Alera Group Acquires Blue Communications and Bagwell & Bagwell Insurance

Alera Group Acquires Bailey & Company Benefits Group

December 12, 2018

Insurance

Alera Group, a national independent insurance agency based in Deerfield, Illinois, has acquired Cincinnati-based Bailey & Company Benefits Group, an employee benefits firm. The acquisition expands Alera's employee benefits capabilities and local presence in the Cincinnati market; terms were not disclosed.

Alera Group Acquires Three Regional Insurance Firms

December 19, 2017

Insurance

Alera Group completed three add-on acquisitions effective December 1, 2017, acquiring Armstrong/Robitaille/Riegle Business and Insurance Solutions (Irvine, CA), Hallberg Commercial Insurers, Inc. (Oak Brook, IL), and the employee benefits division of Walker Higgins Associates (Spartanburg, SC). The acquisitions expand Alera Group’s regional footprints in southern California, the Chicago area, and South Carolina and increase its nationwide network of employee benefits, P&C, risk management and wealth management firms.

Alera Group Acquires Benefit Commerce Group

August 14, 2019

Insurance

Alera Group, a national insurance brokerage and wealth management firm, has acquired Benefit Commerce Group, an employee benefits consulting firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Benefit Commerce Group will continue operating under its name as an Alera Group company; terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Alera's employee benefits consulting capabilities and strengthens its national footprint.

Alera Group Acquires Wilson Albers & Company, LLC

February 13, 2018

Insurance

Alera Group has acquired Wilson Albers & Company, LLC, a Anchorage-based insurance, employee benefits and HR services firm that operates The Wilson Agency, Albers & Company and ConnectHR. Terms were not disclosed; Alera said the deal strengthens its presence in the Northwest and expands its employee benefits and HR capabilities.

Alera Group Acquires CBM Insurance Agency

December 14, 2023

Insurance

Alera Group, a national insurance and financial services firm based in Deerfield, Illinois, has acquired Delaware-based CBM Insurance Agency. The deal brings CBM’s commercial, personal and life & health insurance business — which serves clients across Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey — into Alera’s national platform; terms were not disclosed.

Alera Group Acquires Six Independent Insurance Agencies

December 22, 2021

Insurance

Alera Group, a national insurance and wealth services firm, acquired six independent agencies — Ashbrook-Clevidence, Benefit Design Specialists (BDS), Erich Courant & Co., Heist Insurance Agency, Simkiss & Block and The D.B.L. Center LTD — effective December 1, 2021. The transactions expand Alera Group’s geographic footprint and bolster its property & casualty and employee benefits capabilities across multiple U.S. markets; terms were not disclosed.