M&A Deal Summary

Protective Life Acquires Portfolio

On October 30, 2025, Protective Life acquired insurance company Portfolio from ABRY Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Protective Life’s 5th transaction in the Insurance sector.
  • This is Protective Life’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Protective Life’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-10-30
Target Portfolio
Sector Insurance
Buyer(s) Protective Life
Sellers(s) ABRY Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Jefferies (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Portfolio

Lake Forest, California, United States
Portfolio is an independent provider of finance and insurance products and services to automotive dealers across the country. Portfolio develops, sells, and administers auto dealer extended warranty programs across a full-service product offering, including vehicle service contracts, GAP insurance, and ancillary products. Portfolio was founded in 1990 and is based in Lake Forest, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Protective Life

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Category Company
Founded 1907
Sector Insurance
Employees2,402
Revenue 4.0B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Protective Life's corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.
Entrance to Protective Life's corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.

Protective Life Corporation provides financial services in the United States. The Company is engaged in the production, distribution, and administration of insurance and investment products. Protective Life Corp. was formed in 1907 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector: Insurance M&A 5 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 8
State: California M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 9 of 9
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-08 Concourse Financial Group

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Concourse Financial Group provides access to a full-range of advisory, brokerage, and insurance services. Concourse Financial Group is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 104 of 104
Sector: Insurance M&A 8 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 54 of 54
State: California M&A 14 of 14
Country: United States M&A 89 of 89
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-03 Oracle RMS

Concord, Ontario, Canada

Oracle RMS provides independent advisory services across auto, home, business, and specialty insurance segments. Oracle RMS was founded in 2011 and is based in Concord, Ontario.

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