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Brown & Brown Completes Acquisition of Specialist Wholesale Broker BdB

Brown & Brown Inc., the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based broker, announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of the general insurance operating companies of BdB Limited. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Formed in 1993, BdB Limited is …

Brown & Brown Agrees to Acquire Dublin’s Quinlan Insurance

Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has entered an agreement to acquire the general insurance operations of Quinlan Insurance. Financial details of transaction, which is expected to close in late June 2022, were not disclosed. The deal is subject to …

U.S. Broker Brown & Brown Agrees to Acquire UK’s Global Risk Partners Ltd.

U.S. broker Brown & Brown Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Global Risk Partners (GRP) from its private equity owner Searchlight Capital Partners L.P. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the …

Brown & Brown Acquires Texas’ CrossCover

Brown & Brown, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire CrossCover Insurance Services. The transaction is expected to close before April 2022, subject to certain closing conditions. CrossCover provides E&S commercial property solutions for customers across the U.S. CrossCover …

People Moves: Brown & Brown Welcomes Zurich’s Batta; Hartford’s Vaughn to Global Specialty; Chubb Names Spitzer Treasurer, Harkin North America CFO

Brown & Brown Names Batta, Raveling, Kusserelis to Key Posts Brown & Brown, a national insurance brokerage firm, has elevated three people to senior leadership positions, the company announced. Anurag Batta, who previously was chief operating officer at Zurich North …

Brown & Brown Acquires Texas’ Harco Insurance Services

Brown & Brown Lone Star Insurance Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Texas-based Harco Insurance Services. With roots dating back to 1969, Harco is a full-service, independent retail insurance …

Brown & Brown Acquires Florida’s Corporate Insurance Advisors

Insurance agency Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Corporate Insurance Advisors. J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Mark R. Schwartz, the principal of Corporate Insurance Advisors, …

Brown & Brown Continues Its Rebranding With Focus on 130 Retail Locations

Florida-based global insurance firm Brown & Brown is rebranding the 130 retail insurance agency locations it has acquired over the years under the Brown & Brown name. The move by Brown & Brown will retire the original retail names of …

Brown & Brown Brings Its Wholesale Units Under Bridge Specialty Brand

Global insurance broker Brown & Brown has consolidated its broad wholesale operations under one brand name, Bridge Specialty Group. As a group, the more than 25 wholesale units place more than $3 billion in premium. Wholesale brokerage total revenues for …

Brown & Brown Promotes Florida-Based Nester to CIO

Brown & Brown, Inc. has appointed Gray Nester as chief information officer for Brown & Brown, effective immediately. Nester has more than 20 years of experience in insurance technology leadership. Since December 2019, he has served as the CIO for …