Brown & Brown Promotes Two

Brown & Brown Inc. has named Kenneth Walton western region director of acquisitions and mergers. The company also announced that David Lester has been named the new profit center leader for the Las Vegas office, to fill Walton’s former position.

Walton joined the company in January 2006 as profit center leader of the Las Vegas office. Perviously, he was with The Hartford Insurance Co. for 14 years, most recently as regional vice president responsible for morthern New England operations.

Lester has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial insurance industry and has been part of the company’s Las Vegas operation since 1999.