Sun Belt Insurance, Higginbotham & Assoc. Join Forces
Sun Belt Insurance & Associates Inc., a Waco, Texas-based commercial and personal insurance and group benefits brokerage firm, and national insurance and financial services firm Higginbotham & Associates Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, announced they are joining forces.
Established in 1988 in Waco, Sun Belt has become one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in Central Texas under the leadership of Mike Simon, Ben Perry, Gary Carter, David Bell, Jack Henry and Gary Henry. The firm practices commercial property and liability insurance, bonds, employee benefits and individual life and health.
Sun Belt’s current 16-person staff will continue playing a vital role in the firm’s growth. Higginbotham’s Waco office, which practices employee benefits and was established in 2006 under the leadership of benefits broker Cindy Brown, will move into Sun Belt’s office at 7528 Bosque.
Higginbotham has provided broad commercial and personal insurance and financial services since 1948.
The company has announced that it is aggressively expanding its operations throughout Texas by joining forces with insurance firms that have strong footholds in their local markets. Within the last year, Higginbotham expanded into Houston, Wichita Falls, Henrietta and Granbury via partner firms in addition to Sun Belt.
Source: Higginbotham & Associates, www.higginbotham.net