NSM Insurance Group Acquires Acquis Insurance Management
March 29, 2023
NSM Insurance Group has agreed to acquire Acquis Insurance Management, a UK-based specialist provider of insurance programs to the asset finance market. The deal (subject to customary regulatory approvals) will expand NSM's footprint in Europe and the U.S. and provide Acquis with additional capacity and resources to accelerate growth after its 2019 MBO backed by Dunedin LLP.
- Buyers
- NSM Insurance Group
- Targets
- Acquis Insurance Management
- Sellers
- Dunedin LLP
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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