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Brown & Brown Acquires Nathan Stone Insurance Agency

May 5 2008 // A subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of Nathan Stone Insurance Agency Inc. of Encino, Calif. Nathan Stone Insurance Agency Inc. d/b/a Stone, Harris & Stone, with annualized revenues of...

Business Moves

Apr 21 2008 // Hull & Co., Big Sky Underwriters, Powers & Co.Hull & Co. Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Missoula, Mont.-based Big Sky Underwriters Inc. “The people of Big Sky are well respected in...

Brown & Brown Inc. Launches London Wholesaler, Decus Insurance

Mar 5 2008 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. opened a London-based wholesale brokerage, Decus Insurance Brokers, Limited (D.I.B.) on March 1.According to Regional Executive Vice President Anthony T. Strianese, D.I.B. is Brown...

Brown & Brown Insurance Buys Custom Outsourcing of Tampa

Feb 4 2008 // Giant insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired MEW Custom Staffing, L.L.C., a Tampa, Fla. human resource and outsourcing firm that does business as Custom Outsourcing.C. Roy Bridges, regional executive vice...

Brown & Brown Acquire Diversified Insurance Brokerage of Ind.

Jan 25 2008 // J. Scott Penny, regional executive vice president of Brown & Brown, Inc. and Kevin Mandrell and William Lantrip, principals of Diversified Insurance Brokerage Group, Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind. recently announced the...

Brown & Brown Buys N.J.’s LDP Consulting

Jan 25 2008 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown has acquired LDP Consulting group, Inc., of New Jersey.LDP Consulting Group, with annualized revenues of approximately $12.8 million, specializes in selling employee...

Brown & Brown Buys Michigan’s Smith-Peaboy-Stiles Insurance

Jan 23 2008 // J. Scott Penny, regional executive vice president of Brown & Brown, Inc., and James “Jim” Peabody, president of Smith-Peabody-Stiles Insurance Agency, Inc., with offices in Fenton and Brighton, Mich.,...

Brown & Brown Acquires Okla.-based Turner & Associates

Jan 3 2008 // Through a subsidiary, Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Tecumseh, Okla.-based Turner & Associates Insurance Agency Inc., the companies announced.Turner & Associates, with annualized revenue of approximately...

Curzi Agency of Easton, Pa. Now Owned by Brown & Brown

Dec 14 2007 // The large Fla.-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has made an asset acquisition of of Curzi Insurance Agency, Inc. of Easton, Pa. Thomas E. Riley, Northeast regional president of Brown & Brown, Inc., and...

Brown & Brown Promotes Two

Dec 11 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. has named Kenneth Walton western region director of acquisitions and mergers. The company also announced that David Lester has been named the new profit center leader for the Las Vegas office, to...

Brown & Brown Buys N.J.’s Dalton Insurance Agency

Dec 6 2007 // A subsidiary of Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has acquired Dalton Insurance Agency, LLC, of Glassboro, N.J. Dalton Insurance Agency, with annualized revenues of approximately $2.5 million, is a...

Brown & Brown Acquires New Orleans Agency

Nov 5 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Independent Insurance Associates Inc. of New Orleans, La., according to a joint announcement released by the two companies. Independent Insurance Associates is a commercial property and...

People

Nov 4 2007 // Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. appointed Nick Greggains chief underwriting officer for insurance, and Andrew Englesbe chief underwriting officer for reinsurance for Catlin U.S. Both will be responsible for insurance and...

Brown & Brown Posts 14.8% Third-Quarter Increase

Oct 23 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced its net income for the third quarter of 2007 of $46,216,000, or $0.33 per share, an increase of 14.8 percent from the $40,270,000, or $0.29 per share, reported for the quarter ended Sept....

Brown & Brown Acquires Professional Risk Managers

Oct 11 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset aquisition of Professional Risk Managers Inc. and PRM Group LLC (collectively the PRM Group)The PRM Group, with annualized revenues of approximately $4.5 million, is primarily...

Fla.: Brown & Brown Acquires Certain J.P. Morgan Insurance Assets

Oct 4 2007 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc., announced the purchase of the property and casualty insurance brokerage business of J.P. Morgan Insurance Agency Inc., located in Newark, Del. The acquired business, with annualized...

Business Moves

Sep 24 2007 // The Republic GroupThe Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced its entry into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners, dwelling fire,...

People and Places

Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...

People

Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...

Texas’ Combined Group and Affiliates Acquired by Brown & Brown

Aug 13 2007 // Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. and the Combined Group Companies, of Carrollton, Texas, announced the asset acquisition of the Combined Group by a Brown & Brown subsidiary.The acquisition includes Combined Group...