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Gallagher closes $13.45bn acquisition of AssuredPartners

18th August 2025

Global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the completion of its acquisition of US insurance broker AssuredPartners. In December 2024, Gallagher entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AssuredPartners from GTCR for a total consideration of $13.45 billion. The transaction is reportedly the largest sale of a U.S. ... Read the full article

Gallagher’s acquisition of AssuredPartners pushed back amid regulatory review

10th March 2025

Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) has received a request for additional information as part of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing for its proposed acquisition of AssuredPartners, extending the transaction's closing date to the second half of 2025. For those unfamiliar, AJG entered into a definitive agreement in December last year to acquire ... Read the full article

Gallagher to acquire AssuredPartners for $13.45bn

9th December 2024

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AssuredPartners, a US insurance broker with client capabilities across commercial property/casualty, specialty, employee benefits and personal lines, for a gross consideration of $13.45 billion from GTCR. The transaction is considered the largest sale of a US ... Read the full article

AssuredPartners makes Regional President announcements for Retail Division

25th January 2024

Florida-based broker AssuredPartners (AP) is expanding its leadership team with four new Regional Presidents named to run operations throughout the retail division of the global insurance brokerage, effective January 1, 2024. These include Jon Taylor and Cassondra Hustrulid, who will report into Retail President; as well as Brian Bair, Mike Ross ... Read the full article

AssuredPartners names Joe Braunstein as Aerospace Managing Director

4th October 2023

Orlando domiciled insurance brokerage AssuredPartners has announced the appointment of Joe Braunstein as its Aerospace Managing Director effective September 18th, 2023, reporting to Eric Barfield, President of the division. Braunstein will be tasked with include leading the Aerospace client and carrier relationship strategy, helping direct and coordinate business opportunities, and assisting ... Read the full article

AssuredPartners acquires Alpine Insurance Associates

1st December 2022

Insurance broker, AssuredPartners, has acquired Alpine Insurance Associates, located in Reno, NV. Alpine’s team will remain under the operational leadership of President, Chris Gonfiantini and Vice President, Ryan Garaventa. Gonfiantini, commented: “In addition to Alpine’s cutting-edge products and competitive pricing, building honest relationships has always remained at the forefront of what we ... Read the full article

AssuredPartners acquires Quest Benefits, Inc.

14th October 2022

Broker, AssuredPartners, Inc. has announced that it has acquired Quest Benefits, Inc. Located in Chantilly, VA, Quest is now the 23rd acquisition completed by AssuredPartners so far in 2022. In a press release, it notes that the team will remain under the leadership of President, Sami Satouri. “Quest Insurance was thrilled to celebrate ... Read the full article

Accretive appoints Fred Browning as Chief Underwriting Officer

31st August 2022

Specialty and wholesale broker Accretive Insurance has announced that Fred Browning has joined the leadership team as Chief Underwriting Officer. Before joining Accretive, Browning served as the Chief Underwriting Officer for AmeriTrust Insurance. There, he was responsible for the corporate underwriting for all AmeriTrust Insurance Group companies, consisting of admitted and ... Read the full article

AssuredPartners launches Accretive Insurance Solutions

27th January 2022

US broker AssuredPartners has launched a new specialty, wholesale, and program administration company called Accretive Insurance Solutions, led by Sean Smith as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Since the beginning of this year, specialty and wholesale firms in the AssuredPartners family will be organised under the Accretive structure. Accretive aims to ... Read the full article

GTCR acquires broker AssuredPartners from Apax VIII

21st February 2019

Apax VIII is to sell its entire stake in U.S. insurance brokerage AssuredPartners to an investor group led by Chicago-based GTCR, which actually owned the broker from its inception in 2011 before its sale to Apax VIII in 2015. The deal reunites previous backer GTCR with AssuredPartners roughly four years after ... Read the full article