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Brown & Brown Names Downs, Lydecker to Top Posts

Jun 6 2012 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc., one the country’s biggest, has named Linda S. Downs, currently regional president, as chief operating officer and named Charles H. Lydecker to the newly-created...

Business Moves – East

May 21 2012 // Brown & Brown, Richard W. Endlar Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., acquired assets of Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency Inc. in Dedham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1975,...

Brown & Brown Acquires Insurcorp Assets

May 17 2012 // Brown & Brown Insurance of Nevada Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired certain assets of Insurcorp and Maalouf Benefit Resources, which recently combined under the name Insurcorp. Following the...

Brown & Brown Acquires Mass.-Based Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency

May 10 2012 // Brown & Brown of Massachusetts LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., said it acquired assets of Richard W. Endlar Insurance Agency Inc. in Dedham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1975, Richard W. Endlar Insurance...

Business Moves – East

May 7 2012 // Worldwide Facilities, Privett Worldwide Facilities, a Los Angeles-based independent surplus-lines broker and managing general agency, acquired assets of Privett Special Risk Services, a New York City-based...

Brown & Brown CEO Returns After Leave of Absence

Apr 25 2012 // J. Powell Brown, president and CEO, and a director of Brown & Brown Inc. has returned from a temporary leave of absence for health reasons, the company has told the Securities and Exchange Commission. J. Powell...

Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Moten Associates in Pennsylvania

Apr 20 2012 // Brown & Brown of Pennsylvania Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., said it acquired assets of Moten Associates, an independent agency in Norristown, Penn. Founded in 1970, Moten Associates offers surety...

Brown & Brown Posts $49.4M for 2012 Q1 Net Income, Up 6.3%

Apr 18 2012 // Daytona Beach, Fla.-headquartered Brown & Brown Inc. reported 2012 first-quarter net income of $49.43 million, up 6.3 percent from one year ago. The insurance brokerage firm also reported $302.49 million in revenue...

Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture

Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...

Business Moves

Apr 16 2012 // The Hanover The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. is launching a second region in the Western U.S. A newly created Pacific region will be led by David Kuhn, who has joined Hanover as regional president. This new territory...

Business Moves – West

Apr 16 2012 // The Hanover The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. is launching a second region in the Western U.S. A newly created Pacific region will be led by David Kuhn, who has joined Hanover as regional president. This new territory...

Brown & Brown of California Acquires D. Bezona & Company Assets

Apr 3 2012 // Orange, Calif.-based Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of D. Bezona & Company Insurance Services Inc. in Santa Rosa. Brown & Brown Insurance Services...

Brown & Brown Chief Takes Leave for Health Reasons

Feb 6 2012 // Powell Brown, president and chief executive officer for global insurance agency Brown & Brown, has taken a temporary leave of absence citing an undisclosed health reason. Hyatt Brown, former company CEO from 1961 until...

Brown & Brown Promotes Strianese to Regional President

Jan 19 2012 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. as promoted Anthony Strianese to the position of regional president. Strianese, who has served as one of the company’s regional executive vice presidents since 2007, is...

Business Moves

Jan 9 2012 // Neff Risk, Cochrane Neff Risk and Cochrane and Co. are officially one. The combined company will operate under the name Cochrane and Company and be headquartered in Spokane, Wash. The resulting footprint of the merger will...

Arrowhead in San Diego to be Acquired by Brown & Brown

Dec 16 2011 // The parent company of managing general agent San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Brown & Brown Inc. The purchase price is $395 million,...

Business Moves

Nov 21 2011 // Yates Tustin, Calif.-based managing general agent Yates has opened a northern California office in Walnut Creek. Jon Uyeyama has joined the office, bringing with him 10 years of underwriting experience. Uyeyama will...

Brown & Brown of Northern California Acquires Sitzmann Assets

Nov 8 2011 // Brown & Brown of Northern California Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Sitzmann, Morris & Lavis Insurance Agency Inc. SML is in the employee benefits,...

Brown & Brown Subsidiary Apex Insurance Acquires Global Intermediaries

May 9 2011 // Apex Insurance Agency Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Global Intermediaries of Eugene LLC, d/b/a Global Intermediaries in Eugene, Ore. With annualized revenues...

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Apr 4 2011 // The Obama administration has officially named Illinois state insurance regulator Michael McRaith to head the new Federal Insurance Office. McRaith, currently the head of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will run the...