Prime Risk Partners is building a superior national insurance distribution platform through selective acquisitions, strategic new hires, and thoughtful operations. We intend to be the partner of choice for industry professionals looking to grow exponentially while becoming a critical piece of a growing national organization.
We believe independent agencies should receive handsome financial rewards for what they have built without losing their sense of independence. Partners will have the unique opportunity to get in on the ground floor culturally as well as financially through equity ownership.
With a proven track record of success and decades of experience, our goal is to work together to form the next great national insurance distribution platform.
Our initial acquisitions are focused on retail property and casualty and employee benefits agencies with the following qualities:
Follow on acquisitions will focus on adding to our firm’s presence in an existing region or niche area.
Bret Quigley founded Prime Risk Partners in May 2014. Bret began his career as a certified public accountant with Price Waterhouse before working for ten years in investment banking, where he had full responsibility for new business, client, and deal team management. Bret left investment banking in 1999 to join Hobbs Group, a national insurance brokerage, as its CFO. At Hobbs Group, he took a direct role in focusing the firm on operating efficiencies and expanding the business through acquisitions, producer and team hires, and a renewed emphasis on new business. In 2008, Bret joined Beecher Carlson, another national insurance brokerage, where he served as Vice Chairman, CFO, and President of Agency Operations until its sale to Brown & Brown in 2013. At Beecher Carlson, Bret had overall operating responsibility for agency operations including new business sales and producer recruiting. He also had primary responsibility for all M&A activity in addition to his operating responsibilities. Bret earned his BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Adam Meyerowitz co-founded Prime Risk Partners in May 2014. Adam began his professional career as a corporate attorney at King & Spalding in 1997, representing high growth technology companies from formation through exit. After leaving King & Spalding, he was general counsel for a number of companies, including Talus Solutions and SynQuest. Immediately prior to Prime Risk Partners, Adam was the SVP and General Counsel of Beecher Carlson, a national insurance brokerage, from 2004 until its sale to Brown & Brown in 2013. At Beecher Carlson, Adam helped lead all M&A efforts as well as all producer and team recruiting activities. In addition to his duties as the primary attorney and head of HR, Adam also held a leadership role in prospecting, structuring, negotiating, and consummating all such transactions and activities. Adam is a graduate of the University of Michigan and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Emory University School of Law.
Atlanta, GA, May 27, 2014 – Industry veterans Bret Quigley and Adam Meyerowitz and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. ("THL"), a leading private equity firm, today announced that they have partnered to form Prime Risk