Core Specialty Completes Acquisition of American Surety Company and Underwriters Surety

Core Specialty Acquires London Aviation Underwriters

January 17, 2025

Insurance

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. has completed the acquisition of London Aviation Underwriters, Inc., integrating LAU as its 18th specialty business unit and creating a new Aviation & Aerospace Division. LAU employees became Core Specialty employees effective January 1, 2025; LAU produced $44 million in gross premiums written in 2024 and will continue to operate under the LAU brand while StarStone National Insurance Company remains the policy-issuing carrier.

Core Specialty to Merge with Lancer Insurance Company

April 16, 2021

Insurance

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Lancer Financial Group, Inc. agreed to combine in a stock-and-cash merger under which Lancer will operate as a separately managed division of Core Specialty while retaining its brand and management. The deal deepens Core Specialty’s participation in the specialty commercial auto market, creates a combined company with pro forma equity in excess of $1 billion and results in approximately 550 employees across the combined business.

Amynta Group Acquires International Sureties (Global Surety, LLC; International Sureties Ltd.; International Sureties SARL)

December 4, 2025

Insurance

Amynta Group has completed the acquisition of Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively “International Sureties”), a specialty surety broker offering admiralty, court, bankruptcy, logistics and license & permit bonds. The deal expands Amynta’s surety brokerage capabilities and strengthens its specialty surety distribution within its broader insurance services platform.

Ryan Specialty Acquires Certain Assets of Griffin Underwriting Services

December 11, 2022

Insurance

Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN) signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Griffin Underwriting Services, a Bellevue, Washington-based binding authority specialist and wholesale insurance broker. The deal expands Ryan Specialty's specialty offerings in the Pacific Northwest and strengthens its national binding authority capabilities; Griffin generated about $23 million of revenue for the 12 months ended November 30, 2022.

AssuredPartners Acquires Surety Solutions Insurance Services, Inc.

November 25, 2019

Insurance

AssuredPartners, Inc. has acquired Surety Solutions Insurance Services, Inc. (Surety1), a Rancho Cordova, California-based surety bond specialist. The 15-person agency, which reports approximately $3.3 million in annualized revenue, will continue to operate under John Page and Ryan Tash as part of AssuredPartners' nationwide insurance brokerage platform.

American Tower Acquires CoreSite Realty Corporation

November 15, 2021

Telecommunications

American Tower Corporation has acquired CoreSite Realty Corporation in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $10.1 billion including assumed debt, paying $170.00 per share. The deal brings CoreSite's 25 highly interconnected U.S. data centers into American Tower's communications real estate platform to accelerate the combined company's edge-computing, interconnection and 5G-related capabilities.