strategic Insurance Services in the consolidator’s first deal since its new backers were revealed.
Seventeen adds to northern footprint with first Yorkshire buy
Seventeen Group has bought East Pennine Insurance Consultants which trades as Fletcher Smith in Sheffield and North East Insurance Brokers in the North East.
Jensten buys Chris Knott Insurance Consultants to bolster South East presence
Jensten has bought Chris Knott Insurance Consultants adding 19 staff and an office in Hastings to the group.