M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2025-04-14 |
| Target | esure |
| Sector | Insurance |
| Buyer(s) | ageas |
| Sellers(s) |
Bain Capital Private Equity
HarbourVest Partners |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 1.3B GBP |
| Advisor(s) | Fenchurch Advisory Partners Goldman Sachs (Financial) Weil Gotshal & Manges Norton Rose Fulbright (Legal) |
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ageas is an international insurance group that concentrates its business activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the largest share of the global insurance market. Ageas was incorporated in 1824 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 2 |
| Sector: Insurance M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2025 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-15 |
ageas UK’s Commercial Lines Front Book Business
United Kingdom ageas UK’s Commercial Lines Front Book Business helps in maintaining strong and productive relationships with brokers and customers, prioritizing excellent underwriting, service and value by providing ongoing support and service delivery. |
Sell | £48M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 44.2B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Bain Capital Private Equity (BCPE), is the private equity investment arm of alternative asset management firm, Bain Capital. BCPE targets leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions in a wide variety of industries including information technology, communications, media, healthcare, industrial/manufacturing, retail/consumer, and financial services. Bain Capital is based in Boston with additional offices in New York, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Munich.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 151 of 152 |
| Sector: Insurance M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 41 of 41 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 8 of 8 |
| Year: 2025 M&A | 3 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 14 of 45 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-08 |
HealthEdge
Burlington, Massachusetts, United States HealthEdge is a provider of modern, disruptive healthcare IT solutions that health insurers use to leverage new business models, improve outcomes, drastically reduce administrative costs, and connect everyone in the healthcare delivery cycle. HealthEdge was founded in 2005 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 |
HSO
Amsterdam, Netherlands HSO is a technology and professional services company, delivering successful business transformation using Microsoft cloud business applications, data, and analytics to improve the results of our customers. HSO is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1978 |
| PE ASSETS | 147.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
HarbourVest Partners, LLC is an investment firm that makes investments in new private equity partnerships, acquires secondary interests, and makes direct investments in operating companies. HarbourVest's largest investment area is investments in private equity funds, comprising of approximately 2/3 of HarbourVest's assets. HarbourVest's direct investment group looks for investments in growth oriented businesses at a variety of stages. The Group generally targets co-investments of $5 to $100 million, growth capital financings of $5 to $40 million, or mezzanine commitments of $5 to $20 million. Sectors of interest include software, hardware, data communications, telecommunications, and financial services. HarbourVest was formed in 1997 to assume the business of Hancock Venture Partners which was formed in 1982. HarbourVest Partners is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 148 of 150 |
| Sector: Insurance M&A | 5 of 6 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 62 of 62 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 11 of 11 |
| Year: 2025 M&A | 2 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 15 of 43 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-03 |
smartTrade Technologies
Aix-en-Provence, France smartTrade Technologies is an automated trading platform that enables fast access to a wide range of liquidity for Foreign Exchange (FX), Fixed Income, Equities, Cryptocurrencies, and Derivatives. These solutions connect to numerous liquidity providers, aggregation, smart order routing, order management, pricing, distribution, risk management capabilities, and an HTML5 user interface. smartTrade Technologies was formed in 1999 and is based in Aix-en-Provence, France. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-08 |
Aspen
Hamilton, Bermuda Aspen is a provider of reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Aspen was founded in 2002 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. |
Sell | - |
