The Benefits Dept., with annualized revenues of approximately $2.3 million, is engaged in the individual and group employee benefits insurance agency and related services business in the States of North Carolina, Florida and throughout the U.S. Bill Fowler, Linda Knouse and their staff will operate as a new stand-alone Brown & Brown office from their current location in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mr. Lydecker, who will be responsible for oversight of this new profit center, noted, "We are extremely pleased to have this fine group of insurance professionals represent us. Bill and Linda's highly-qualified team will provide us with new resources and service capabilities throughout the country, particularly to our clients in the auto dealership industry. This transaction also represents our long-desired return to the North Carolina retail insurance marketplace."
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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Contact: Cory T. Walker Chief Financial Officer (386) 239-7250
SOURCE: Brown & Brown, Inc.