BMS Group Acquires David Roberts & Partners
July 29, 2024
BMS Group has agreed to acquire David Roberts & Partners (DR&P), a leading UK insurance broker, subject to regulatory approvals. The seller is Inflexion, which backed DR&P since 2021 and helped scale the business to almost 400 employees and over £620m gross written premium; the deal expands BMS's specialty retail, wholesale (re)insurance and MGA capabilities and creates a combined business managing over £8 billion of GWP.
- Buyers
- BMS Group
- Targets
- David Roberts & Partners (DR&P)
- Sellers
- Inflexion
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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