Latest Brown & Brown Headlines
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Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Illinois’ VistaNational
Sep 13 2022 // Brown & Brown of Illinois, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Oak Brook, Illinois-based VistaNational. VistaNational was founded in 1996 by president and...
Brown & Brown Completes Acquisition of Specialist Wholesale Broker BdB
Aug 3 2022 // Brown & Brown Inc., the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based broker, announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of the general insurance operating companies of BdB Limited. Financial details of the...
Brown & Brown’s GRP Acquires Insurance Portfolio of WM Brokers Ltd.
Jul 27 2022 // Global Risk Partners (GRP), part of Brown & Brown, announced it has acquired the general insurance portfolio of Woodward Markwell Insurance Brokers Ltd. (WM Brokers Ltd). The deal marks GRP’s 100th acquisition...
Brown & Brown Acquires Orchid, CrossCover
May 4 2022 // Brown & Brown Insurance, an insurance brokerage firm, has completed its acquisition of Orchid Underwriters Agency, based in Vero Beach, Florida, and CrossCover Insurance Services in Houston. Established in 1998, Orchid...
Brown & Brown Agrees to Acquire Dublin’s Quinlan Insurance
May 2 2022 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has entered an agreement to acquire the general insurance operations of Quinlan Insurance. Financial details of transaction, which is expected to close in late June 2022, were not...
U.S. Broker Brown & Brown Agrees to Acquire UK’s Global Risk Partners Ltd.
Mar 8 2022 // U.S. broker Brown & Brown Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Global Risk Partners (GRP) from its private equity owner Searchlight Capital Partners L.P. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory...
Brown & Brown Acquires Texas’ CrossCover
Feb 28 2022 // Brown & Brown, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire CrossCover Insurance Services. The transaction is expected to close before April 2022, subject to certain closing conditions. CrossCover provides E&S...
Brown & Brown Going Tech Route with Everbridge Early Warning Systems
Feb 22 2022 // Florida-based Brown & Brown, one of the largest independent insurance brokers in the U.S., this year will begin offering customers advance warning of weather, flooding, fire and other events, along with steps to take...
People Moves: Brown & Brown Welcomes Zurich’s Batta; Hartford’s Vaughn to Global Specialty; Chubb Names Spitzer Treasurer, Harkin North America CFO
Jan 24 2022 // Brown & Brown Names Batta, Raveling, Kusserelis to Key Posts Brown & Brown, a national insurance brokerage firm, has elevated three people to senior leadership positions, the company announced. Anurag Batta, who...
Brown & Brown Acquires Texas’ Harco Insurance Services
Jan 3 2022 // Brown & Brown Lone Star Insurance Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Texas-based Harco Insurance Services. With roots dating back to 1969, Harco is...
Brown & Brown Acquires Florida’s Corporate Insurance Advisors
Dec 13 2021 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Corporate Insurance Advisors. J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Mark R. Schwartz,...
Brown & Brown Acquires Another Agency in Florida
Nov 16 2021 // Brown & Brown, a national insurance brokerage firm, has acquired Heacock Insurance, a fifth-generation agency based in Central Florida. Heacock was founded in 1922 and has offices in Lakeland and Sebring. The Heacock...
Brown & Brown Acquires Wisconsin’s Remedy Analytics
Oct 19 2021 // Brown & Brown, Inc. has acquired all of the stock of Remedy Analytics. Founded in 2011 by current chief executive officer, Scott L. Martin, Remedy Analytics uses its proprietary PharmaLogic® data-based medication...
Brown & Brown Continues Its Rebranding With Focus on 130 Retail Locations
Oct 13 2021 // Florida-based global insurance firm Brown & Brown is rebranding the 130 retail insurance agency locations it has acquired over the years under the Brown & Brown name. The move by Brown & Brown will retire the...
Brown & Brown of Massachusetts to Acquire Berkshire Insurance Group
Aug 25 2021 // Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. and Brown & Brown Inc. announced the execution of a definitive agreement for the sale of the assets and operations of Berkshire Insurance Group, Inc. (BIG), a subsidiary of Berkshire Hills,...
Brown & Brown Brings Its Wholesale Units Under Bridge Specialty Brand
Feb 26 2021 // Global insurance broker Brown & Brown has consolidated its broad wholesale operations under one brand name, Bridge Specialty Group. As a group, the more than 25 wholesale units place more than $3 billion in premium....
Brown & Brown Promotes Florida-Based Nester to CIO
Feb 18 2021 // Brown & Brown, Inc. has appointed Gray Nester as chief information officer for Brown & Brown, effective immediately. Nester has more than 20 years of experience in insurance technology leadership. Since December...
Brown & Brown Revenues, Profit Jump in Q4
Jan 26 2021 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown reported revenues for the fourth quarter of 2020 of $642.1 million, a jump of 10.9% or $63.1 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. Agency commissions and fees increased in the...
For Brown & Brown, Acquiring CoverHound Accelerates Tech Modernization Efforts
Jan 14 2021 // Property/casualty insurance companies far and wide are considering whether to develop technology platforms in-house or modernize some other way. Brown & Brown chose an acquisition to get there. The broker announced in...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Ohio’s Berry Insurance Group
Jan 4 2021 // Brown & Brown of Ohio LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Berry Insurance Group, based in Ohio. Founded in 2002 by Mark Berry, Berry Insurance Group has grown to...
