Dowling Hales

Dowling Hales offers a broad scope of advisory services, including mergers & acquisitions, private placements of equity and debt capital, valuations and due diligence review services to the insurance industry with specific expertise in the distributor sector. We consistently rank among the top insurance advisors, having advised on over 168 completed transactions representing over $7.5 billion in aggregate value since 2010.

The firm was formed in 2011 through the acquisition of Hales & Company, founded in 1973, by Dowling & Partners, an investor group headed by V.J. Dowling, a leading voice in the insurance research sector.

Description of Product or Services you would like to promote in the Association:

Dowling Hales is an advisory firm that assists insurance agents, brokers and insurance companies in M&A and capital raising activities.

How does your product or service specifically target/benefit Program Administrators:

We partner with Program Administrators to help them with growth expansion strategies as well as help capital needs and requirements.

What differentiates your product from others in the marketplace?

Dowling Hales including Dowling Partners holds a unique position in the market and our highly regarded strategic partners.

Our collective firms have the capability to bridge the languages, cultures and financial interests across the broad spectrum of traditional insurance and capital markets to deliver significant value. No one insurance broker or investment bank currently offers this total integrated approach as a combined business enterprise - until now.