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Alabama’s WRM Group Joins Higginbotham

WRM Group, formed just over a year ago with the merger of two of Alabama’s oldest insurance agencies, has now joined Higginbotham, one of the largest agency groups in the Southeast. Terms and details of the partnership were not released. …

Texas’ Combined Agents of America Adds 24 Partner Agencies

Combined Agents of America (CAA) – a privately held aggregator group based in Austin, Texas – announced the additions of 23 new partner agencies to the organization. The group will now be comprised of 94 agencies across nine states and …

Network Merger: New Jersey Alliance’s 22 Agencies to Join Keystone Group

Keystone Insurers Group, the fourth largest insurance agency network, has agreed to merge New Jersey Agents Alliance (NJAA) into its nationally ranked network. Keystone said NJAA’s 22 owners/members unanimously approved the agreement. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. …

New York’s Marenco Agency Joins Renaissance Network

Marenco Insurance Agency has joined the Renaissance independent insurance agency network in New York. The family-owned property/casualty agency, founded in 1961, is located in New Rochelle, New York. It also serves clients in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Florida. Renaissance offers …

Georgia Agency Partners Joins Up with SecureRisk, Forming Large U.S. Partnership

Two of the largest insurance agency partnerships in the South have merged, creating the nation’s fourth-largest partnership, with some $600 million in property/casualty revenue, the groups announced. Georgia Agency Partners, an agency group with 30 officies in the Southeast, has …

Keystone to Add Bainswest Agencies in Oklahoma, Missouri

Keystone welcomed a group of Bainswest agencies from Oklahoma and Missouri to its network of growing agencies across the nation, effective January 1, 2023. Bainswest formed in Tulsa, OK in 1994. Bainswest ranks No. 18 in Insurance Journal’s Top 20 …

Agency Partnerships: MarshBerry Platform, First Choice Agents Alliance Combine

The MarshBerry Platform announced it has merged with First Choice Agents Alliance (FCAA). The merger will position the combined firms as one of the insurance brokerage industry’s top agency partnerships. MarshBerry Platform and FCAA, each on their own, represent two …

Agency Partnerships: The Breakthrough Force in Distribution

Agency partnerships and networks continue to grow in strength and numbers as independent agencies, large and small, look to these groups for greater market access, valuable services and the sharing of ideas that can take their agencies to the next …

Insurance Journal’s Agency Partnership News Wrap-Up

Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services Adds 33 Members in 2020 Renaissance Alliance, a network for independent insurance agencies, announced that 2020 represented the largest year of growth in the company’s history. In the midst of the pandemic, Renaissance added 33 new …

Expanding into Iowa, Keystone Insurers Group Signs Kingsgate Insurance

Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has expanded into Iowa with the addition of pioneer partner Kingsgate Insurance of Fort Dodge to the agency partnership organization. Kingsgate Insurance was founded in 1990 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, by Ed Smith. Known then as …