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Cross Insurance Acquires the North Shore’s Daly Insurance

June 5, 2023 by AC Editor

ross Insurance Acquires Daly Insurance

This is the third Cross acquisition in the area since the start of 2022

Cross Insurance continues to expand its presence on the North Shore. In May of 2022, the Bangor-based agency announced a double acquisition in the arear with the acquisition of sister agencies Harold Humphrey Insurance Agency and the Byfield Insurance Agency, Inc. in the Newburyport area as well as establishing a new brick and mortar office there. Fast forward to May of this year, the agency announced that effective May 1, 2023, the North Shore’s Day Insurance Family has joined the Cross Insurance family of insurance agencies adding a third North Shore agency to its ranks.

Based in Beverly, the Daly Insurance Agency was founded 2010 by Kevin P. Daly, CPCU after a successful career working in the insurance industry. From a one-person agency with a part-time employee, Mr. Daly grew his independent agency over the past 13 years into a team of eight experienced insurance advisors focusing on providing both personal and commercial insurance.

No further terms of the transaction were disclosed.

A look at all the recent acquisitions by Cross Insurance in the New England/Northeast Area

Now considered the second-largest insurance broker in Massachusetts, Cross Insurance continues to grow its presence not only across the Commonwealth, but throughout the Northeast. Since 2020, it has made 10 agency acquisitions in the Bay State alone, not counting the one just announced. The following is a complete list of the acquisitions in the region since 2020.

QUARTERDATE ACQUIREDAGENCY ACQUIREDLOCATION
2020
Q11/1/2020ACBIConnecticut
Q13/6/2020Deblasio InsuranceRhode Island
Q13/6/2020Gaspee Benefit PlannersRhode Island
Q25/1/2020Clifton BrokerageConnecticut
Q37/1/2020The Doyle Agency, Inc.Connecticut
Q37/10/2020Charles GoodmanNew York
Q38/1/2020Kettle CreekConnecticut
Q412/15/2020Daigle & TraversConnecticut
Q412/30/2020Boston MarineMassachusetts
Q412/31/2020McSweeney & RicciMassachusetts
2021
Q12/12/2021Bedford Insurance BrokerageNew York
Q24/1/2021Business Benefits, Inc.Massachusetts
Q25/3/2021A. J. Benet, Inc. New York
Q26/15/2021Boynton Insurance AgencyMassachusetts
Q411/30/2021Corkin Insurnace AgencyMassachusetts
Q412/1/2021The Doyle Agency, Inc.Connecticut
2022
Q12/1/2022Byfield Insurance Agency, Inc.Massachusetts
Q12/1/2022Harold Humphrey Insurance AgencyMassachusetts
Q24/1/2022Northern Benefits of Massachusetts, LLCMassachusetts
Q25/1/2022J. Biron Agency, LLCConnecticut
Q25/1/2022Northeast Surety, LLCConnecticut
Q26/1/2022Loiselle Insurance AgencyRhode Island
Q37/1/2022Marshfield Insurance Agency, Inc.Massachusetts
Q37/14/2022Maine Insurance AgencyMaine
Q38/1/2022Patriot Benefit Solutions Insurance Agency, LLCMassachusetts
Q38/8/2022DKE Risk Solutions, LLCConnecticut

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