Latest Higginbotham Headlines

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Safe Harbor Benefits Navigates to Higginbotham

Nov 27 2013 // Independent insurance broker Safe Harbor Benefits, located in Arlington, Texas, has merged with Fort Worth-based Higginbotham, the companies announced.Safe Harbor Benefits was opened in 1996 by Bryan Keathley, a life and...

Swift Joins Higginbotham/Swantner & Gordon as Marketing Manager

Sep 26 2013 // Phil Swift has accepted a position as marketing manager at the Houston office of Swantner & Gordon Insurance Agency, an independent brokerage that merged with Higginbotham in 2010.Swift has 33 years of insurance...

Business Moves

Sep 23 2013 // American Family, Homesite GroupMadison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance reached agreement to acquire direct homeowners insurer Homesite Group Inc. for an anticipated $616 million. Homesite Group is a Boston-based...

Capital Benefits Group in Texas Becomes a Higginbotham Company

Sep 11 2013 // Higginbotham and Capital Benefits Group have merged their operations, becoming what the companies believe to be the largest independent insurance and financial services employer in Central Texas.Higginbotham provides...

Business Moves

Jul 1 2013 // Heffernan, Consuasor InsuranceWalnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers recently acquired Consuasor Insurance Advisors in New York. Founded in 2006, Consuasor is a multi-lines middle market broker with offices...

Sawyer Insurance Agency Merges with Higginbotham in Dallas

Jun 14 2013 // Higginbotham announced that Sawyer Insurance Agency has merged with its Dallas office.Sawyer Insurance in Richardson, Texas, has been owned and operated by agent Mike Sawyer since 1975. He and two insurance professionals...

Business Moves – South Central

Jan 28 2013 // Caldwell and Partners, Midlands Holding Corp.Oklahoma-based Caldwell and Partners Inc. (CAP) acquired Midlands Holding Corp. (MHC) from PMA Capital Corp. (PMA). Midlands Management Corp. (Midlands) is a managing general...

Houston’s Chapman Schewe Now a Higginbotham Company

Jan 17 2013 // Higginbotham and Chapman Schewe Benefits Consulting have merged their operations in Houston.Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham, will engage Chapman Schewe to supplement the in-house...

Crocker Joins Higginbotham as Real Estate Practice Leader

Jan 10 2013 // Commercial insurance broker William J. Crocker has joined Higginbotham Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, as vice president, real estate practice leader.Crocker will help build the firm’s presence in the real estate...

Coastal Insurance Group Becomes a Higginbotham Company

Dec 12 2012 // Fort Worth-based independent insurance firm, Higginbotham, and Coastal Insurance Group LLC announced the merger of their operations in Friendswood, Texas.Coastal Insurance Group, a personal and commercial insurance broker...

Higginbotham Adds Carmichael as VP in Employee Benefits Practice

Nov 14 2012 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham has hired former U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigator Ross Carmichael as the new vice president of compliance and operations for its employee benefits division. He will be based in the...

Higginbotham Expands Dallas and Houston Business Insurance Staff

Jul 11 2012 // Dallas-based independent insurance firm, Higginbotham, hired broker and sales producer Byron E. Johnson as executive vice president within its commercial property and casualty division.Johnson and his account service team...

Business Moves – South Central

Jun 4 2012 // BenefitSpecialists, Higginbotham Insurance GroupHigginbotham Insurance Group and BenefitSpecialists announced the merger of their operations in Houston. BenefitSpecialists, an employee benefits broker in Houston, will...

BenefitSpecialists Joins Higginbotham Insurance Group

May 10 2012 // Higginbotham Insurance Group and BenefitSpecialists announced the merger of their operations in Houston. BenefitSpecialists, an employee benefits broker in Houston, will align capabilities with Higginbotham to offer a...

Higginbotham Appoints Shell to Lead Transportation Insurance Unit

Feb 17 2012 // Texas-based independent insurance and financial service firm, Higginbotham, has appointed commercial insurance broker Jack Shell to develop its new transportation unit. Shell, hired in April 2011 at Higginbotham’s...

People

Oct 17 2011 // Higginbotham & Associates has promoted commercial insurance broker Mike Bateman to its managing director group for 2012. Bateman, who joined Higginbotham’s Dallas office in 2004, was promoted from account...

Higginbotham Promotes Bateman in Dallas

Sep 28 2011 // Higginbotham & Associates has promoted commercial insurance broker Mike Bateman to its managing director group for 2012. Bateman, who joined Higginbotham’s Dallas office in 2004, was promoted from account...

Business Moves

Jun 20 2011 // William Gammon, Higginbotham & AssociatesTexas-based independent insurance agencies William Gammon Insurance and Higginbotham & Associates merged. The combined company has more than 500 professionals providing...

William Gammon Insurance, Higginbotham & Associates Join Forces

Jun 7 2011 // Texas-based independent insurance agencies William Gammon Insurance and Higginbotham & Associates have merged. The combined company has more than 500 professionals providing insurance, risk management and employee...

Swantner & Gordon Insurance Merging with Higginbotham & Associates

Aug 25 2010 // Swantner & Gordon Insurance Agency, headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates have jointly announced the merger of their operations. The combined firm has more than 500...