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Business Moves

Feb 7 2011 // Brown & Brown, Balcos Insurance, Mike Howard InsuranceBrown & Brown Inc. subsidiary Brown & Brown of Washington Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Balcos Insurance, Inc. and M C H Inc. of Seattle...

Brown & Brown Names 4 Regional Vice Presidents

Feb 7 2011 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has named regional vice presidents in Washington, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Eric E. Anderson, Anthony M. Grippa, Thomas Keith Huval and Richard A. Knudson,...

Brown & Brown Subsidiary Acquires Assets of Nies Insurance Agency

Jan 14 2011 // Brown & Brown Inc. subsidiary Fullerton & Co. Inc. has substantially all of the assets of Nies Insurance Agency Inc. With annual revenues of approximately $2.7 million, Nies Insurance Agency has served the...

Business Moves

Jan 10 2011 // Brown & Brown, Ruland & Mattingley InsuranceC. Roy Bridges, regional president of Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. and Lloyd S. Ruland III and Philip M. Ruland, shareholders of Ruland &...

Brown & Brown Taps Penny as Chief Acquisitions Officer

Jan 10 2011 // 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...

Lydecker, Downs Named Brown & Brown Regional Presidents

Jan 7 2011 // Brown & Brown Inc. reports that Charles H. Charlie Lydecker has been elected regional president responsible for a number of the company’s retail operations in the state of Florida and for certain of its retail...

Brown & Brown Buys Balcos, Mike Howard Insurance in Washington

Jan 5 2011 // J. Scott Penny, regional president of Brown & Brown Inc.; Mark S. Balcos and Scott N. Balcos, principals of Balcos Insurance, Inc.; and Michael P. Howard, principal of M C H, Inc. of Seattle, d/b/a Mike Howard...

Brown & Brown Acquires Ladd’s Agency

Dec 9 2010 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired the assets of Ladd’s Agency, an Upstate New York-based insurance agency owned by Alliance Financial Corp.Ladd’s, with annual revenue of roughly $1.4 million, has...

Brown & Brown Acquires Ruland & Mattingley Insurance Services Assets

Dec 2 2010 // C. Roy Bridges, regional president of Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. and Lloyd S. Ruland III and Philip M. Ruland, shareholders of Ruland & Mattingley Insurance Services Inc. of Laguna Hills, Calif.,...

Brown & Brown Acquires Indiana’s Mavum Consulting

Nov 24 2010 // National insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired the assets of Mavum Consulting, LLC and Mavum Risk Management, LLC of Indianapolis. With annualized revenues of approximately $1.3 million, Mavum Consulting and...

Zimmerman Joins Brown & Brown

Nov 23 2010 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown has named Paul J. Zimmerman as director of acquisitions.Zimmerman is a 40-year industry veteran who most recently worked with Travelers, joins Brown & Brown’s acquisitions team...

Do Certificates of Insurance Matter?

Nov 17 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 in Texas.Generally, a Certificate of...

Do Certificates of Insurance Matter?

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...

Business Moves

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...

Brown & Brown Announces Asset Acquisition of Rogers & Norman

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...

Business Moves

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...

Brown & Brown Buys Some Business from Pennsylvania’s Greystone

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,...

Brown & Brown of Florida Buys Beecher Carlson’s T.R. Jones Units

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 &...

Brown & Brown Acquires Martin Benefits

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...

Roth to Lead Brown & Brown’s Professional Liability Brokerage

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,...