Paragon's Reel Media Acquires WISE Risk

World Insurance Associates Acquires Argus Risk Advisors

September 16, 2021

Insurance

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired The Premium Group, Inc. dba Argus Risk Advisors, a specialty health and welfare insurance brokerage focused on medical malpractice, effective September 1, 2021. The acquisition expands WIA's capabilities and presence in the healthcare-focused insurance market; financial terms were not disclosed.

Growth Catalyst-backed Sigma7 Forms Risk Services Platform with Acquisitions of Strategia Worldwide, Paragon and RWH Myers

May 18, 2022

Consulting

Veteran risk executive Andrew Hersh, in partnership with private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners, launched Sigma7 — a risk services platform — and closed three foundational acquisitions: Strategia Worldwide, Paragon (risk engineering) and RWH Myers (forensic accounting). The combined assets provide Sigma7 with an installed client base of 300+ large global organizations and roughly 150 employees across multiple countries as it pursues rapid organic and acquisitive growth.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires AWIS Group

November 11, 2020

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (through its U.S. wholesale brokerage operation, Risk Placement Services) acquired San Diego-based AWIS Group, a wholesale insurance broker. Terms were not disclosed; the acquisition expands RPS’s presence in the San Diego market and deepens its workers’ compensation and commercial insurance capabilities.

Argosy Private Equity Acquires Controlling Interest in Wize Solutions

December 14, 2023

Industrial Services

Argosy Private Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Wize Solutions, a Salt Lake City–based full-service warehouse racking, automation, and dock & door installation company. Argosy will deploy its Value Acceleration Methodology to expand sales and marketing, improve processes and technology, pursue strategic hiring, and evaluate add-on acquisitions to drive growth.

Wealth Enhancement Acquires Wise Wealth

October 31, 2025

Financial Services

Wealth Enhancement, a national independent wealth management firm, has acquired Wise Wealth, an independent RIA with offices in Lee's Summit, Rolla, and Liberty, Missouri. The deal — Wealth Enhancement's 100th acquisition — brings Wise Wealth's approximately $464 million in client assets and a 12-person team into Wealth Enhancement, expanding the firm's presence in the greater Kansas City market and pushing total client assets to more than $125 billion.

Thomson Reuters Acquires World Business Media Limited

January 16, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Thomson Reuters has acquired World Business Media Limited, a London-based cross-platform, subscription provider of editorial coverage, events and video for the (re)insurance industry (including The Insurer and The Insurer TV). The business will be integrated into the Reuters News division reporting to Reuters Professional as Thomson Reuters looks to expand its reach and offerings into the insurance and reinsurance vertical.