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Summit Global Partners Expanding Service in Texas

Jul 30 2003 // International insurance brokerage and consulting company Summit Global Partners announced that Roman Sanchez has been named sales executive of Summit Global Partners of Texas. In his new position, Sanchez is charged with...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Mass. Agency

Jul 25 2003 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Andrew-Anthony Insurance Agency, Inc. of Wellesley, Mass. Founded in 1991, Andrew-Anthony Insurance Agency, Inc. is a full-service retail insurance broker...

Acordia’s American E&S Insurance Operation Acquires RMC2

Jul 24 2003 // American E&S Insurance Brokers of New York Inc. announced today the acquisition of RMC2, LLC, a national excess and surplus insurance broker with offices in the Chicago area and West Palm Beach, Fla. American E&S...

Kemper Sells Service Organization

Jul 22 2003 // The Long Grove, Ill.-based Kemper Insurance Cos. today announced the sale of its service platform, Kemper Services, to Platinum Equity LLC. The acquisition was closed today following approval by the Illinois Department of...

HRH Co. Acquires Remaining Interest in New World E&S, LLC

Jul 21 2003 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company has acquired the remaining 49 percent interest in New World E&S, LLC (New World), a casualty excess and surplus lines facility specializing in excess general liability and umbrella...

LewisCo Acquires Conn. TPA

Jul 17 2003 // Deerfield, Ill.-based LewisCo Group, a provider of specialized resources for the management of disability, absence and productivity for insurers and employers, today announced it has acquired the majority interest in...

BancorpSouth to Acquire Little Rock Agency

Jul 16 2003 // Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth Inc. has announced that it has executed a merger agreement with Little Rock-based Ramsey, Krug, Farrell & Lensing Inc. (RKF&L), one of Arkansas’ leading insurance firms....

Aon Acquires Aggression Management Firm

Jul 15 2003 // Chicago-based brokerage giant Aon Corp. has acquired the rights to an Orlando, Fla.-based aggression consulting company, according to the Chicago Tribune. The Center for Aggression Management aims to reduce violence and...

General Re Announces Purchase of AXA Konzern’s Share of Joint Venture

Jul 14 2003 // General Re Corporation announces it has purchased AXA Konzern AG’s 49.9 percent shareholding in a Luxembourg-based joint venture company which owns 12,324,090 shares, or about 58.9 percent, of Kolnische...

Old National to Acquire Fort Wayne Insurance Agency

Jul 11 2003 // Evansville, Ind.-based Old National Bancorp has entered into an agreement to acquire Insurance & Risk Management, a 160-employee insurance agency with offices in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. Based in Fort Wayne,...

Marshall & Swift Partners with FloodSource

Jul 10 2003 // FloodSource, a Fort Worth-based provider of flood data and flood hazard determination systems, announced that Marshall & Swift (M&S) has integrated FloodSource’s online flood maps directly with...

Sky Acquires Insurance Buyers’ Service

Jul 9 2003 // Bowling Green, Ohio-based Sky Financial Group Inc. has acquired Insurance Buyers’ Service Agency Inc. (IBS) of Boardman, Ohio. IBS is an agency that sells professional liability, personal and commercial insurance....

Community Banks, Inc. to Acquire Two Pa. Agencies

Jul 9 2003 // Community Banks, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Your Insurance Partner, an agency with offices in Mechanicsburg and Dillsburg, PA. The transaction is subject to regulatory...

InMarket Partners Names Stanton Senior Partner

Jul 8 2003 // Pennsylvania-based InMarket Partners, LLC announced that Scott Stanton has been named a Senior Partner at the strategic insurance communication firm. Stanton comes to InMarket Partners (www.inmarketpartners.com) from AIG...

ABD to Acquire Wash.-based Sullivan & Curtis

Jul 8 2003 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services (ABD), in conjunction with its parent company, Greater Bay Bancorp announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sullivan & Curtis Insurance Brokers of Washington,...

Shults Appointed VP at Vista Insurance Partners

Jul 8 2003 // Wholesale insurance broker Vista Insurance Partners announced the appointment of Russell Shults as vice president in its San Antonio office, located at 5750 Northwest Parkway, Suite 100. Shults has more than 13 years...

InMarket Partners Names New Senior Partner

Jul 8 2003 // InMarket Partners, LLC announced today that Scott L. Stanton of Berwyn, PA had been named a Senior Partner at the strategic insurance communication firm. Scott comes to InMarket Partners from AIG and Reliance Standard Life...

Private Business Sells InsuranceManager Business

Jul 3 2003 // Private Business Inc. of Brentwood, Tenn., a provider of cash flow and retail inventory management solutions for community banks and small businesses, reported it has sold the assets of its InsuranceManager(TM) business to...

Corporate Systems, Great American Form Partnership

Jul 3 2003 // Amarillo, Texas-based Corporate Systems Inc., a property/casualty claims lifecycle management and reporting solutions provider, announced that Great American Insurance Group successfully implemented CS TeleClaim and EDI...

First Niagara Risk Management Acquires Two Rochester Agencies

Jul 3 2003 // First Niagara Risk Management, Inc., the wholly-owned insurance subsidiary of First Niagara Bank and its parent, First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., announced that it has reached agreements to acquire two Rochester-based...