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Business Moves
Jan 11 2009 // Editor’s Note: For a comprehensive report of mergers and acquisitions for 2008, see Special Report: Agency Mergers in 2008 in the Dec. 22, 2008, edition of Insurance Journal. Brown & Brown, Insurance 1,...
Brown & Brown Insurance Buys New Jersey’s Gallagher Associates
Jan 5 2009 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has purchased the assets of Gallagher Associates in Blackwood, New Jersey. Gallagher Associates, with annualized revenues of approximately $2.0 million, sells...
Brown & Brown Inc. Acquires Assets of Preferred Insurance Services
Jan 5 2009 // A subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of Phoenix, Ariz.,-based Preferred Insurance Services LLC. Preferred Insurance Services, with annualized revenues of approximately $1.3 million,...
Brown & Brown Inc. Acquires Baker, Thomsen Associates Insurance Services
Dec 31 2008 // A subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of Thomsen Associates Insurance Services of Newport Beach, Calif. Baker, Thomsen Associates Insurance Services, with annualized revenues of...
Brown & Brown Acquires Louisiana’s Insurance 1 Inc.
Dec 22 2008 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced it is acquiring Alexandria, La.-based Insurance 1 Inc. With annualized revenues of approximately $800,000, Insurance 1 focuses on property and casualty, as well as health and life...
Brown & Brown Acquires New Mexico’s Charter Insurance
Dec 18 2008 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset acquisition of Charter Insurance Services, Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Charter Insurance Services, Inc., with annualized revenues of approximately $1.1 million, focuses on...
Brown & Brown Acquires Louisiana Agency
Dec 18 2008 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has acquired Alexander & Bolton Inc., of Alexandria, La. Alexander & Bolton, founded in 1890, is one of Louisiana’s longest operating insurance agencies....
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Stewart & Tunno Insurance Agency
Dec 8 2008 // A subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of Stewart & Tunno Insurance Agency Inc. Portland, Ore.-based Stewart & Tunno Insurance Agency has annualized revenues of approximately $1.8...
Business Moves
Nov 30 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher The HR Group International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired The HR Group, LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The HR Group...
Business Moves
Nov 30 2008 // State Auto, Rockhill Insurance Group State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company has agreed to acquire Rockhill Insurance Group of Kansas City, Mo. Closing is expected in the first quarter of 2009, subject to approval by...
Business Moves
Nov 30 2008 // Brown & Brown, Conner Strong Florida- based Brown & Brown Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the small business insurance unit of Conner Strong Companies, Inc., which is headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey....
Brown & Brown Acquires Small Business Unit of N.J.’s Conner Strong
Nov 18 2008 // Florida- based Brown & Brown, Inc. said it it has agreed to acquire the small business insurance unit of Conner Strong Companies, Inc., which is headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The small business insurance...
Brown & Brown Announces Asset Acquisition of Agency Associates
Nov 14 2008 // J. Scott Penny, regional executive vice president of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Frederick W. “Fred” McClaine, B. Michael Haffey and Ronald L. “Ron” Smith, principals of Agency Associates, Inc.,...
Brown & Brown: Revenues Up Even as Insurance Prices Falling
Oct 21 2008 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. reported that its total commissions and fees revenues for the third quarter of 2008 increased 8.1 percent over the third quarter of 2007. While revenues were up, net...
Florida-based Brown & Brown Acquires Al Phillips Insurance Agency
Oct 13 2008 // Florida-based Brown & Brown, Inc. announced the asset acquisition of Al Phillips Insurance Agency Inc. of Nashville, Tenn., by a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., according to C. Roy Bridges, regional executive...
Brown & Brown Empire State, Selective Insurance Support Children’s Charity
Oct 3 2008 // Brown & Brown Empire State and Selective Insurance Group, Inc. have joined forces to support the efforts of Charity for Children, Inc. through a $1,000 grant. The grant represents a $500 donation from Brown &...
Conn. Agency Data Case Continues
Sep 22 2008 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to rule on a Florida agency’s efforts to block state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal from disclosing information he obtained while investigating the insurance...
Conn. Case over Disclosure of Insurance Agency Data to Continue
Sep 4 2008 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to rule on a Florida company’s efforts to block state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal from disclosing information he obtained while investigating the insurance...
Business Moves
Sep 1 2008 // Aon, Benfield Chicago-based Aon Corp. is acquiring UK-based broker Benfield Group Limited for about $1.75 billion. The price includes $6.55 (£3.50) per share in cash and assumption of $170 million (£91 million) of...
Business Moves
Sep 1 2008 // Aon, Benfield Chicago-based Aon Corp. is acquiring UK-based broker Benfield Group Limited for about $1.75 billion. The price includes $6.55 (£3.50) per share in cash and the assumption of $170 million (£91...
