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Texas’ Insurance Agency Higginbotham Buys Delivery Meals for Service Workers

Fort Worth, Texas-headquartered insurance and financial services firm, Higginbotham, is purchasing meals from local eateries that have temporarily reduced their operations to take-out and delivery due to COVID-19 mandates. The food deliveries go to those organizations working for the well-being …

Energy/Marine Insurance Broker Dimitry Joins Higginbotham in Houston

Ted Dimitry, a commercial property/casualty insurance broker specializing in the oil and gas industry for 23 years, has joined Higginbotham’s Houston office as its energy and marine practice leader. Dimitry brings experience managing staffs of more than 15 employees producing, …

Texas’ Galiot Insurance Services, Higginbotham Join Forces

Houston-based Galiot Insurance Services, with a specialty in the life sciences sector, and insurance broker Higginbotham, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, have merged operations. Galiot President and CEO Brian Toglia, with 14 years of experience in the insurance industry, focuses …

Flatt Joins Higginbotham as EVP; Will Open Midland Office

Tim Flatt has joined Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham, as an employee benefits executive vice president. Flatt will open Higginbotham’s first Midland office, bringing the firm’s single source solution for insurance to Midland’s middle market businesses. Hiring Flatt …

Texas RV Dealer Insurance Practice Merges with Higginbotham

Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham reports a merger with Diversified Insurance Management an independent property/casualty insurance agency in Plano, Texas. Diversified has a specialty practice serving recreational vehicle (RV) dealerships and RV consumers. The agency opened in 1980 and serves more …

Former NFL Player, Stutz, Joins Higginbotham in South Texas

Former NFL athlete turned salesperson, Boone Stutz, has joined the McAllen, Texas, office of Fort Worth-based insurance services firm, Higginbotham, as a commercial property/casualty insurance associate. He brings more than eight years of sales and management experience to help grow …

In Texas, Higginbotham and Exploration Insurance Group Merge

Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham and Exploration Insurance Group (EIG) have merged their operations in Tyler, Texas. EIG opened in 2013 in Tyler to meet the east Texas region’s growing need for industry specific insurance. The independent seven-person agency brokers commercial …

Higginbotham in Texas Buys Commercial Insurance Unit of Extraco Banks

Extraco Banks has sold its commercial insurance operation to Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham. Extraco Insurance is a group of five property/casualty insurance professionals operating in Waco, Temple and Hamilton, Texas, for 19 years. The group will continue …

Willis Towers Watson’s Ross and Team to Join Higginbotham in Oklahoma City

Higginbotham has forged an agreement with with Willis Towers Watson, under which Fort Worth-based Higginbotham will acquire an Oklahoma City group of insurance professionals led by broker Richard Ross who formerly were with Willis Tower Watson. The transaction expands Higginbotham’s …

Hull Insurance Agency, Higginbotham Join Forces in Fort Worth

Higginbotham and the Hull Agency have merged their insurance services operations in Fort Worth, Texas. The Hull Agency will partner with Higginbotham’s downtown offices to service its more than 300 commercial and personal property/casualty clients and expand its services to …