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Relation Insurance Services

Relation Insurance Services is a North American insurance brokerage placing business insurance, employee benefits, personal lines, and private client coverage. On the business side it handles property and liability, workers' compensation, management liability, professional liability, cyber liability, business owners policies, captives and alternative risk, and claims management and advocacy.

It organizes part of its work by sector, with groups for financial institutions, municipalities and public entities, sports and entertainment, private equity, and small business, plus family office risk management and private client services covering homes, autos, boats, aviation, equine, and collectibles. The employee benefits practice offers health and wellness programs, compliance and HR support, custom benefits consulting, retirement and executive benefits, pharmacy benefits, and voluntary benefits, supported by in-house legal, communications, and administration teams.

The brokerage grows substantially by acquisition and runs a partnership program aimed at agency owners, offering carrier access, shared services, added staff, and an equity stake in exchange for joining. Its leadership page states that the current chief executive joined in 2019 when Aquiline Capital Partners invested in the company, and that Relation has executed more than seventy strategic acquisitions since, with revenue tripling over that period.

Nothing on the pages reviewed describes a program built for real estate owners or property portfolios, so a buyer looking for habitational, apartment, or park coverage should confirm that capability before engaging. Compensation is not published; brokerage work of this kind is typically commission or fee based, and the terms would come from the broker directly.

Best for

Businesses that want one broker for property and casualty plus employee benefits, and agency owners looking to sell into a larger platform. Buyers needing a dedicated habitational or apartment program should confirm it exists first.

What they do

  • Commercial property and liability insurance
  • Workers' compensation
  • Management and professional liability
  • Cyber liability
  • Captives and alternative risk
  • Claims management and advocacy
  • Employee benefits consulting
  • Retirement and executive benefits
  • Personal and private client insurance
  • Family office risk management

Details

AttributeValue
OwnershipPE-backed

What stands out

  • Says it has executed more than seventy strategic acquisitions since 2019, when Aquiline Capital Partners invested in the company.
  • Runs a partnership program that gives joining agency owners an equity stake.
  • Carries in-house legal, communications, and benefits administration teams.
  • Writes for financial institutions, municipalities and public entities, and sports and entertainment among other sectors.