Axis Insurance Acquires Edgewater Financial Group and Kearns Edgewater Financial Services; Buys Kearns Insurance Group Benefits Portfolio
January 27, 2026
Vancouver-based Axis Insurance has acquired Edgewater Financial Group and Kearns Edgewater Financial Services and purchased the group benefits portfolio from Kearns Insurance Corporation. The moves expand Axis’s national life, benefits and wealth capabilities and bring senior hires — Scott Beckett and John Stoneman — into Axis’s benefits and wealth practice.
- Buyers
- Axis Insurance
- Targets
- Edgewater Financial Group, Kearns Edgewater Financial Services, Group benefits portfolio of Kearns Insurance Corporation
- Sellers
- Kearns Insurance Corporation
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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