Mississippi’s BancorpSouth Acquires Texas Insurance Company
Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, said Monday it has signed a deal to buy JMG/IC Insurance Agency Inc., of Nacogdoches, Texas.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Joe Max Green, chairman of JMG/IC Insurance Agency, said the agency will be able to expand its services to its customers and remain competitive.
JMG/IC was founded in 1962 and has written premiums of more than $100 million. The agency operates in Itasca, Ill.; and in Houston, Livingston, Tyler, Henderson and Athens in Texas.
The agency’s major lines of business include, commercial, group, personal, surety, life and health insurance products.
BancorpSouth Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth Inc. with $13.2 billion in assets. It is headquartered in Tupelo, Miss., with branches in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas.
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