Hub International
{{Short description|North American insurance brokerage}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = HUB International, Ltd
| logo = Hub International logo.svg
| image = Hub International in Gillette, Wyoming.jpg
| image_caption = A Hub International Gillette, Wyoming
| type = Private
| industry = Insurance
| foundation = 1998
| location = 300 North LaSalle St, Chicago, Illinois
United States
| num_locations = 415
| num_locations_year = 2017
| products = Insurance
| revenue = {{profit}}$1.47 Billion USD{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/00010101/NEWS06/307179988/Top-insurance-brokers-Hub-International-Ltd|title=Top insurance brokers: Hub International Ltd. - Business Insurance|publisher=}}
| revenue_year = 2015
| owner = Hellman & Friedman
| num_employees = 10,000
| num_employees_year = 2016
| slogan =
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.hubinternational.com}}
}}
File:HubInternationalMarkham2.jpg
HUB International Limited is an insurance brokerage providing an array of property, casualty, risk management, life and health, employee benefits, investment, and wealth management products and services across North America. HUB has more than 375 offices across the United States and Canada and more than 10,000 employees. It is based in Chicago, Illinois.
HUB International was formed in 1998 with less than 300 employees and less than 50 Canadian offices. In early 2007, it was purchased by an investor group led by private equity firm Apax Partners in a going-private transaction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070225005110/en/Hub-International-Limited-Agrees-Acquired-Funds-Advised|title=Hub International Limited Agrees to Be Acquired by Funds Advised by Apax Partners and Morgan Stanley - Hub Shareholders to Receive US$40 per Share; Transaction Valued at US$1.8 Billion|date=2007-02-26|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}
History
In August 2013, the firm was acquired by the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for around $4.4 billion.{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hub-hellman-idUSBRE9740JZ20130805| title=Hellman & Friedman agrees to acquire Hub in $4.4 billion deal | author=Greg Roumeliotis and Tanya Agrawal | publisher=Reuters | date=5 August 2013}}
In March 2020, Hub International Limited and Morneau Shepell Inc. announced the sale of Morneau Shepell's benefits consulting practice to Hub.{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hub-international-acquires-benefits-consulting-133000993.html|title=Hub International acquires the benefits consulting practice of Morneau Shepell Inc.|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03}} Also in March, Hub International Limited announced the acquisition of assets of Linton & Associates Insurance Agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/hub-acquires-new-mexico-agency-215944.aspx|title=Hub acquires New Mexico agency|last=Smith|first=Ryan|website=Insurance Business|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}
In October 2021, Hub International's Specialty Program Group acquired healthcare liability insurance coverage provider, CM&F Group.{{cite web |title=Hub's SPG acquires CM&F Group |url=https://www.theinsurer.com/news/hubs-spg-acquires-cmandf-group/18592.article |website=The Insurer |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.hubinternational.com}}
Category:Financial services companies established in 1998
Category:Companies based in Chicago
Category:Insurance companies based in Illinois
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