Insurance-services firm acquired; headed to Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS — Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group has acquired Essential Insurance Services Inc. in Conifer and will move its operations to Kaufman’s US-Reports corporate office in Fort Collins.

Financial terms of deal were not disclosed.

US-Reports provides audits, inspections and risk-management services. Essential Services provides audit services, including general liability, worker’s compensation and other auditable insurance coverages.

A company spokesman said there will be 85 people working in the office in Fort Collins after the acquisition, but he declined to say how many of those were Essential Services employees making the move.

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