Westland Insurance has announced the acquisition of three new companies: BMT Insurance Brokers Limited, Dimensions Insurance Management, and Haggett & Rogers Group of Companies.
With these acquisitions, Westland is set to expand its property and casualty (P&C) insurance practices across Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta
BMT Insurance Brokers has over 65 years of P&C insurance experience, life & benefits, and financial services. With six locations across Ontario, it allows Westland to enter three new communities and further solidify its commitment to serving clients in Northern Ontario.
Dimensions Insurance Management, meanwhile, is a commercial and specialty P&C brokerage based in Winnipeg, MB. It is focused on serving clients across Western Canada, with roots that date back to 1905.
Finally, Haggett & Rogers is a family-owned brokerage established in 1978. It offers personal and commercial insurance solutions and vehicle registry services, with locations in Calgary and Lethbridge, AB.
Westland president and CEO Jamie Lyons expressed his excitement about the acquisition of these three companies and stated that their addition marks a “significant step forward in our goal to become Canada’s favourite insurance broker.”
“Their collective depth of expertise and experience in the industry, as well as strong entrepreneurial cultures, will allow us to continue delivering even better service to our clients and communities across the country,” Lyons said further.
Westland has recently been expanding its national footprint through a series of acquisitions. Just last month, it acquired music insurance broker Shephard Ashmore Insurance in Vancouver, BC.
The company also acquired Insurance Group in Nova Scotia and Hutcheson, Reynolds & Caswell Insurance in Ontario last December.
In a February interview with Insurance Business, Lyons spoke of Westland’s mission to become “Canada’s favourite broker” and said that they plan to achieve this goal by focusing on five strategic pillars: providing exceptional client experience, becoming a caring, modern, and inclusive employer, being an authentic and invested community member, being the preferred partner of insurance providers, and being the best mergers and acquisitions partner.
“Growth enables us to make the investments that we feel we need to make to be around for the long term,” he said. “It also allows us to attract better talent into the organization and offer more career opportunities to our people.”
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