Ethos Capital, BCI, and White Mountains to partner with BroadStreet and Ontario Teachers'
Torys is acting as Canadian counsel to Ontario Teachers' and BroadStreet with a team that includes Raegan Kennedy and Brody Appotive (corporate and pension regulatory), Omar Wakil (competition/antitrust), Darryl Hiscocks (employment) and Robbie Wang (tax).
On April 10, 2025, BroadStreet Partners (“BroadStreet”) announced that an investor group led by Ethos Capital (“Ethos”), British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (“BCI”), and White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (“White Mountains”), will acquire an ownership position in BroadStreet. Under the terms of the agreement, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (“Ontario Teachers’”) will maintain a significant co-control stake and operate in partnership with the Ethos-led investor group.
BroadStreet is unique in the market due to its co-ownership model with more than 800 colleagues that own equity in their local Core Agencies. This approach creates focused alignment between BroadStreet and its Core Agency Partners around growth and value creation. The partnership with Ethos and its co-investors will support BroadStreet’s long-term plans, including its continued investment in technology and digital transformation.
Ontario Teachers’ acquired a majority stake in BroadStreet in 2012 and has taken an active role in supporting the organization’s growth by focusing on long-term value creation. Under its ownership, BroadStreet has meaningfully scaled the business and become one of the top private brokerages in North America, with a presence in all 50 U.S. states and all 10 Canadian provinces.
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BroadStreet is a leading middle-market insurance brokerage focused on commercial and personal property & casualty and employee benefits. It invests in select, entrepreneurial, high-performing independent agencies looking for capital support and partnership. With 30 Core Agency Partners, BroadStreet provides ownership opportunities for more than 800 agency professionals across the U.S. and Canada.
Ethos Capital is a global investment firm that makes majority and minority control investments in middle-market companies, primarily across North America and Europe.
Ontario Teachers' is a global investor with net assets of C$266.3 billion as of December 31, 2024. It is a fully funded defined benefit pension plan, and invests in a broad array of asset classes to deliver retirement security for 343,000 working members and pensioners.
BCI is amongst the largest institutional investors in Canada with C$250.4 billion in gross assets under management, as of March 31, 2024. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, it manages a portfolio of diversified public and private market investments on behalf of over 30 British Columbia public sector clients.
White Mountains Insurance is a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company.