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Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Clairmont Financial Group in Minnesota

Aug 3 2017 // Brown & Brown of Minnesota Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired the assets of Clairmont Financial in Minnesota. Clairmont Financial will transition into Brown & Brown’s profit center in...

Heffernan’s Davis Joins Brown & Brown Insurance in California

Aug 1 2017 // Brown & Brown Insurance has named Todd Davis a sales consultant in California. He will advise clients on their group and individual insurance plans. Davis came to B&B from Heffernan Insurance, where he was an...

Arrowhead Acquires TriCoast Insurance Services in California

Jun 19 2017 // Brown & Brown subsidiary Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Camarillo, Calif.-based TriCoast Insurance.The announcement was made on Monday by J. Scott Penny, chief...

Brown & Brown Insurance in Florida Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $100K

Jun 19 2017 // Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown will pay $100,000 and furnish significant relief to resolve a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Brown & Brown Insurance Settles Florida Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $100K

Jun 9 2017 // Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown will pay $100,000 and furnish significant relief to resolve a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Brown & Brown’s Huval Named to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Board

Apr 17 2017 // Louisiana-based private, nonprofit, mutual workers’ compensation insurance company, LWCC, has welcomed Thomas K. “Tommy” Huval as the newest member to its board of directors.Gov. John Bel Edwards...

Correction: Brown & Brown’s Hull Acquires Insurance House Commercial MGA Business

Jan 3 2017 // Hull & Co., a wholesale insurance subsidiary of giant Brown & Brown, has acquired the commercial managing general agency operations of Insurance House.Insurance House is an MGA and wholesale insurance broker...

Brown & Brown in Florida Denies EEOC Allegations of Pregnancy Discrimination

Sep 6 2016 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against national insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., over allegations it violated the Civil Rights Act by...

Brown & Brown Florida Office Denies EEOC Allegations of Pregnancy Discrimination

Aug 25 2016 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against national insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., over allegations it violated the Civil Rights Act by...

Business Moves

Jun 6 2016 // Risk Strategies, John ButtineRisk Strategies Co. has acquired John Buttine Inc., an insurance brokerage in New York City with a specialty focus on media-related businesses and services. Terms of the transaction were not...

Brown & Brown to Acquire Morstan General Agency in New York

May 16 2016 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of Morstan General Agency Inc. and related companies based in Manhasset, New York.The transaction is expected...

Merger and Acquisition Activity Sets New High-Water Mark

Feb 22 2016 // Merger and acquisition activity for 2015 set a new record with 456 deals, sailing past the previous high-water mark of 325 deals set in 2012, according to recent data. The fourth quarter closed with 104 announced...

Brown & Brown Acquires Social Security Advocates for the Disabled in Mass.

Feb 8 2016 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary, The Advocator Group LLC, has acquired substantially all of the equity interests of Social Security Advocates for the Disabled LLC (SSAD) in Norwell, Massachusetts....

Business Moves

Feb 8 2016 // Aspen, AgriLogicSpecialty insurer Aspen Insurance has acquired AgriLogic Insurance Services and certain affiliates for cash in a transaction that further diversifies Aspen’s specialty insurance business....

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of BayRisk Insurance Brokers in California

Jan 13 2016 // Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired certain assets of San Francisco, Calif.-based BayRisk Insurance Brokers Inc. Following the transaction, the...

Business Moves

Jan 11 2016 // NFP, Absolute Advantage, Vanorsdale InsuranceNFP Property & Casualty has acquired Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based Absolute Advantage Insurance Services LLC. NFP also acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Vanorsdale Insurance...

Brown & Brown Acquires Ocean Marine Insurance Agency & Affiliates in R.I.

Dec 18 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia Inc. has acquired certain assets of Ocean Marine Insurance Agency Inc., Ocean Marine Insurance Agency of Massachusetts...

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Smith Insurance in Connecticut

Dec 11 2015 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown of Connecticut Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Smith Insurance, an independent agency based in Niantic, Connecticut. Terms of...

Brown & Brown to Acquire Assets of MBA Insurance Agency of Arizona

Nov 30 2015 // MBA Insurance Agency of Arizona Inc. and Brown & Brown of Kentucky Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., have entered into an agreement for the acquisition by Brown & Brown of substantially all of the...

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Florida-Based Bentrust Insurance Group

Nov 23 2015 // Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired certain assets of BenTrust, which includes Bentrust Financial, Inc. d/b/a Bentrust Insurance Group; Bentrust AIB, LLC, and Florida...