Brown & Brown Acquires Quintes from Aquiline Capital Partners

Aquiline Capital Partners Invests in Dutch Insurance Broker Quintes Holding

July 20, 2020

Financial Services

Aquiline Capital Partners closed an investment in Quintes Holding, a Culemborg-based independent insurance broker focused on serving Dutch SMEs. Quintes will remain headquartered in Culemborg under existing management as Aquiline backs the company’s growth, technology enablement and continued M&A activity in the Netherlands.

Brown & Brown Acquires Irvine Commercial Insurance Brokers

October 10, 2025

Financial Services

Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Irvine Commercial Insurance Brokers Limited, a Kenilworth-based insurance broker specialising in commercial and SME insurance products. The firm's founders, John Townsley and Matthew Finch, and their staff will remain in Kenilworth and will report into Brown & Brown's UK operations, strengthening Brown & Brown's presence in the Midlands.

Brown & Brown Acquires BdB Limited Insurance Operating Companies

February 7, 2022

Insurance

Brown & Brown, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the general insurance operating companies of BdB (including BdB (UK) Limited, BdB Europe SRL and affiliated Mithras entities). The BdB businesses — a specialist wholesale broker and MGA network operating in the UK and Europe — will continue to operate from locations in London, Belgium and Italy and will report into Brown & Brown’s Bridge Specialty Group.

Brown & Brown, Inc. Acquires Global Risk Partners Limited

March 8, 2022

Insurance

Brown & Brown, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Global Risk Partners Limited (GRP) from funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners; the transaction is expected to close in Q3 2022 subject to regulatory approvals, including the UK Financial Conduct Authority. GRP is a London-headquartered independent insurance intermediary with roughly 2,100 employees, operations across 110+ locations in the UK and Ireland, and annual revenue of approximately $340 million.

PIB Group Acquires Acquinex

March 22, 2021

Financial Services

PIB Group Ltd has acquired the Acquinex group, a specialist Managing General Agent (MGA) that underwrites Warranty & Indemnity and Tax Liability insurance for small- and mid-market M&A transactions. The deal gives PIB deeper capability in financial-lines insurance, an experienced underwriting team and new European footprints (including Denmark), supporting the Group's internationalisation and product expansion plans.

Brown & Brown of Illinois Acquires VistaNational Insurance Group

September 12, 2022

Insurance

Brown & Brown of Illinois, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of VistaNational Insurance Group, Inc. The VistaNational team will continue to operate from its Oak Brook, Illinois office and will join Brown & Brown's Retail segment; founder and CEO David N. Schwimmer is retiring.