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Higginbotham Acquires Aviation Specialist, Colt Risk Management

Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham has acquired Colt Risk Management Services (CRMS). CRMS is an independent commercial insurance broker specializing in aviation risk. The CRMS team has moved to Higginbotham’s Friendswood office, giving that location a combined staff of nearly 40 …

Higginbotham, Sellers-Patterson Insurance Merge Operations in Tyler, Texas

Higginbotham and Sellers-Patterson Insurance have merged operations in Tyler, Texas. Sellers-Patterson, led by Linda Sellers, is Higginbotham’s second office in Tyler; the first established in 2014 when Higginbotham entered the market. The union gives the combined firm a local workforce …

Lubbock’s Butler Carson Tate Insurance Merges with Higginbotham

Higginbotham and Butler Carson Tate Insurance have merged operations in Lubbock, Texas. This is Higginbotham’s second office in Lubbock, having entered the market in 2015 when it merged with another locally managed independent insurance agency. The two offices and their …

Independent Insurance Agents of Plainview, Texas, Merges with Higginbotham

Fort Worth, Texas-based retail insurance broker, Higginbotham, and Independent Insurance Agents of Plainview (IIAP) have merged operations. With the addition of IIAP in Plainview, Higginbotham now has 27 offices in Texas. Higginbotham and IIAP are independent insurance firms providing property …

Fort Worth’s Higginbotham, Kilpatrick Insurance Merge

Higginbotham and Kilpatrick Insurance, both independent insurance brokers based in Fort Worth, Texas, have merged. Kilpatrick Insurance will relocate from 2410 Montgomery Street three miles east to Higginbotham’s two downtown offices and take Higginbotham’s name. This is Higginbotham’s sixth merger …

Texas Agencies, Higginbotham, Jeannette Blanton Insurance Merge

Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham has partnered with the Jeannette Blanton Insurance Agency Inc., a branch office of Dallas-based Independent Insurance Group Inc. Jeannette Blanton Insurance is located in Ennis, Texas. The seven-person office is operated by Jeannette Blanton-Monnat and endorsed …

Higginbotham, Painter & Johnson Financial Merge Operations

Fort Worth-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham, and Painter & Johnson Financial have merged their insurance operations in Central Texas. Painter & Johnson Financial is a broker of insurance, securities and employee benefits, based in Brownwood, Texas. It has individuals licensed …

Higginbotham Adds 2 Insurance Brokers in McAllen, Texas Office

Higginbotham has hired insurance brokers John Garcia and Jordan Lewis in its McAllen, Texas, office. Garcia was added as an associate of employee benefits and Lewis as an associate of business insurance. They join the office’s four existing brokers and …

Higginbotham Adds Schielack as VP in Houston

Texas-based insurance, risk management and employee benefits agency, Higginbotham, has hired commercial property and casualty insurance broker Kyle J. Schielack as vice president in Houston. He brings eight years’ experience managing risk and insurance for commercial real estate and development, …

Higginbotham Acquires Part of Hilb Group of Texas

Fort Worth, Texas-based insurance agency, Higginbotham, has purchased a portion of the Hilb Group of Texas LLC’s operations in San Antonio. The transaction adds eight insurance and customer service professionals with a book of commercial and personal property/casualty insurance and …