Hamburg \u2014 The Hansea\u00adtic Broking Center Group (HBC), an owner-mana\u00adged plat\u00adform for insu\u00adrance brokers, welco\u00admes Bridge\u00adpoint as a new share\u00adhol\u00adder. The globally active inves\u00adtor with head\u00adquar\u00adters in London is taking over the shares from Preser\u00adva\u00adtion Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners. The foun\u00adders and the manage\u00adment team will remain signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly inves\u00adted and will lead HBC into the next growth phase toge\u00adther with Bridgepoint. <\/p>\n
Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2022, HBC has estab\u00adlished itself as one of the leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent insu\u00adrance broker groups in the German-spea\u00adking region. The company serves over 40,000 custo\u00admers in a variety of diffe\u00adrent insu\u00adrance sectors, mana\u00adges a premium volume of more than 600 million euros and has quadru\u00adpled its EBITDA since it was foun\u00added \u2014 through orga\u00adnic growth and targe\u00adted acquisitions. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur vision was clear from the start: we want to create a plat\u00adform that offers SMEs access to specia\u00adli\u00adzed, inde\u00adpen\u00addent advice and modern digi\u00adtal solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 close to the custo\u00admer, profes\u00adsio\u00adnally strong and entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial,\u201d explains Gert Schloss\u00adma\u00adcher, Execu\u00adtive Chair\u00adman and co-foun\u00adder of HBC<\/strong>. \u201cBridge\u00adpoint brings not only a deep under\u00adstan\u00adding of our market, but also the opera\u00adtio\u00adnal expe\u00adri\u00adence to realize our ambi\u00adti\u00adons at scale. Toge\u00adther we will acce\u00adle\u00adrate our growth stra\u00adtegy and further deve\u00adlop an attrac\u00adtive ecosys\u00adtem for custo\u00admers, part\u00adners and insu\u00adr\u00aders. We thank PCP for buil\u00adding HBC toge\u00adther over the past three years\u201d <\/p>\n With the new part\u00adner\u00adship, HBC will conti\u00adnue to drive forward the expan\u00adsion of its MGA exper\u00adtise, the digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion of its plat\u00adform and its expan\u00adsion in the DACH region. Recent acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons such as LTA (travel insu\u00adrance), HYV Schoma\u00adcker (yacht insu\u00adrance) and Schin\u00adner (commer\u00adcial property insu\u00adrance) under\u00adline HBC\u2019s stra\u00adte\u00adgic ambi\u00adtion to streng\u00adthen its posi\u00adtion in line with the needs of its custo\u00admer groups. <\/p>\n \u201cWe believe in the value of inde\u00adpen\u00addent, specia\u00adli\u00adzed consul\u00adting \u2014 espe\u00adci\u00adally for medium-sized compa\u00adnies that are often under\u00adre\u00adpre\u00adsen\u00adted in the market,\u201d says Hauke Martin\u00adsen, CEO and co-foun\u00adder of HBC<\/strong>. \u201cWith Bridge\u00adpoint, we have a part\u00adner at our side who not only faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adtes growth finan\u00adci\u00adally, but also supports it with stra\u00adte\u00adgic exper\u00adtise. This bene\u00adfits not only us \u2014 but above all our custo\u00admers and partners.\u201d <\/p>\n Cars\u00adten Kratz, Part\u00adner at Bridge\u00adpoint and Head of DACH<\/strong>, is deligh\u00adted: \u201cSMEs form the back\u00adbone of the German economy \u2014 but are clearly under\u00adser\u00adved when it comes to custo\u00admi\u00adzed insu\u00adrance solu\u00adti\u00adons. HBC impres\u00adses with its entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial team, clear specia\u00adliza\u00adtion and impres\u00adsive growth. We see enorm\u00adous poten\u00adtial to support the company in further expan\u00adding its exper\u00adtise, digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion and regio\u00adnal expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris Brack\u00admann, Part\u00adner at Bridge\u00adpoint<\/strong>, respon\u00adsi\u00adble for DACH invest\u00adments, adds: \u201cHBC is an outstan\u00adding company in a struc\u00adtu\u00adrally attrac\u00adtive market: foun\u00adder-led, fast-growing and with a clear track record. The condi\u00adti\u00adons for buil\u00adding a true cham\u00adpion in the DACH region could hardly be better. We look forward to working with Gert, Hauke, Sebas\u00adtian, Johan\u00adnes and the team to make this vision a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n It was a plea\u00adsure to accom\u00adpany Gert and his team during the start-up phase of HBC. In just three years, they have succee\u00added in estab\u00adli\u00adshing one of the most dyna\u00admic and fastest-growing plat\u00adforms in the Euro\u00adpean insu\u00adrance distri\u00adbu\u00adtion market. Our goal from the outset was to support the team in buil\u00adding a first-class plat\u00adform for insu\u00adrance distri\u00adbu\u00adtion. We are proud of what we have achie\u00adved toge\u00adther and look forward to watching HBC\u2019s contin\u00adued progress under Bridge\u00adpoin\u00adt\u2019s leader\u00adship,\u201d said Jeroen Bischops and Armin Holei\u00adsen of Preser\u00adva\u00adtion Capi\u00adtal Partners.<\/p>\n The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to the usual regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adovals and is expec\u00adted to be comple\u00adted in the third quar\u00adter of 2025.<\/p>\n About HBC About Bridge\u00adpoint About Preser\u00adva\u00adtion Capi\u00adtal Partners Advi\u00adsor Bridge\u00adpoint: Kirk\u00adland & Ellis, Frankfurt<\/strong><\/p>\n Sebas\u00adtian Pitz (lead), Dr. Tobias Larisch (both Private Equity\/M&A), Tim Nobe\u00adreit (Tax, Munich), Dr. Alex\u00adan\u00adder L\u00e4ngs\u00adfeld (Debt Finance, Munich); Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes: Alex\u00adan\u00adder Herzog, Dr. Mattias Prange, Jenia Dimit\u00adrova, Melissa Afraz, Fabian Water\u00adh\u00f6l\u00adter (all Private Equity\/M&A; all three Munich) \u2014 www.kirkland.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hamburg \u2014 The Hansea\u00adtic Broking Center Group (HBC), an owner-mana\u00ad\u00adged plat\u00adform for insu\u00adrance brokers, welco\u00admes Bridge\u00adpoint as a new share\u00adhol\u00adder. The globally active inves\u00adtor with head\u00adquar\u00adters in London is taking over the shares from Preser\u00adva\u00adtion Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners. The foun\u00adders and the manage\u00adment team will remain signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly inves\u00adted and will lead HBC into the next growth [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n Hansea\u00adtic Broking Center (HBC) is a dyna\u00admi\u00adcally growing, owner-mana\u00adged plat\u00adform for insu\u00adrance brokers and under\u00adwri\u00adting agents based in Hamburg. Crea\u00adted in 2022 through the merger of seve\u00adral estab\u00adlished specia\u00adlist brokers, HBC now serves over 40,000 custo\u00admers in 15 insu\u00adrance sectors and mana\u00adges a premium volume of more than 600 million euros. The group combi\u00adnes regio\u00adnal custo\u00admer proxi\u00admity and profes\u00adsio\u00adnal specia\u00adliza\u00adtion with scalable struc\u00adtures and digi\u00adtal solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 tail\u00ado\u00adred to the requi\u00adre\u00adments of medium-sized companies. <\/p>\n
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\n Bridge\u00adpoint is one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading private asset inves\u00adtors with a focus on high-growth mid-market compa\u00adnies in the private equity, infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and private credit sectors. With over $75 billion in assets under manage\u00adment and a strong local presence in Europe, North America and Asia, Bridge\u00adpoint combi\u00adnes global invest\u00adment power with deep market know\u00adledge and indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise. \u2014 www.bridgepointgroup.com <\/p>\n
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\n Preser\u00adva\u00adtion Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners (PCP) is a private equity firm specia\u00adli\u00adzing in the busi\u00adness and finan\u00adcial services sector with a focus on growth invest\u00adments in Western Europe. Foun\u00added in 2017, PCP invests in market-leading compa\u00adnies and has exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in insu\u00adrance distri\u00adbu\u00adtion, inclu\u00adding invest\u00adments in BMS, BPL and Optio. \u2014 www.preservationcapitalpartners.com <\/p>\n
\nKirk\u00adland & Ellis, London: Vanessa Xu, Alex\u00adan\u00adder Bond (both Debt Finance); Asso\u00adciate: Emma Shi (Debt Finance)<\/p>\n