Aon Nears Roughly $17 Billion Deal for Insurance Brokerage USI

Why it matters

Aon’s $17 billion acquisition of USI Insurance is a notable market transaction with potential implications for the insurance brokerage sector and private equity ownership, but it is primarily a significant corporate deal rather than a market-wide or regulatory event.

Sources

• The Wall Street Journal

  Aon Nears Roughly $17 Billion Deal for Insurance Brokerage USI

  Private-equity giant KKR has owned USI Insurance since 2017.

• Investing.com

  Aon close to acquiring USI Insurance from KKR in $17 billion deal, WSJ reports

• Financial Times

  KKR to net giant windfall from $17bn sale of USI to Aon

  Gain is one of the largest earned by a public private equity firm on a single deal

• Investing.com

  Aon strikes $17 billion deal for rival USI as insurance consolidation accelerates