Wauwatosa-based accounting and consulting firm Wipfli LLP has acquired Minneapolis-based security and business continuity planning provider Assurity River Group.
Assurity’s employees will become part of Wipfli’s risk advisory and forensics services practice.
“Assurity River Group has an established track record of providing security and business continuity planning services to businesses in the Upper Midwest,” said Bob Cedergren, partner-in-charge of Wipfli’s risk advisory and forensic services practice. “This combination will enhance our risk management and information security practice capabilities and strengthen our ability to serve both existing and prospective clients.”
“Assurity River Group’s leaders and associates are excited about this combination, said Jeff Olejnik, CEO of Assurity River Group. Together with Wipfli, our combined risk advisory services practice will be positioned well to continue to be a leader in providing the value-added risk management, information security and business continuity services our clients have come to expect.”
Wipfli has 23 locations and more than 1,200 employee in the U.S. and two offices in India.