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Obsidian Insurance Holdings, Inc.: add-on acquisition by Daiichi Life Group, Inc.

Add-on acquisitionbuyer Daiichi Life Group, Inc.

Protective completes acquisition of Obsidian, establishing specialty property and casualty business line

Announced
Nov 2, 2026
Closed
Nov 2, 2026
closedadd-onFact

13 additional comparable deals, 6 additional named parties

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

What happened

Platform
Protective Life Insurance Companyadd-on basis: Protective Life Insurance Company is held by Daiichi Life Group, Inc. (holding evidence https://abry.com/news-article/abry-partners-announces-sale-of-fi-and-dealer-reinsurance-leader-portfolio-to-protective-life/)
Control
Control
Share acquired
unknown
Industry
unknown
Target location
unknown
Seller kind
Sponsor
Rollover
unknown

Values and comparable deals

No value was disclosed for this deal: no enterprise value, price, equity value, revenue, EBITDA or multiple.

Near comps
  • BSW Wealth PartnersAdd-on acquisition in financial servicesclosed Sep 1, 2026Not disclosed
    Similar because: same sector (financial services), same kind of deal (add-on acquisition), both control deals, 2 months apart
  • KasistoAdd-on acquisition in financial services, NYannounced Jun 23, 2026Not disclosed
    Similar because: same sector (financial services), same kind of deal (add-on acquisition), both control deals, 4 months apart
  • WadeAdd-on acquisition in financial servicesannounced Jun 4, 2026Not disclosed
    Similar because: same sector (financial services), same kind of deal (add-on acquisition), both control deals, 5 months apart

13 more comparables open with the complete profile.

Values print only where a source disclosed them; no multiple or price is estimated. No location or disclosed value is on this record, so the match could not use them.

Parties and roles

9 named
Buy side
  • J. Ryan ClarkDeal partnerconfirmed
    ““We are proud of what the Obsidian team has built since the company’s formation six years ago,” said Ryan Clark, President and Managing Partner at Genstar Capital.”
  • “Protective Life Insurance Company is held by Daiichi Life Group, Inc. (holding evidence https://abry.com/news-article/abry-partners-announces-sale-of-fi-and-dealer-reinsurance-leader-portfolio-to-protective-life/)”
  • “Protective Life Insurance Company is held by Daiichi Life Group, Inc. (holding evidence https://abry.com/news-article/abry-partners-announces-sale-of-fi-and-dealer-reinsurance-leader-portfolio-to-protective-life/)”

Evidence

“Protective Life Corporation (Protective), a U.S. subsidiary of Daiichi Life Group, Inc. (Daiichi Life, TSE:8750), today announced that its principal subsidiary, Protective Life Insurance Company, has completed its acquisition of Obsidian Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates (Obsidian) from funds advised by Genstar Capital.”
Press releaseconfidence 80%recorded Nov 3, 2026