Brown & Brown Taps Penny as Chief Acquisitions Officer

J. Scott Penny has been named chief acquisitions officer for Florida-based insurance agency brown & Brown Inc.

Penny has served as one of the company’s regional presidents since July 2010 and previously served as a regional executive vice president. He will continue to be responsible for oversight of retail profit center operations of certain of the company’s subsidiaries in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington.

Penny will also continue to oversee the operations of Axiom Re, Inc. in Florida and North Carolina, and will assume responsibility for the oversight of Florida Intracoastal Underwriters, LLC.

Penny began his career with the company in 1989 in Daytona Beach. He received the company’s Top Gun award in 1994.

Topics Mergers & Acquisitions Florida