Lloyd Bennett & Company's commercial property and casualty business, with annualized revenues of approximately $3.0 million, operates as a retail commercial insurance agency serving clients throughout the state of Georgia. Leo Dwyer and Jean van der Sommen and their staff will join Brown & Brown's existing Atlanta area office, under the leadership of Bill Zimmer. The Brown & Brown Atlanta retail office will now operate from the Duluth, Georgia location.
Mr. Lydecker commented, "We are extremely pleased to have this fine team of insurance professionals join our growing Georgia presence. These talented folks provide us with new resources and represent an expansion of our middle-market presence in the greater Atlanta/North Georgia market."
Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk management, third party administration, managed health care, and Medicare set-aside services and programs. Providing service to business, public entity, individual, trade and professional association clients nationwide, the Company is ranked by Business Insurance magazine as the sixth largest independent insurance intermediary in the United States and worldwide. The Company's Web address is www.bbinsurance.com.
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Cory T. Walker Chief Financial Officer (386) 239-7250
SOURCE: Brown & Brown, Inc.