IMS Legal Strategies Acquires MacKenzie Life Care Planning

IMS Legal Strategies Acquires MMR Strategy Group

May 15, 2025

Legal Services

IMS Consulting & Expert Witness Services (dba IMS Legal Strategies) has acquired Southern California-based MMR Strategy Group to expand its litigation support and marketing research capabilities. MMR brings PhD-level expertise in litigation surveys, advertising claim substantiation, and expert testimony; terms were not disclosed.

IMS Consulting & Expert Services Acquires Litigation Insights

August 25, 2021

Legal Services

IMS Consulting & Expert Services has acquired Litigation Insights, a nationally recognized jury consulting and visual-communication firm. The deal adds Litigation Insights' 21-person team and expands IMS's jury consulting, trial graphics, and trial-presentation capabilities and coast-to-coast footprint.

IMS Consulting & Expert Services Acquires Analytic Focus and MMG Jury Consulting

September 6, 2023

Professional Services

IMS Consulting & Expert Services, a Pensacola-based trial and expert services firm, acquired Analytic Focus (San Antonio, TX) and MMG Jury Consulting (Philadelphia, PA). The acquisitions expand IMS's analytics, predictive modeling, jury consulting, CLE and trial-preparation capabilities while extending its coast-to-coast U.S. footprint.

Dreamscape Industries Acquires LifeSecure Insurance Company

October 3, 2025

Insurance

Dreamscape Industries, a privately held, family-owned investment firm based in New York, has completed its acquisition of LifeSecure Insurance Company, effective October 3, 2025. LifeSecure will retain its New Hudson, Michigan headquarters and continue selling its long-term care and ancillary health insurance products while pursuing growth and expanded product offerings under new leadership.

WestView Capital Partners Makes Growth Investment in Physician Life Care Planning

December 27, 2023

Legal Services

Boston-based WestView Capital Partners has made a growth investment in Physician Life Care Planning (PLCP), a San Antonio–headquartered provider of physician-authored life care plans and damages valuation services. The investment will be used to enhance PLCP's technology, infrastructure, and team to accelerate growth across new and existing geographies; financial terms were not disclosed.

Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires CS Insurance Strategies

July 5, 2022

Insurance

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) has acquired CS Insurance Strategies, a Chicago-based, minority-owned insurance brokerage founded in 2009 by Charles Smith. The acquisition (terms undisclosed) brings CS Insurance Strategies' ten employees into MMA and strengthens MMA's capabilities and presence in the Midwest, particularly in employee benefits, business insurance and risk management for municipal, non-profit and minority-owned clients.