DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., and TAMPA, Fla., Sep 4, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Jim W. Henderson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), and Randal D. Storm, President of Washington Insurance Services, Inc., of Woodinville, Washington, today announced the asset acquisition of Washington Insurance Services, Inc. by Program Management Services, Inc. (PMSI), a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. The transaction is effective September 1, 2003.
Washington Insurance Services, Inc., with annual revenues of approximately $2.2 million, provides underwriting and insurance brokerage services to governmental and quasi-governmental bodies, as well as commercial clients, throughout Washington and other Western states. This transaction further expands the services of Brown & Brown's PMSI subsidiary, a leader in focusing on the insurance needs of the governmental sector countrywide, in the western United States. Randy Storm and his staff will continue to operate at their current location.
Shane Caldwell, President of PMSI, said, "The addition of Washington Insurance Services is one more step in our strategic plan of expanding our leadership in providing products and services to governmental entities. We are pleased that Randy and his staff have agreed to join our team of public insurance specialists."
Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk management, employee benefit administration, and managed health care programs. Providing service to business, public entity, individual and trade and association clients nation- wide, the Company is ranked by Business Insurance magazine as the United States' sixth largest independent insurance intermediary. Our Web address is www.bbinsurance.com.
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