April 28, 2021
Denver-based insurance brokerage IMA Financial Group said it is expanding to California by acquiring Bolton & Co. in a transaction effective May 1, 2021. The combined brokerage firm will employ 1,200 associates and generate annualized revenues of more than $300 …
March 18, 2021
Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips for …
April 3, 2018
Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. is expanding its education practice group with the promotion of Nicholle Trugman to associate vice president. Trugman has more than 10 years of employee benefits consulting experience. She has been at Bolton for the past …
October 11, 2016
William Bolton, head of a large national brokerage, leader of an influential regional brokers group and chairman of Assurex Global during his nearly half-a-century in insurance, is being remembered by those close to him as a friend and mentor. Bolton …
December 24, 2014
Bolton & Co. has opened an office in Santa Clara, Calif. to serve its clients in Northern California. Bolton’s Santa Clara office will serve a diverse client base, ranging from nonprofit organizations, technology and construction companies to educational institutions. Pasadena, …
August 20, 2014
Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. has joined forces with Garner Consulting, an independent insurance agency that provides employee benefits and compliance services. As part of the transaction, Garner Consulting Principal John Garner join Bolton as chief compliance officer, and he …
January 17, 2014
Bolton & Co. has acquired Los Angeles-based Rick Gombar Insurance Services Inc., an independent insurance agency that provides professional protection for the security industry. As part of the transaction, Rick Gombar, president of the firm, will join Bolton & Co. …
December 12, 2013
Horst Leonard Lechler, former president of Anderson & Murison in Pasadena, Calif. and past president of the American Association of Managing General Agents, was a “student of the business” and a “remarkable insurance person” his friends and colleagues say. Lechler, …
June 25, 2013
Employment practices in California is a known and growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers ramping up rates dramatically or quietly pulling back from the area, say those familiar with the region’s market. “Employment …
January 8, 2013
Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. acquired Preferred Specialty Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency providing insurance services in the San Gabriel Valley. As part of the transaction, effective Dec. 31, 2012, Preferred Specialty Insurance President Todd Jackson will join Bolton …