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The Horton Group’s Daly Elected President of Illinois Agents Association

George Daly with The Horton Group in Orland Park, Ill., has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL). Daly’s term runs until Sept. 30, 2021. As president, Daly will serve as a member of …

Iowa’s BrokerTech Ventures Adds 5 New Agency Partners, Names Hatten as COO

BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), the Des Moines, Iowa-based broker-led investor group and accelerator program, has added five new investor partners/sponsors, including Heffernan Insurance Brokers Inc., The Horton Group, Inc., IMA Financial Group, MJ Insurance and Woodruff Sawyer. BTV also has appointed …

The Horton Group Adds Hub’s Pucek as CFO

Orland Park, Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk advisory firm, The Horton Group, has hired Tricia Pucek as chief financial officer. Pucek is responsible for overseeing all corporate accounting, financial reporting and identifying growth opportunities for the agency’s 13 offices located …

4 Cyber Risk Misconceptions Popular with Midsized Firms

Despite frequent reports of hacking, cybercrime, security breaches and related events in all parts of the U.S., many middle market companies continue to underestimate their exposure to these attacks along with their need for focused risk management measures, which may …

Horton Group Adds Fortuna as Sales, Development Director

The Horton Group, an insurance, employee benefits and risk advisory firm based in Chicago, has hired Jay Fortuna as director of Sales Training and Development. Prior to joining the Horton Group, Fortuna worked at Hub Insurance, where served as the …

The Horton Group Acquires BF&S Insurance

Orland Park, Ill.-based insurance brokerage, The Horton Group, announced the acquisition of certain assets of Boyle, Flagg and Seaman (BF&S) Insurance, located in Illinois and Michigan. BF&S’s Illinois retail operations will now operate under the Horton name and staff will …

Big ‘I’ Honors Horton Group Senior VP Wojcik with Sidney O. Smith Award

The Big “I” executive committee presented Mike Wojcik, senior vice president of The Horton Group and chairman of the Big “I” Healthcare Task Force, with the Sidney O. Smith Award, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA’s) highest …

The Horton Group Expands Construction Practice in Illinois

The Horton Group, based in Orland Park, Ill., has expanded its construction practice with one new hire and one promotion in its construction practice. The company added Patrick White as a sales executive and promoted Kris Retusnic to the same …

The Horton Group, Cassady Neeser & Brasseur Merge

The Horton Group, a larged, privately held insurance agency based in Orland Park, Ill., announced a strategic merger agreement with Cassady Neeser & Brasseur of South Bend, Ind.. The merger, effective Oct. 31, 2012, combines two leading independent agencies providing …

McPherson Joins The Horton Group as Sales Consultant

Brian McPherson has joined Chicago-based The Horton Group as a sales consultant responsible for generating new business and providing ongoing strategic advice for clients’ employee benefit programs. McPherson has extensive experience in a variety of industries, small and large, local …