Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of Buttine Underwriters Agency

Specialty Program Group Acquires Business Underwriters Associates (BUA)

December 6, 2022

Financial Services

Specialty Program Group, LLC (SPG) has acquired the assets of Business Underwriters Associates, LLC (BUA), a Northeast Ohio-based brokerage general agent specializing in life, annuities, disability and health insurance. The deal is the second acquisition in SPG's strategy to build a BGA-driven life and annuity wholesale platform alongside its prior acquisition of Brokers' Service Marketing Group (BSMG).

Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of AgencyONE

July 19, 2023

Wealth Management

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG) has acquired the assets of Agency Two Insurance Marketing Group, LLC (d/b/a AgencyONE), a Brokerage General Agency focused on life, annuities, disability and long-term care insurance. The deal brings AgencyONE's principals and underwriting and advanced-planning capabilities into SPG's life & annuity distribution network, expanding resources for financial advisors and augmenting SPG's existing BSMG division.

Specialty Program Group Acquires the Assets of ESP Insurance Brokerage

July 11, 2022

Insurance

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a holding company for specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, acquired the assets of ESP Insurance Brokerage LLC, a Worcester-based program administrator focused on sports, events and entertainment insurance. The deal adds niche products, in-house underwriting/binding authority and technology capabilities to SPG's portfolio and is intended to scale ESP's product offerings and service team as part of SPG's specialty insurance platform.

Specialty Program Group Acquires the Assets of Catapult Insurance Solutions

November 2, 2022

Insurance

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a Summit, New Jersey-based operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, acquired the assets of Catapult Insurance Solutions, a managing general agency and wholesale brokerage focused on construction and hard-to-place risks. The deal expands SPG's capabilities in the construction segment and adds Catapult's Lloyd's coverholder capacity and niche program infrastructure.

Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of Insurance Allies LLC

November 9, 2023

Insurance

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG) has acquired the assets of Insurance Allies LLC, the operator of AxeThrowingInsurance.com and related niche insurance brands. The acquisition brings Insurance Allies' tailored sports and entertainment coverage (serving ~700 venues) into SPG’s specialty insurance platform to expand its capabilities in sports, entertainment and recreational venue insurance.

Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of Beacon Hill Associates (including PartnerOne)

July 8, 2020

Insurance

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a Summit, New Jersey–based operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, acquired the assets of Virginia-based Beacon Hill Associates, Inc., including its PartnerOne (P1) environmental underwriting division. The acquisition — terms undisclosed — will allow SPG to launch and expand an environmental insurance platform while current Beacon Hill leadership will continue to run operations within SPG's wholesale division.