Agency of the Year

• Florida People, Places, & Products–November 2011 Round-Up

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 21, 2011

  Read fresh information and recaps of this month's news about Florida's people, places, and products.

• Florida's Department of Financial Services Earns Diversity Award

  By Staff Writer  |  November 16, 2011

  The Florida department is recognized for increasing its minority spending in the past fiscal year.

• Focus On Risk Consulting, Tech Innovations Help Parker, Smith & Feek Shine

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 1, 2011

  “Advice not price” is the mantra of the company—which also stands out with its no-commission compensation structure

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  NU/AA&B Commercial Agency Awards for Excellence: Parker, Smith & Feek

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 29, 2011

  While some agencies have only recently come to embrace the idea of being a risk consultant for their clients, the concept is nothing new for the agency Parker, Smith & Feek.

• Focus On Risk Consulting, Tech Innovations Help Parker, Smith & Feek Shine

  By Mark E. Ruquet  |  September 29, 2011

  For its attention to risk consulting and its ability to translate that into a profitable and growing enterprise, Parker, Smith & Feek is our 2011 winner of the Commercial Agency Awards for Excellence.

• Excellent Agencies

  By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 29, 2011

  A hearty congratulations to the three winners of our annual Commercial Agency Awards For Excellence: Parker, Smith & Feek (PS&F), which was named our Agency of the Year (and also a winner in our Technology category); Bartlett & Co., which earned top honors in Sales & Marketing; and KMRD Partners...

• Higginbotham Acquires Swantner & Gordon

  By Staff Writer  |  August 31, 2010

  Fort Worth, Texas-based insurance broker Higginbotham & Associates, a former winner of National Underwriter's Agency of the Year Award, has acquired Corpus Christi, Texas-based Swantner & Gordon Insurance Agency.

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  Taking a bite out of "survival mode" mentality

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 6, 2010

  Let's face it, the news isn't good, no matter where you look. Unemployment figures refuse to budge, oil continues to pump into the Gulf, the ...

• Higginbotham Acquires Essential Insurance Group

  By Staff Writer  |  June 3, 2010

  Fort Worth, Texas-based insurance broker Higginbotham & Associates, a former winner of National Underwriter's Agency of the Year Award, has acquired Houston-based The Essential Insurance Group, LLC.

• Grand Mission in Michigan

  By Nicole Zwartz  |  May 5, 2010

  If an agency's strength is determined by its relationships with its insurers, then Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance Agency Inc. (BHS) is going strong.