All the headlines from our Higginbotham Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 29 2014 // Commercial insurance brokers Aaron Endris and Bryan Parker joined the Swantner & Gordon branch office of Higginbotham in Corpus Christi, Texas.Endris joins as manager of the bond department and Parker as associate of...
Jul 21 2014 // Integro, Daugherty Insurance Services, Lugo & AssociatesInsurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has acquired Stockton, Calif.-based Daugherty Insurance Services, a retail broker. Details of the deal were...
Jul 3 2014 // Higginbotham has purchased a portion of Willis of Texas Inc.’s operations. The transaction includes Willis of Texas’ operations in San Antonio, McAllen, Victoria and Tyler. Combined, they add 35 employees and...
May 22 2014 // Commercial property/casualty insurance brokers Arthur Haas and Jeffrey King joined the Swantner & Gordon branch office of Higginbotham in Corpus Christi, Texas.Haas will serve the general business sector while King...
Mar 14 2014 // Independent insurance brokers Higginbotham, based in Fort Worth, and Edgmon Insurance Agency, headquartered in Odessa, Texas, have merged their operations.Edgmon Insurance is a family-owned agency going on its third...
Mar 5 2014 // Higginbotham hired Robert C. White Jr. as a producer to expand the life insurance department at the insurance firm’s Fort Worth, Texas, office.White is former owner of a locally based long term care insurance...
Jan 17 2014 // Higginbotham, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and Talon Insurance Agency announced the merger of their operations. Both are independent insurance firms based in Texas providing commercial and personal insurance, risk...
Dec 18 2013 // Alan W. Ponder has joined the Houston office of insurance brokerage and financial services firm, Higginbotham, as assistant vice president of loss control.Ponder will apply his three-decade career in loss prevention to...
Dec 16 2013 // In addition to giving back with volunteerism, one of the key financial goals of employee-owned IMA is to contribute a portion of the company’s profits annually to the IMA Foundation.The IMA Foundation historically...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...