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Acrisure acquires two leading MSPs to expand its cyber services division
22nd July 2022
Acrisure, a fast-growing fintech leader and insurance broking group, has acquired two Managed Service Providers (MSP) within its cyber services division: Catalyst Technology Group and ITS Inc. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Catalyst Technology Group offers small-and-medium (S&M) size businesses enterprise-class IT support with a specialty in streamlining processes for better customer ... Read the full article
Marsh McLennan extends lead as top global broker based on 2021 revenues
6th July 2022
Marsh McLennan remains the world's largest re/insurance broker, in terms of total revenues, which reached a huge $19.8 billion for the firm in 2021, according to our directory of the Top 20 Global Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers, based on research data from A.M. Best. Year-on-year, Marsh McLennan's ... Read the full article
MGAM and SCOR to lead Gov-backed scheme for fire assessors
29th June 2022
UK insurer MGAM, an Acrisure partner, and SCOR, in partnership with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, will deliver a new Government backed professional indemnity insurance (PII) scheme for EWS1 assessors, according to an announcement. The external wall fire review process forms (EWS1) were developed by the Royal Institution ... Read the full article
Acrisure picks up brokerage Russell Scanlan
22nd June 2022
Acrisure has bought broker and risk management firm Russell Scanlan. The deal, which is pending approval by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is expected by the firm to be completed in ‘the near term’. To date in 2022, Acrisure has completed or has under letter of intent 100 acquisitions. Established in ... Read the full article
Acrisure secures $725m in new funding
31st May 2022
Acrisure has secured additional funding to fuel its ongoing global expansion further. The firm said it had closed $725m in Series B-2 Preferred Equity and received a $23bn valuation, representing a 31% increase from its last preferred equity raise in March 2021. The round of investing was led by the Abu Dhabi ... Read the full article
Acrisure names new EVP, Head of Insurance Strategy & Execution
20th May 2022
Global insurance broker and fintech platform, Acrisure has announced that it has appointed Matthew Kirk as Executive Vice President and Head of Insurance Strategy and Execution. Kirk joins Acrisure following 16 years at US property & casualty insurer, The Hartford, where he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Sales & Distribution ... Read the full article
Acrisure Re hires Ainsby from WTW to lead new Asia fac operation
18th May 2022
Acrisure Re, the reinsurance arm of the brokerage and fintech platform, has hired Duncan Ainsby from WTW to lead its new Asia facultative operation based out of the firm's new Hong Kong office. Ainsby takes on the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) of Facultative Reinsurance and Head of Asia. Based ... Read the full article
Acrisure partners with Coalition to unveil Cyber Risk Assessment
3rd May 2022
Global insurance broker, Acrisure, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with cyber insurance and security provider, Coalition. Acrisure’s Cyber Services division will offer the Coalition Risk Assessment, which is designed to help small and mid-size organisations understand their cyber and digital risk exposure. The risk assessment offers a personalised ... Read the full article
Acrisure to acquire Volante Global; expects premiums to increase substantially
22nd March 2022
Insurance and reinsurance broker Acrisure is set to acquire managing general agent (MGA) Volante Global, a provider of niche, specialist re/insurance solutions with 2021 premiums of roughly $350 million. Under the arrangement, Acrisure will take control of all of Volante's brands, including Aesir Space, Horizon Europe AG, and all territory-based MGAs ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s syndicate uses Vesttoo’s marketplace for agg stop-loss transaction
14th March 2022
Vesttoo, an AI-based insurance-linked investment platform, continues to expand its risk-agnostic offering and P&C liabilities focus, with this news of a transaction for a large Lloyd’s syndicate in the UK that wished to place an aggregate stop-loss transaction covering multiple perils, with total subject gross net written premiums of $270 ... Read the full article
Acrisure acquires Summa Insurance Brokerage
7th March 2022
Global insurance broker and fintech platform Acrisure has acquired Summa Insurance Brokerage, making it Acrisure’s first expansion into the Spanish market, bringing the number of countries in which the company has a physical presence to ten. This follows Acrisure’s recent partnership with Brazilian firm It’sSeg and adds another major European ... Read the full article
Acrisure Re names Duncan Ainsby as Head of Asia
25th February 2022
Acrisure Re, the reinsurance arm of the global insurance broker and fintech platform, has appointed Duncan Ainsby as Senior Vice President, Head of Asia, where he will be based in Hong Kong. He joins from WTW, where he held the role of Strategic Account Director for just under three years. Prior to ... Read the full article
Acrisure launches cyber services division
24th January 2022
Michigan-based Acrisure is to launch its own cyber services division. The company, which already has insurance, reinsurance, real estate services, and asset management divisions, said that it is forming Acrisure Cyber Services. The fintech company said that its new division would offer businesses an all-in-one solution encompassing risk assessment, insurance, security ... Read the full article
Acrisure Re names Ming Li as Global Head of Cat Modeling
18th January 2022
Acrisure Re, the re/insurance broker and fintech platform of Acrisure, has announced the appointment of Ming Li to the new role of Managing Director and Global Head of Catastrophe Modeling. Effective January 18th, he will be based in New York and will report to Michael Cross, President of Acrisure Re North ... Read the full article
B.P. Marsh & Partners to sell Summa shares for €9.7mn
12th January 2022
Specialist early-stage investor B.P. Marsh & Partners has announced the sale of its entire 77.25% shareholding in Summa Insurance Brokerage (Summa), the Madrid based Spanish insurance broker consolidator, to Acrisure España, the Spanish subsidiary of the global financial services business. Upon completion, the group will receive €9,715,484 (£8,113,817), after all associated ... Read the full article