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BXS Insurance Acquires Texas’ Wall 2 Wall
May 11 2022 // BXS Insurance, Inc. (BXSI), a subsidiary of Cadence Bank acquired the assets of Wall 2 Wall Benefit Services (Wall 2 Wall) which is headquartered in Stafford, Texas, a city within the Houston metropolitan statistical...
BXS Insurance Morphing to Cadence After Mississippi-Texas Bank Merger
May 4 2022 // The nation’s second-largest bank-owned insurance brokerage, BXS Insurance, is changing its brand name to Cadence Insurance, the company announced. The BXSI name is changing but the people are not, CEO Markham...
Business Moves
Nov 2 2020 // National AmWINS, CRC, Heffernan Wholesaler insurance brokers AmWINS and CRC, along with independent agency Heffernan Insurance Brokers, are the charter members of a new alliance to accelerate technology improvements in the...
BXS Insurance Acquires Alexander & Sanders Insurance in Louisiana
Oct 9 2020 // BXS Insurance Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, has acquired the assets of Alexander & Sanders Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Alexander & Sanders provides risk management and...
Mississippi-Based BancorpSouth Changes Name to BXS Insurance
Jan 9 2018 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc., headquartered in Tupelo, Miss., and a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, has undergone a name change as of Jan. 1, 2018 and is now BXS Insurance. According to BXS Insurance President...
Business Moves
May 5 2014 // AssuredPartners, CBS Coverage Group Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured SKCG Inc., has acquired CBS Coverage Group Inc. in Plainview, N.Y. CBS Coverage Group specializes in commercial...
BancorpSouth Insurance to Acquire Louisiana’s Knox Insurance Group
Apr 16 2014 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, headquartered in Tupelo, Miss., is acquiring Lafayette, La.-based Knox Insurance Group LLC (Knox) in a transaction that is expected to close...
Business Moves – Southeast
Jul 23 2012 // BancorpSouth Insurance, Securance BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, has agreed to acquire the assets of The Securance Group, Inc., an independent property/casualty and life/health...
BancorpSouth Insurance Acquires Alabama Agency, Securance Group
Jul 3 2012 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, has agreed to acquire the assets of The Securance Group, Inc., an independent property/casualty and life/health insurance agency headquartered in...
BancorpSouth Insurance Hires Texas Region Marketing Manager
Feb 13 2012 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc. has added Larry D. Batie II as marketing manager for the Texas region. He previously served as account executive and assistant vice president at Marsh & McLennan Cos. Based in...
BancorpSouth and First National Bank Enter Sale Agreement
Aug 5 2011 // BancorpSouth, Inc. announced that its banking subsidiary, BancorpSouth Bank, and the First National Bank of Hughes Springs, Texas, have entered into an agreement under which BancorpSouth will sell to First National its two...
Koehler Picked to Lead BancorpSouth Insurance Services Houston Office
Jun 20 2011 // Fritz Koehler has joined BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc. as the managing director of its Houston office. BancorpSouth purchased Koehler’s book of business from his agency Fritz Koehler Insurance & Risk...
BancorpSouth Insurance Exec Re-Elected to Louisiana Guaranty Board
Jun 30 2010 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services president Markham McKnight has been re-elected as treasurer of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) board. McKnight brings 28 years of experience to his position. In addition...
BancorpSouth to Decline Bailout Funds
Nov 19 2008 // Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Inc. has announced it will not apply for federal bailout funds. Aubrey Patterson, chairman and chief executive officer of BancorpSouth, said that it was in the best interest of shareholders...
Business Moves
Feb 24 2008 // Mercator, Tennant Risk Services Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, acquired Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency LLC, a Hartford, Conn.-based wholesale broker and underwriting manager. Terms...
Mississippi’s BancorpSouth Acquires Texas Insurance Company
Feb 6 2008 // 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...
BancorpSouth Insurance to Buy JMG/IC Insurance of Texas
Feb 4 2008 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, headquartered in Tupelo, Miss., has agreed to acquire the Nacogdoches, Texas — based JMG/IC Insurance Agency, Inc. The effective date of the...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // The Republic Group The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced its entry into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners, dwelling fire,...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // Endurance Specialty, ARMTech Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, reported that one of its U.S. based holding companies is buying out ARMtech...
Ark. Agencies to Merge
Sep 5 2007 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank, announced it reached an agreement to acquire Insurance Network of Jonesboro, Ark., effective Sept. 1, 2007. Insurance Network will...
