AssuredPartners Acquires Insurance & Benefits Group Of Sedalia, Missouri

AP Greatly Expands its Missouri Presence

LAKE MARY, FLA. (PRWEB) - AssuredPartners Inc., one of the fastest growing independent insurance agencies in the nation, announces today that it has acquired Insurance & Benefits Group, LLC (IBG), headquartered in Sedalia, Missouri. The broker’s 31 employees will continue to operate from its three Missouri locations—Sedalia, Lee’s Summit and Warrensburg—under the local leadership of IBG President Randy Russell.

IBG provides the entire gamut of property and casualty (P&C) products and services to all types of businesses, municipalities, and educational and nonprofit institutions. P&C coverages include surety bonds placement, Workers’ Compensation, Inland & Ocean Marine, Environmental Liability and International Liability, among many others. The agency also assists clients with health & welfare plans, retirement planning, personal insurance and specialty programs.

“We always have our clients’ interests top of mind when looking for new approaches to insuring risks, negotiating with carriers, adapting to industry changes and more,” said Russell. “As an AssuredPartners Company, we look forward to providing even more value and continuing to tailor coverages to our clients’ needs.”

“AssuredPartners is thrilled to welcome IBG’s team of professionals and client dedication to the AP family,” added President and COO Tom Riley of AssuredPartners. “And we are pleased to expand our profile in Missouri.”

For more information about IBG, visit: http://www.ibgagent.com.

About Assuredpartners, Inc.

Headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida and led by Jim Henderson and Tom Riley, AssuredPartners Inc. is a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR. AssuredPartners acquires and invests in insurance brokerage businesses (property and casualty, employee benefits, surety and MGA/wholesalers) across the United States and in London. From its founding in March of 2011, AssuredPartners has grown to $500 million in annualized revenue and continues to be one of the fastest growing insurance brokerage firms in the United States^* with over 120 offices in 30 states and a London office. Since 2011, AssuredPartners has acquired more than 100 insurance agencies. For more information, please contact Dean Curtis, CFO, at 407.708.0031 or dcurtis@assuredptr.com, or visit http://www.assuredptr.com.

^*As ranked by Business Insurance in the July 20, 2015 edition, featuring the “100 largest brokers of U.S. business.”