All the headlines from our Brown & Brown Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2010 // For many years it has been generally understood by agents, insurers and insureds that Certificates of Insurance are very limited in their purpose. That view may be under assault.Generally, a Certificate of Insurance is a...
Nov 14 2010 // Union General Insurance ServicesUnion General Insurance Services of Concord, Calif., opened a Southern California branch office to enhance its service and marketing capabilities to retail producers. The operation will be...
Nov 3 2010 // Brown & Brown Inc. has announced the asset acquisition of Seattle-based Rogers & Norman Inc. Established in 1956, and with annual revenues of approximately $3.2 million, Rogers & Norman offers insurance...
Nov 1 2010 // Ironshore, Distinguished ProgramsBermuda-based specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. and New York-based program administrator Distinguished Programs Group LLC have formed a joint venture acquisition vehicle targeting the...
Oct 25 2010 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired part of the business of Berwyn, Pa.-based Greystone Benefits, Inc. The company said that the acquired book of business, with annual revenues of approximately $1.2 million,...
Oct 8 2010 // Brown & Brown of Florida has acquired insurance broker Beecher Carlson subsidiaries, Thomas R. Jones, Inc. and T.R. Jones & Co. of Broward, L.C., collectively doing business as T.R. Jones & Co.T.R. Jones &...
Oct 6 2010 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired New York-based Martin Benefits Consulting and Martin Human Resources.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The businesses — which have combined annual revenues of...
Sep 21 2010 // Brown & Brown, Inc. announced that Rob Roth has been named director and practice leader of Professional Liability for the company’s wholesale brokerage division. Roth began his career with ECC Insurance Brokers,...
Aug 9 2010 // Florida-based Brown & Brown has acquired Virginia-based benefits firm Synergy Benefits Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Synergy, which has annual revenue of approximately $1.2 million, will merge with Manassas office of...
Aug 3 2010 // The Connecticut Supreme Court said state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal cannot publicize confidential business documents obtained under subpoena in an antitrust probe, prompting him to say he might try to have the...
Jul 22 2010 // Brown & Brown Inc. has promoted J. Scott Penny to the position of regional president. Penny, who has served as a regional executive vice president since 2002, is responsible for oversight of retail profit center...
Jul 20 2010 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. reported that it earned net income for the 2010 second quarter $41,185,000, an increase of 1.3% from the $40,668,000, for the 2009 second quarter. Total revenue for the...
Jul 19 2010 // NetCompNetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in Columbia, S.C., has opened its online program (www.netcompinsurance.com) for small to-mid size workers’ compensation business to all independent...
Jul 6 2010 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown has acquired Meridian Group of New York, Inc. Meridian Group, with annual revenues of approximately $1.3 million, provides life, health, and other employee benefits products...
Jul 6 2010 // Florida-based agency Brown & Brown has acquired Eberhart & Company Insurors, Inc.of Roswell, Georgia. With revenues of approximately $1 million, Eberhart has served the insurance needs of individuals and businesses...
Jul 2 2010 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Commonwealth Insurance Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1996 by Todd R. Tyler, Commonwealth Insurance Group, with annual revenues of approximately $2.6...
Jun 7 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Corp.Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group has announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. (LMAC) has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an...
May 14 2010 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired four retail insurance agencies in central and southeastern Connecticut with combined revenues of $7.2 million.The acquired agencies are McCutcheon Burr & Sons, of...
Apr 19 2010 // January deal activity started out strong but continued to decline in February and further in March. Nonetheless, first quarter merger and acquisition (M&A) activity bested last year’s first quarter performance...
Apr 6 2010 // The Board of Directors of Brown & Brown Inc. has elected C. Roy Bridges regional president responsible for most of the company’s retail operations in the western United States. He will continue to have regional...