Grant Thornton advises Assured Underwriting Group Limited

Assured Underwriting Group (AUG) is a specialist Managing General Agent providing insurance-backed financial protection products to tour operators and the travel sector across the United Kingdom and Europe.

ANV Group Holdings Ltd (ANV) is an independent, global insurance intermediary platform operating across the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe. The company brings together a portfolio of established specialist MGAs, providing a diversified range of insurance products.

ANV's long-term investment approach, established capacity relationships, and global infrastructure are ideally suited to support AUG’s continued expansion across Europe and beyond.

Over the course of the transaction, we worked closely with Mobeus Equity Partners, the shareholders and AUG’s management team to drive the deal forward.

Using our in-depth sector knowledge, we selected a targeted pool of buyers and ran a focused, highly competitive process, ultimately selecting ANV as the preferred bidder. We led on a variety of key workstreams including leading negotiations and process management throughout the deal process.

Our hands-on approach delivered an outstanding outcome for the shareholders and secured a result aligned with their strategic objectives.