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People

Nov 4 2007 // Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. appointed Nick Greggains chief underwriting officer for insurance, and Andrew Englesbe chief underwriting officer for reinsurance for Catlin U.S. Both will be responsible for insurance and...

Brown & Brown Posts 14.8% Third-Quarter Increase

Oct 23 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced its net income for the third quarter of 2007 of $46,216,000, or $0.33 per share, an increase of 14.8 percent from the $40,270,000, or $0.29 per share, reported for the quarter ended Sept....

Brown & Brown Acquires Professional Risk Managers

Oct 11 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset aquisition of Professional Risk Managers Inc. and PRM Group LLC (collectively the PRM Group) The PRM Group, with annualized revenues of approximately $4.5 million, is primarily...

Fla.: Brown & Brown Acquires Certain J.P. Morgan Insurance Assets

Oct 4 2007 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc., announced the purchase of the property and casualty insurance brokerage business of J.P. Morgan Insurance Agency Inc., located in Newark, Del. The acquired business, with annualized...

Business Moves

Sep 24 2007 // The Republic Group The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced its entry into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners, dwelling fire,...

People and Places

Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...

People

Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...

Texas’ Combined Group and Affiliates Acquired by Brown & Brown

Aug 13 2007 // Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. and the Combined Group Companies, of Carrollton, Texas, announced the asset acquisition of the Combined Group by a Brown & Brown subsidiary. The acquisition includes Combined Group...

Subsidiary of Fla.’s Brown & Brown Acquires Kentucky Firm

Aug 2 2007 // A subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Weilage Benefit Specialists Inc., of Louisville, Ky., according to Brown & Brown Regional Executive Vice President J. Scott Penny. Weilage...

Brown & Brown Names Paschke and Strianese Regional Exec. VPs

Jul 20 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has appointed Michael Paschke and Anthony Strianese as regional executive vice presidents. Paschke and Strianese are headquartered in the West and Northeast, respectively. Paschke...

Brown & Brown 1st Quarter Net Income Sets Company Record

Apr 24 2007 // For large Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc., net income and net income per share for the first quarter of 2007 were the highest levels ever attained by the company in a first quarter. Net income per...

Business Moves

Apr 23 2007 // Brown & Brown, United Employers Insurance Brown & Brown Insurance Services of Texas Inc., a subsidiary of Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Houston-based United Employers Insurance Agency...

Simon to Head Brown & Brown’s Lawyer Program

Apr 18 2007 // B&B Protector Plans, Inc., a subsidiary of Florida-based insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown, Inc., has announced that Laura M. Simon has been promoted to executive vice president and profit center leader of...

Fla.-based Brown & Brown Buys Houston’s United Employers

Apr 4 2007 // Brown & Brown Insurance Services of Texas Inc., a subsidiary of Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Houston-based United Employers Insurance Agency Inc. United Employers Insurance Agency, is a...

Brown & Brown Acquiring N.J.’s Grinspec, Public Entity Group Specialist

Mar 26 2007 // Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. is acquiring Grinspec, Inc., an insurance intermediary with offices in New Providence and Moorestown, New Jersey. Brown & Brown, Inc. said it will acquire all of...

Brown & Brown Picks New Leaders for Denver, Phoenix Profit Centers

Mar 16 2007 // Brown & Brown Insurance of Arizona Inc. has named John I. Slater as the new profit center leader for the company’s Phoenix area retail profit center. He will be responsible for the growth and profitability of...

Mich. Brown & Brown Acquires Alcos

Mar 1 2007 // Brown & Brown, Inc. and Alcos, Inc., headquartered in Sterling Heights, Mich., today announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition by Brown & Brown, Inc. of Alcos, Inc. Alcos, with annualized...

Brown & Brown Sees Record Earnings in ’06; Nears $1 Billion Revenues

Feb 13 2007 // Large Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. announced record earnings for 2006, with net income rising to $172,350,000, or $1.22 per share, an increase of 14.5 percent over the $150,551,000, or $1.08 per...

Brown & Brown Buys Fla.’s Shapiro Insurance

Feb 9 2007 // Brown & Brown, Inc. has acquired Shapiro Insurance, Inc., of Tallahassee, Florida. Shapiro Insurance, with annualized revenues of approximately $3 million, is an insurance intermediary serving Florida, South Alabama...

Brown & Brown Reports Asset Acquisition of La. Agencies

Feb 7 2007 // Roy Bridges, regional executive vice president, responsible for Brown & Brown Inc.’s operations in Louisiana and other southeastern states, and Jerry J. Marcello, president of Marcello Agency Inc., American...