AmeriLife Group — a life, health and annuity distributor that has used investor cash to fuel explosive growth — said today that it has agreed to acquire Saybrus Partners from Nassau Financial Group.
AmeriLife is a Clearwater, Florida-based company that now has relationships with about 200,000 insurance agents and financial advisors. It has been a top Nassau Financial products distributor.
Recently, the firm received a big round of financing from an investor group led by Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P.
Saybrus has been a major in-house distributor for Nassau's annuities and Medicare supplement insurance products. It has relationships with about 100,000 agents and advisors.
AmeriLife and Nassau Financial hope to close on the deal by Sept. 30. Payment terms were not disclosed.
Once the AmeriLife-Saybrus deal is completed, "Saybrus will continue to distribute Nassau's products," AmeriLife said in a statement.
Saybrus also will continue to operate as a stand-alone organization and brand, with Edward Cassidy, its current managing principal, and other top Saybrus executives, keeping their current positions, AmeriLife said.
Saybrus Details
Saybrus is a Hartford, Connecticut-based business that started in 2009 as the wholesaling arm of The Phoenix Companies, which began in 1851.
Nassau — a private equity-backed life insurer — acquired Phoenix, and Saybrus, in 2016, for about $217 million.
