Funding agency companions with insurance coverage brokerage platform Tropolis

Unity Companions LP, a principles-based center market funding agency, has introduced a strategic partnership and collaboration with insurance coverage brokerage platform Tropolis.

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tropolis is targeted on buying impartial insurance coverage brokerage corporations that present property and casualty (P&C) and worker advantages options. Its objective is to construct a platform that enables companion companies to learn from elevated scale, shared sources and new development alternatives.

Tropolis is led by co-founders Jeff Mason, Jim Ryans, and Ben Calnin. Mason, who serves as its CEO, beforehand established insurance coverage expertise platform Groundspeed Analytics.

“After rapidly aligning on a shared imaginative and prescient of partnering to guage engaging development alternatives within the insurance coverage brokerage market, we’re enthusiastic about Unity’s talents to assist us execute on this technique,” mentioned Mason. “We anticipate the partnership will open new avenues for brokerages to speed up development via expertise and shared sources, whereas creating possession alternatives for his or her workers.”

A press launch from Unity Companions mentioned the partnership signifies its transfer into the “resilient and extremely fragmented” US insurance coverage brokerage market, which is estimated to be a $146 billion {industry}.

“This partnership is a superb instance of our ‘Companion & Propel’ technique, as we see a first-rate alternative to carry on extra experience and sources to Tropolis,” mentioned John Block, CEO and co-founder of Unity Companions. “We’re assured that Jeff and the Tropolis staff are the best companions to execute strategic M&A. We’ve been actively collaborating with them to construct a pipeline of sturdy companion companies that may assist notice our objective of constructing an industry-leading platform.”

Worker possession is a key part of Unity Companions’ strategy to platform investments. In keeping with this ethos, Tropolis will introduce a Objective Plan, designed to permit workers of companion companies to share in its monetary success and capital occasions.

“With my expertise on this sector, I’ve seen the affect that expertise can have on companies throughout the insurance coverage {industry},” mentioned Bryan W. Adams, co-founder and chairman of Unity Companions, and CEO of Integrity Advertising Group. “The Tropolis platform and data-first strategy might be a major enhancement for smaller companies, and we’re thrilled to see the worth that they will carry to companion companies to assist streamline operations and speed up development.”

Tropolis is the third strategic partnership that Unity Companions has entered into in 2023, following its investments in NDH and Poolie.

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