BRO - Brown & Brown Inc. acquires the assets of CHAPP Inc. and Citrus Insurance Services Inc. | Benzinga
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO), and Bucky and Cindy Payne, the owners of CHAPP, Inc. ("CHAPP") and Citrus Insurance Services, Inc. ("Citrus Insurance"), today announced that Brown & Brown has acquired the assets of CHAPP and Citrus Insurance.
CHAPP and Citrus Insurance are essential risk management partners for their customers in Florida and across the U.S. by providing insurance solutions for all aspects of agricultural business risk. Originally founded by Ed Crawford in 1976, the agencies have continued to grow through two generations of family leadership. The CHAPP/Citrus team will join Brown & Brown's offices in Lakeland and Sebring, Florida and will work alongside Stacey Heacock, profit center leader of the Lakeland office, and Jason Cloar, executive vice president and leader of Brown & Brown's southwest Florida operations.
Mike Keeby, senior vice president-Retail segment, stated, "We are very pleased that Bucky, Cindy, Bucky Jr. and Michelle are entrusting the future of the CHAPP and Citrus ...