Heffernan Insurance Brokers News

Heffernan Acquires Costello Insurance Associates in Arizona

Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Costello Insurance Associates in Tempe, Arizona. Pat Costello and his team of five employees will continue to service their new and existing customers Costello services clients throughout the U.S. in obtaining coverage for corporate and pleasure …

Markel Corporation and Nationwide Join InsurConneXtions Alliance

Markel and Nationwide join AmWins, CRC Group, Heffernan, and Patra to bring standardized technology-enabled solutions to the insurance industry with AI and Automation EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., April 28, 2021 – A consortium of insurance industry leaders that formed InsurConneXtions …

Heffernan Acquires Micor Insurance Brokers in California

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has acquired Micor Insurance Brokers in San Jose, Calif. The Micor San Jose office is Heffernan’s 10th California location. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Corrie Foos, president of Micor, and his team, joined Heffernan. Foos …

Heffernan Insurance Brokers Merges with Porter & Curtis, Establishes Penn. Office

Heffernan Insurance Brokers, a full-service, independent insurance brokerage firm, has merged with Porter & Curtis LLC, a consultative commercial property/casualty insurance broker, effective December 31, 2020. Porter & Curtis represents Heffernan’s first office on the East Coast. Its founders, William …

Heffernan Acquires Contractors Insurance NW in Washington

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has acquired Contractors Insurance NW in Olympia, Wash. Heffernan purchased the assets of CINW to join HeffDirect, a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers CINW offers commercial insurance for contractors in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, and Texas,. Walnut …

Heffernan Opens Retirement Services Office in Washington Led by Thibault

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has opened a retirement services location in Seattle, Wash., to be overseen by Blake Thibault, managing director of Heffernan’s financial services division. Also located in the office are Dallas Otter, executive vice president, and Matthew Pearson, vice …

Heffernan Insurance Brokers Opens London Unit, Led by JLT’s Murrell

Heffernan Insurance Brokers, the Walnut Creek, Calif.-based independent insurance broker, announced it has opened a London brokerage, Heffernan Brokers UK Ltd., led by Nick Murrell as executive vice president. Murrell joins Heffernan to establish its London office and expand operations …

Heffernan Names Grootendorst Branch Manager in Oregon

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has promoted Brenda Grootendorst to branch manager of the firm’s Portland, Ore. Grootendorst, who is a senior vice president in the firm, has more than 30 years of insurance and risk management. Grootendorst was a principal shareholder …

Heffernan Adds Owen as Advisor in California

Heffernan Financial Services, a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers, has added Jennifer Owen as a financial advisor in the Irvine, Calif. branch. Owen began her career with MetLife working in sales, training, and advanced planning. Later, she worked at BNY …

Heffernan Names Van Aken Assistant Vice President in California

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Michelle Van Aken assistant vice president in the benefits department of the Menlo Park, Calif. office. Van Aken brings has more than a decade of employee benefits experience ranging from open enrollment renewals and vendor …