Insurance claims administrator acquires forensic investigations provider

Unified Investigations & Sciences Inc., an engineering and forensic investigation service provider and a subsidiary of third-party administrator Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., has acquired Stephen Ternullo & Associates.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Clinton Township, Michigan-based Stephen Ternullo & Associates is a provider of structural engineering, forensic investigations and fire investigation services to the property/casualty insurance market and architects, developers and property owners in the Michigan region, Sedgwick said Thursday in a statement.

As part of the transaction, Steve Ternullo, president and principal engineer of the acquired company, was appointed district manager of Unified's Great Lakes region, based in Clinton Township. All other employees of Stephen Ternullo & Associates will stay on with the combined organization, according to a company statement.

The acquisition will bring “a broader range of engineering and forensic services in Michigan and across the Great Lakes region,” Unified President Steve Powell said in the statement.