Specialty insurance group acquires audit services provider

Specialty insurance firm H.W. Kaufman Financial Group said Tuesday that it has acquired Essential Insurance Services Inc., a provider of audit services for workers compensation coverage.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. 

Essential Insurance Services is a Conifer, Colorado-based provider in audit services, including workers comp, general liability and other auditable insurance coverages, Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group said in a statement. 

Essential Insurance Services will become part of US-Reports, H.W. Kaufman Financial Group’s provider of audits, inspections, and risk management services. The Essential Insurance Services team will relocate to the US-Reports executive office in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to the statement.