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Brown & Brown Sees Increases in Q2

Jul 10 2003 // Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. reported that net income increased 32.3 percent for the second quarter of 2003 over the same period in 2002. The company’s net income came in at of $27,935,000, or $0.41 per share...

Brown & Brown Acquires Texas Agency

Jun 25 2003 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. acquired the assets of Bailey-Gosling Associates Inc., a retail commercial property/casualty insurance agency located in San Antonio, Texas. The acquisition announcement was made...

Brown & Brown Acquires Bartos-Hunsicker

Jun 3 2003 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has acquired commercial property and casualty insurance agency Bartos-Hunsicker Inc., of Bethlehem, Pa., in a transaction effective June 1, 2003. Bartos-Hunsicker has...

Alfa Corp., Brown & Brown Declare Dividends

Apr 25 2003 // Two insurance-related firms located in the Southeastern U.S. declared quarterly dividends this week. Alfa Corporation, Montgomery, Ala.-based firm engaging in insurance and financial activities through subsidiaries...

Pair of Brown & Brown’s Fla. Offices Select Afni Insurance Services’ CSR24 Solution

Apr 23 2003 // Afni Insurance Services, a provider of Business Process Enhancement solutions for the insurance industry and developer of CSR24, announced that two offices (Naples and Ft. Myers, Fla.) of Brown & Brown, Inc. have...

Brown & Brown Sees 51 Percent 1Q Income Increase

Apr 16 2003 // Florida’s Brown & Brown Inc. announced a new record for its earnings in the first quarter. Net income per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 was $0.44, an increase of 41.9 percent over the $0.31 in net...

Brown & Brown Sees 51% Earnings Increase in First Quarter

Apr 11 2003 // Datona Beach, Fla.-based broker Brown & Brown Inc. announced a new record for its earnings in the first quarter. Net income per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 was 44 cents, an increase of 41.9 percent over...

Brown & Brown Acquires Rogers and Associates Insurance

Mar 25 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has agreed to the asset acquisition of Rogers and Associates Insurance Inc. of Palm Harbor, Fla., in a transaction effective April 1, 2003. Rogers and Associates Insurance, with...

Brown & Brown Acquires MGAs

Mar 21 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. of Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla., announced it has acquired managing general agencies in Georgia and North Carolina in transactions effective March 1. Saville & Associates Inc. of Norcross,...

Brown & Brown Acquires Entertainment & Sports Insurance Experts

Mar 19 2003 // Florida’s Brown & Brown Inc. announced it acquired Entertainment & Sports Insurance Experts Inc., a commercial property and casualty insurance agency based in Atlanta, Ga. The transaction was consummated...

Brown & Brown Acquires Acumen Re Management Corp.

Mar 3 2003 // Florida’s Brown & Brown Inc. announced its acquisition of Acumen Re Management Corporation, of Mount Laurel, N.J., in a transaction effective March 1. Acumen Re Management Corporation, with annual revenues of...

Brown & Brown Acquires Whilt, Fatch & Perry

Feb 18 2003 // Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset acquisition of J.C. Whilt & Company, Insurance Services Inc., Santa Barbara Calif., which does business as Whilt, Fatch & Perry...

Brown & Brown Buys Texas Agency

Jan 29 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. of Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla. acquired San Antonio, Texas-based Coleman Company Insurance Services L.P. in a transaction effective Jan. 1, 2003. In a joint announcement, the companies described...

Brown & Brown Announces Dividend

Jan 23 2003 // Florida’s Brown & Brown Inc. said its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.0575 per share. The dividend is payable on February 19, 2003, to shareholders of record on February 5,...

Brown & Brown Sub Acquires Florida Intracoastal Underwriters

Jan 20 2003 // Madoline Corporation, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has acquired the remaining 25 percent interest in Florida Intracoastal Underwriters, Limited Company (FIU), held by Trenwick America Reinsurance...

Brown & Brown: 10 Years of Record Earnings

Jan 17 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced record earnings for 2002, making it the 10th consecutive record year for the Florida-based company. Net income rose to $83,122,000, or $1.22 per share, an increase of 54.2 percent over the...

Brown & Brown Names New Executive VP

Jan 15 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. appointed Stephen S. van Wert, Esq. executive vice president responsible for all program insurance operations at the company’s Tampa headquarters. These programs include the Brown &...

Brown & Brown Completes Acquisition of MFC&V Ins Services

Jan 6 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. and MFC&V Insurance Services, with offices in Santa Barbara, Lompoc and Camarillo, Calif., announced the finalization of their previously announced acquisition transaction, providing for Brown...

Florida’s Brown & Brown Acquires Oklahoma Agency

Dec 24 2002 // C. Roy Bridges, regional executive vice president of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. , and W. Brent LaGere, chairman and CEO of LaGere & Walkingstick Insurance Agency Inc., of Chandler, Okla., announced that...

Brown & Brown Makes Management Changes

Nov 15 2002 // Florida’s Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its Board of Directors elected Jim W. Henderson as president and COO of the company. At the same time, Linda S. Downs, regional executive vice president, was tapped to...