Latest Brown & Brown Headlines

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Business Moves

Feb 10 2020 // The Hilb Group, Kerr-Boswell, Wickford Insurance AgencyThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired Virginia-based Kerr-Boswell Inc. For more than 60 years, KB has provided employee benefits, property/casualty, life, health and...

Private Equity Still Driving Agency M&As

Feb 10 2020 // Digital Buys Getting Some Attention; Buyers Getting Bigger; Prices Going Higher; Eyes on DigitalThe private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory...

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Texas All Risk

Jan 17 2020 // Brown & Brown Inc. through its subsidiary, Hull & Company LLC, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Dallas-based Texas All Risk, a managing general agent (MGA) placing a wide range of property/ casualty...

P. Barrett Brown Named President of Brown & Brown Retail Business

Jan 14 2020 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown announced the appointment of P. Barrett Brown as an executive vice president and president of the company’s retail business. Most recently, Brown served as a senior vice president...

Brown & Brown Acquires Insurance Management Group of South Carolina

Dec 18 2019 // J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Mark K. Ackerman, the sole shareholder of Insurance Management Group, Inc. (IMG), announced that Brown & Brown of South Carolina, Inc. has...

Brown & Brown to Acquire Canadian MGA Special Risk Insurance Managers

Dec 10 2019 // Brown & Brown Programs Inc. has agreed to acquire the assets of the British Columbia, Canada-based managing general agency Special Risk Insurance Managers (SRIM). The transaction is expected to close effective January...

A.J. Gallagher Acquires Pacific Northwest Marine Business of Brown & Brown

Dec 3 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has completed a transaction for the Pacific Northwest marine business team of Brown & Brown of Washington Inc. and to assume the associated marine book of business. Terms of the deal were...

Business Moves

Nov 18 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts, YozellBrown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Yozell. Founded in 1960 by Peter Yozell, Yozell Associates strives to provide its customers...

Business Moves

Sep 16 2019 // Arch Insurance, Ventus Risk ManagementArch Insurance North America has agreed to acquire Ventus Risk Management, a technology and analytics- driven managing general underwriter that specializes in providing coastal...

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Yozell

Aug 16 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Yozell.Founded in 1960 by Peter Yozell, Yozell Associates strives to provide its customers with value in group employee and executive...

Brown & Brown of Florida Acquires CKP

Aug 15 2019 // Brown & Brown of Florida Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of CKP.CKP provides brokerage services for customers throughout the U.S. operating in agricultural industry. In addition, CKP provides property...

Business Moves

Aug 5 2019 // The Hilb Group, 360 Corporate Benefit AdvisorsThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired New England-based 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors. The transaction became effective May 1, 2019. With offices in Fairfield, Conn., and Wayland,...

Brown & Brown Metro Acquires Assets of New Jersey’s Innovative Risk Solutions

Jul 16 2019 // Brown & Brown Metro LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Innovative Risk Solutions Inc.Innovative Risk Solutions was founded in 2004 by sole shareholder Sean Gormley with the goal of providing employee...

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Twinbrook Insurance

Jun 6 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Twinbrook Insurance.Founded in 1960, Twinbrook Insurance provides property and casualty insurance products and services to customers...

Business Moves

May 6 2019 // ProAg, AmTrust AgricultureProducers Ag Insurance Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Leawood, Kan.-based managing general agent AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is...

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of ALMEA Insurance in Washington

Apr 22 2019 // Brown & Brown of Oregon LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of ALMEA Insurance’s Vancouver, Wash. location. Following the deal, the ALMEA Insurance team will continue doing business from its existing...

Business Moves

Apr 15 2019 // NSM, Embrace Pet InsuranceProgram specialist NSM Insurance Group has acquired Embrace Pet Insurance, a Cleveland-based national provider of pet health insurance for dogs and cats. Embrace offers an accident and illness...

Business Moves

Mar 18 2019 // Aon, Willis Towers WatsonAon Plc said it’s no longer pursuing a combination with rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc, a day after confirming that it was considering a merger. The company reported it...

Brown & Brown Metro Acquires Pennsylvania’s Smith Insurance Associates

Feb 12 2019 // Brown & Brown Metro LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Smith Insurance Associates Inc.Smith Insurance is a family owned agency with more than 35 years of...

Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia Acquires LRS&C

Feb 8 2019 // Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of LRS&C.Brown & Brown Inc. is an insurance brokerage firm providing risk...