Latest Higginbotham Headlines

All the headlines from our Higginbotham Topic Page, ordered by recency.

People

Jun 5 2006 // Oklahoma City-based managing general underwriter and third party administrator Midlands Management Corporation appointed Pamela McMillan Eyerly to the position of vice president of Human Resources. She will manage...

Sutherland Joins Higginbotham in its Denton Office

May 18 2006 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates announced the addition of seasoned employee benefits broker Brian Sutherland to its Denton, Texas, office. Higginbotham acquired the Denton agency when it merged with the...

People & Places

Feb 6 2006 // Dianne Morris of Austin, Texas, has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) for 2006-2007. Morris is president of the Association Casualty Insurance Company. She succeeds...

People

Feb 5 2006 // Dianne Morris of Austin, Texas, has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) for 2006-2007. Morris is president of the Association Casualty Insurance Company. She succeeds...

Higginbotham & Associates Adds P/C Broker in Dallas Office

Jan 31 2006 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates named recent college graduate Drew Robinson an account executive in its Dallas office. Robinson is a December 2005 graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Ark.,...

Higginbotham & Associates Adds New Managing Directors

Jan 18 2006 // Independent insurance agency Higginbotham & Associates, based in Fort Worth, Texas, added brokers John Huggins and Mark Vann to its managing director team to recognize their individual sales production of $1 million...

Higginbotham & Associates Expands Dallas Employee Benefits Operations

Sep 13 2005 // Higginbotham & Associates added group health plan broker Kenneth Rassi to its Dallas Employee Benefits operations.Rassi will apply his expertise to bring Higginbotham’s single source solution to North Texas...

Higginbotham Expands Austin Property/Casualty Operations

Aug 5 2005 // Independent insurance brokerage firm Higginbotham & Associates announced the addition of sales associate Scott McGuire to its newest branch office, Austin, Texas. McGuire is the third addition this year, more than...

Higginbotham & Associates Adds VP to Specialty Energy Division

May 17 2005 // Higginbotham & Associates, a privately held insurance brokerage firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, named commercial property and casualty broker Scott Fitzgerald as vice president to reflect his increased 2004 sales...

Higginbotham Names Three Executive Vice Presidents

Apr 20 2005 // Higginbotham & Associates, based in Fort Worth, Texas, named brokers John Collins, Dana Jones and Tami Rodgers executive vice presidents to reflect their 2004 sales volume.Collins and Jones are employee benefits...

Higginbotham & Associates Names Page as VP

Feb 2 2005 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham & Associates announced it has named seasoned property and casualty insurance broker Curtis W. Page a vice president at its Austin office.Page joins Gregory Meserole and Matt Burns,...

Higginbotham & Associates Opens Austin Office

Jul 2 2004 // Fort Worth, Texas-based insurance and financial services brokerage firm Higginbotham & Associates announced it has launched services for Central and South Texas with the opening of a new Austin office.Newly hired...

Higginbotham & Associates Acquires B. Barfield Group

Jun 28 2004 // North Texas-based independent insurance and financial services brokerage firm, Higginbotham & Associates, announced it has acquired B. Barfield Group, based in McKinney. The merger brings to Higginbotham employee...

Owens Joins Higginbotham’s Risk Management Unit

Mar 22 2004 // North Texas-based Higginbotham & Associates, one of the nation’s 100 largest independent insurance brokerages, announced that George Owens has been named risk services provider in the firm’s Risk...

Higginbotham Adds Emerson to Specialty Transport Unit

Oct 28 2003 // Dallas/Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates announced it hired trucking and transportation insurance expert David Emerson as vice president of the firm’s newly established Transportation Division.Emerson...

Higginbotham & Associates’ Denton Office Relocates

Oct 7 2003 // Higginbotham & Associates reported that its Denton, Texas-based agency, established with the 1998 acquisition of Denton Insurance Center, has moved from the NorthStar Bank Building to 2921 Country Club Road. Demand...

Higginbotham’s Yarborough to Head AMS Southern Users Group

Sep 25 2003 // Marsha Yarbrough of Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates, one of the nation’s 100 largest insurance and financial services brokers, was named president of the Southern Sagitta Users Group, a local chapter...

Production, Service & Employee Satisfaction Drive Higginbotham to the Top

Aug 18 2003 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates began as a small personal lines agency in 1948 representing Trinity Universal Insurance Company and SAFECO. Today it is one of the largest independent agencies in North...

Higginbotham & Assoc. Creates Specialty Transportation Unit

Aug 12 2003 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates announced the formation of a dedicated Transportation Division, naming insurance executive Bill Spain managing director of the unit. Spain will continue to build the property...

Turner Joins Higginbotham & Assoc. as Managing Director

Jun 9 2003 // Dallas-based Higginbotham & Associates, one of the nation’s 100 largest independent insurance brokerage firms, added commercial insurance and risk management professional Jeff Turner to its rapidly expanding...