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P. Barrett Brown Named President of Brown & Brown Retail Business

Jan 14 2020 // Insurance broker Brown & Brown announced the appointment of P. Barrett Brown as an executive vice president and president of the company’s retail business. Most recently, Brown served as a senior vice president...

Brown & Brown Acquires Insurance Management Group of South Carolina

Dec 18 2019 // J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Mark K. Ackerman, the sole shareholder of Insurance Management Group, Inc. (IMG), announced that Brown & Brown of South Carolina, Inc. has...

Brown & Brown to Acquire Canadian MGA Special Risk Insurance Managers

Dec 10 2019 // Brown & Brown Programs Inc. has agreed to acquire the assets of the British Columbia, Canada-based managing general agency Special Risk Insurance Managers (SRIM). The transaction is expected to close effective January...

A.J. Gallagher Acquires Pacific Northwest Marine Business of Brown & Brown

Dec 3 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has completed a transaction for the Pacific Northwest marine business team of Brown & Brown of Washington Inc. and to assume the associated marine book of business. Terms of the deal were...

Business Moves

Nov 18 2019 // East Brown & Brown of Massachusetts, Yozell Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Yozell. Founded in 1960 by Peter Yozell, Yozell Associates strives to provide its...

Business Moves

Sep 16 2019 // National Arch Insurance, Ventus Risk Management Arch Insurance North America has agreed to acquire Ventus Risk Management, a technology and analytics- driven managing general underwriter that specializes in providing...

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Assets of Yozell

Aug 16 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Yozell. Founded in 1960 by Peter Yozell, Yozell Associates strives to provide its customers with value in group employee and executive...

Brown & Brown of Florida Acquires CKP

Aug 15 2019 // Brown & Brown of Florida Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of CKP. CKP provides brokerage services for customers throughout the U.S. operating in agricultural industry. In addition, CKP provides...

Business Moves

Aug 5 2019 // East The Hilb Group, 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors The Hilb Group LLC has acquired New England-based 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors. The transaction became effective May 1, 2019. With offices in Fairfield, Conn., and...

Brown & Brown Metro Acquires Assets of New Jersey’s Innovative Risk Solutions

Jul 16 2019 // Brown & Brown Metro LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Innovative Risk Solutions Inc. Innovative Risk Solutions was founded in 2004 by sole shareholder Sean Gormley with the goal of providing employee...

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts Acquires Twinbrook Insurance

Jun 6 2019 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of Twinbrook Insurance. Founded in 1960, Twinbrook Insurance provides property and casualty insurance products and services to customers...

Business Moves

May 6 2019 // National ProAg, AmTrust Agriculture Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Leawood, Kan.-based managing general agent AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services. The deal, which is subject to regulatory...

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of ALMEA Insurance in Washington

Apr 22 2019 // Brown & Brown of Oregon LLC has acquired substantially all of the assets of ALMEA Insurance’s Vancouver, Wash. location. Following the deal, the ALMEA Insurance team will continue doing business from its existing...

Business Moves

Apr 15 2019 // National NSM, Embrace Pet Insurance Program specialist NSM Insurance Group has acquired Embrace Pet Insurance, a Cleveland-based national provider of pet health insurance for dogs and cats. Embrace offers an accident and...

Business Moves

Mar 18 2019 // National Aon, Willis Towers Watson Aon Plc said it’s no longer pursuing a combination with rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc, a day after confirming that it was considering a merger. The company...

Brown & Brown Metro Acquires Pennsylvania’s Smith Insurance Associates

Feb 12 2019 // Brown & Brown Metro LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Smith Insurance Associates Inc. Smith Insurance is a family owned agency with more than 35 years of...

Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia Acquires LRS&C

Feb 8 2019 // Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of LRS&C. Brown & Brown Inc. is an insurance brokerage firm providing risk...

Big deals

Feb 4 2019 // Marsh/JLT, Brown & Brown/Hays Topped 2018 P/C Agency Mergers A handful of big deals dominated the very busy property/casualty insurance agency and broker merger news cycle for 2018. Based on Insurance Journal...

Brown & Brown Subsidiary Acquires Illinois’ Izzo Insurance Services

Jan 17 2019 // Hull & Company LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all the assets of Izzo Insurance Services Inc., based in Bloomingdale, Illinois. Founded in 1980 by Karen Izzo, Izzo Insurance...

Business Moves

Jan 7 2019 // WebBank, National Partners Salt Lake City-based digital lender WebBank has agreed to acquire Denver-based National Partners, an insurance premium finance company and subsidiary of MLF Financial Group. This is the first...