World Insurance Associates Acquires Tarpey Insurance Group and Rush-Kent Insurance
August 1, 2022
World Insurance Associates LLC, a nationally ranked full-service insurance brokerage headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, acquired Tarpey Insurance Group (Wakefield, MA) and Rush-Kent Insurance Agency (Arlington, MA) effective August 1, 2022. The family-owned agencies will join WIA's national platform to expand the firm's presence in the Greater Boston market; terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- World Insurance Associates LLC
- Targets
- Tarpey Insurance Group, Rush-Kent Insurance Agency Inc.
- Sellers
- Tarpey Insurance Group owners (James J. Tarpey and family), Paul W. Kent and Robert C. Kent (owners/principals of Rush-Kent Insurance Agency)
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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