Alera Group Acquires Distinctive Insurance and GLB Insurance Group of Nevada

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.

Alera Group Acquires Six Independent Agencies

January 27, 2022

Financial Services

Alera Group announced the acquisition of six agencies — Cate-Russell Insurance, Foa & Son, Gales Agency, Heritage Risk Management, Vital Incite and Webber & Grinnell — effective December 31, 2021. The additions expand Alera’s geographic footprint and bolster its employee benefits, property & casualty, wealth services and healthcare analytics capabilities across the United States; terms were not disclosed.

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 Group Benefits LLC

July 10, 2017

Insurance

Alera Group, a Deerfield, Illinois-based independent insurance firm, has acquired Group Benefits LLC of Memphis, Tennessee, effective July 1, 2017. The acquisition expands Alera Group's middle-market employee benefits presence in the Mid-South and provides Group Benefits clients access to national resources and best practices.

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 Bondar Insurance Group

January 1, 2021

Insurance

Alera Group acquired Bondar Insurance Group, Inc., effective January 1, 2021. Bondar, an Oak Brook, Illinois-based insurance brokerage with specialty expertise in the trucking vertical (cargo/freight, trailer interchange, warehousing), will continue serving clients in their existing roles while supporting Alera’s expansion of its property & casualty practice; terms were not disclosed.