M&A Deal Summary

Heritage Insurance Holdings Acquires Narragansett Bay Insurance

On August 8, 2017, Heritage Insurance Holdings acquired insurance company Narragansett Bay Insurance from Pine Brook Partners for 250M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Heritage Insurance Holdings’ 2nd transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is Heritage Insurance Holdings’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Heritage Insurance Holdings’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Heritage Insurance Holdings’ 1st transaction in Rhode Island.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-08-08
Target Narragansett Bay Insurance
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) Heritage Insurance Holdings
Sellers(s) Pine Brook Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 250M USD
Advisor(s) Evercore Group (Financial)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Legal)

Target

Narragansett Bay Insurance

Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. is an underwriter of homeowners insurance products and services. It offers specialty insurance services and products to homeowners through an extensive network of independent agents along the Eastern Seaboard and actively seeks to insure coastal homeowners. Narragansett Bay Insurance was founded in 1848 and is based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Heritage Insurance Holdings

Tampa, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Insurance
Employees566
Revenue 735M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Heritage Insurance Holdings is a specialty insurance provider. Heritage Insurance Holdings was founded in 2012 and is based in Tampa, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Insurance) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 3
State (Rhode Island) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-29 Zephyr Insurance

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Zephyr Insurance Co., Inc. is a specialty insurance provider.

Buy $120M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pine Brook Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 6.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Pine Brook Road Partners is a private equity group focused on growth capital investments in the energy and financial services sectors. Specific areas of interest within the energy sector include exploration, oilfield services, transportation/storage, power generation/distribution/transmission, and biofuel/renewable resources. Specific areas of interest within financial services include insurance, banks, asset management, specialty finance, and servicing/distribution/origination. Pine Brook generally acts as the lead/control investor in newly-formed or established businesses. The Firm has a special interest in 'underappreciated or overlooked' opportunities. Pine Brook Road Partners was formed in 2006 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 25
Sector (Insurance) 3 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 11
State (Rhode Island) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 19
Year (2017) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-22 Pursuit Oil & Gas

Houston, Texas, United States

Pursuit is a Houston, Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company engaged in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and development of unconventional oil and gas projects in the United States.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-01 Cadence Business Finance

Houston, Texas, United States

Cadence Business Finance provides customized solutions to specialty finance companies. Flexible covenant structures in industries such as equipment financing, insurance premium financing, specialty asset-based lending and factoring, as well as merchant cash advance, foster the long-term success of asset-based lenders, and that of their clients.

Sell $198M