NU Online News Service, May 14, 10:52 a.m.EDT

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance broker Brown & Brownsaid it has reached an agreement to acquire Irving Weber AssociatesInc. of Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Brown said Irving Weber specializes in insurance programs,primarily for the "fabricare" industry that is comprised ofdrycleaners, linen supply, uniform rental and commercial laundryoperations. Irving Weber, with annualized revenues of approximately$4 million, also offers programs for other industries and hasretail insurance agency operations. The firm was founded in1946.

Adam Weber, president of Irving Weber, and his staff willcontinue to operate at their Long Island location under its currentname.

Brown & Brown also announced that effective Nov. 1, itsLawyer's Protector Plan, LLP, will have a new carrier.

Navigators Insurance Company will become the new carrier for theplan replacing Greenwich Insurance Co., a member of XL CapitalGroup.

Brown & Brown said it and Rye Brook, N.Y.-based Navigatorswill combine their existing programs for law firms with one to 19attorneys to create a national lawyers' professional liabilityinsurance program.

The LLP began operations in 1983, and the two programs combinedwill provide professional liability insurance to more than 6,500law firms in approximately 45 states and Washington D.C., Brown& Brown said.

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