Operating Company Financial Services

PIB Group

London, England, United Kingdom

PIB Group is a specialist insurance distribution consolidator and insurance intermediary focused on specialist commercial lines and non-standard personal lines, growing primarily through acquisitions and operating via broking, underwriting, and network divisions.

Focus Areas
Insurance brokerage, Insurance distribution / intermediary, Specialty commercial lines

Tracked deals

16

16 tracked deals across 2020-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

11 addon · 5 buyout

PIB Group Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for PIB Group. 6 2020 5 2021 4 2022 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

Showing the 12 most recent of 16 tracked deals for PIB Group.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group
    Target
    Thoma Exploitatie
    Seller
    Guardian Holdings Limited
    Location
    Netherlands
    Type
    Buyout

    PIB Group has acquired Thoma Exploitatie and its subsidiaries in the Netherlands, augmenting PIB's Benelux footprint alongside its existing Dutch businesses Light Insurance and Risqwise. Thoma provides commercial-lines broking, MGA capabilities and pension advisory services; the deal supports PIB's European expansion and access to local underwriting/MGA capabilities in the Benelux region.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd
    Target
    Zorab Insurance Services Ltd
    Industry
    Insurance
    Location
    Hampshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    PIB Group Ltd has acquired Zorab Insurance Services Ltd, a specialist super-yacht and marine insurance broker headquartered in Romsey, Hampshire. The deal adds Zorab's niche marine, property and corporate insurance expertise (a nine-person team) to PIB's Specialisms division as an add-on to strengthen its marine and high-net-worth capabilities.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Limited
    Target
    Balens Ltd
    Industry
    Insurance
    Location
    Worcestershire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    PIB Group Limited has acquired Balens Ltd (including Balens Europe B.V. and Balens Insurance Finance Services Limited), a Worcestershire-based specialist broker focused on health, wellbeing, fitness and beauty professionals. The deal brings Balens’ ~70 employees and c.100,000 insured clients into PIB’s platform, enabling PIB to expand its specialist insurance offering and accelerate growth in related UK and European verticals.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd, Apax Funds
    Target
    Guest Krieger Limited
    Industry
    Insurance
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    PIB Group Ltd is acquiring Guest Krieger Limited, a specialist independent Lloyd's wholesale broker known for placing Israeli financial lines and specialty liability business into the London Market, pending customary regulatory approval. Guest Krieger will continue to trade independently from its City of London office with its management team (including CEO Alon Miller) remaining invested; the acquisition enhances PIB's London Market capability and international specialty broking reach.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd
    Target
    Baily Garner (Health & Safety) Ltd
    Location
    Greater London, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    PIB Group Ltd has acquired Baily Garner (Health & Safety) Ltd, a London-based specialist health & safety consultancy, to strengthen PIB’s PIB Risk Management offering. The 18-person team and complementary services — including CDM planning, audits, training and a bespoke web-based client application — will be integrated into PIB Risk Management to expand capability and recurring client services.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd
    Target
    JRT Insurance Brokers Ltd
    Industry
    Insurance
    Location
    Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    PIB Group Ltd has acquired JRT Insurance Brokers Ltd, an independent Nottingham-based insurance broker founded in 2015 with a 14-person team. JRT will integrate into PIB's Specialty division to strengthen the group's Northern presence and expand its specialist commercial lines capability across sectors such as construction, care and hospitality.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd
    Target
    Simply Insurance Services Ltd
    Industry
    Insurance
    Location
    Essex, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    PIB Group Ltd has acquired Simply Insurance Services Ltd, a Purfleet-based specialist motor insurance broker that arranges motor trade, motorcycle, driving tuition and fleet policies. The 40-strong team and its ~8,000 clients will join PIB to strengthen the group's motor offering and broaden product access for existing customers.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd, Barbon Insurance Group
    Target
    Rent4sure
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Barbon Insurance Group, part of PIB Group Ltd, has acquired Rent4sure, an all-in-one lettings and tenant-referencing platform. Rent4sure will join Barbon's lettings brands Let Alliance and HomeLet, expanding PIB's lettings technology and rent-protection capabilities while adding c.75 employees and roughly 200,000 tenant references to the group's portfolio.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd
    Target
    Acquinex
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    PIB Group Ltd has acquired the Acquinex group, a specialist Managing General Agent (MGA) that underwrites Warranty & Indemnity and Tax Liability insurance for small- and mid-market M&A transactions. The deal gives PIB deeper capability in financial-lines insurance, an experienced underwriting team and new European footprints (including Denmark), supporting the Group's internationalisation and product expansion plans.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Ltd
    Target
    Element Hinton (Insurance Brokers) Ltd
    Seller
    Richard Hinton, Matthew Hinton, Hinton family (founders/owners)
    Location
    Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    PIB Group Ltd has acquired Element Hinton (Insurance Brokers) Ltd, a family-run broker based in Hednesford, Staffordshire. The acquisition is an add-on to expand PIB's national footprint and strengthen its specialist capabilities across construction, waste, engineering and leisure sectors while retaining the existing Element Hinton team.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Limited
    Target
    Erskine Murray Insurance Brokers
    Industry
    Insurance
    Location
    Leicestershire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    PIB Group Limited has acquired Erskine Murray Insurance Brokers, an independent commercial lines broker headquartered in Leicester with around 90 employees. The deal expands PIB's national footprint and complements its Corporate & Commercial, SME, High Net Worth and value-add service offerings as part of its ongoing roll-up strategy.

  • Buyer
    PIB Group Limited
    Target
    Arlington Insurance Services Ltd
    Industry
    Insurance
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    PIB Group Limited has acquired Arlington Insurance Services Ltd, a London-based specialist real-estate insurance broker founded in 2005. The deal is an add-on to PIB's consolidator strategy and is intended to bolster PIB's property and construction insurance offering by adding Arlington's experienced team and client relationships.

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