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Henrico-based The Hilb Group announces four acquisitions
Fast-growing insurance company now has 100+ offices in 22 states
Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC (THG) announced a series of acquisitions in the last three weeks, bringing its total offices to more than 100 in 22 states. The company has been focused on acquisitions in recent years. Founded in 2009, THG has been a portfolio company of Washington, D.C.-based investment management company
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Genworth files for mortgage insurance biz IPO
Genworth Mortgage Holdings Inc. subsidiary may go public by mid-summer
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Henrico County-based Fortune 500 insurer Genworth Financial Inc. filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Monday for a proposed initial public offering of the company’s mortgage insurance business. J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC will serve as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering of Genworth Mortgage Holdings Inc. (GMHI), a
Genworth kills long-delayed $2.7B acquisition
Acquisition by China's Oceanwide Holdings Group had been pending since 2016
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Henrico County-based Fortune 500 insurer Genworth Financial Inc. announced Tuesday that it has formally terminated its long-delayed $2.7 billion acquisition by China-based Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd. The news follows a Jan. 5 announcement by Genworth that it was putting a hold on the deal, first announced in 2016. At the same time, the company
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The Hilb Group acquires Medicare-focused firm
Henrico County insurance company buys Compass Planners
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Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC announced Tuesday it has acquired West Greenwich, Rhode Island-based Compass Planners (CP). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Led by Jim Soucy, CP is an insurance company that specializes in Medicare Advantage. Soucy and his three colleagues will join THG’s Cranston, Rhode Island office. Soucy
Va. Beach insurance company names president, VP
Zack Brandau, Will Russell promoted at Core Assurance
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Virginia Beach-based insurance company Core Assurance Partners Inc. announced Tuesday that Zack Brandau has been named as president and Will Russell has been named as vice president. Brandau, a founding principal of the firm, will oversee the firm’s daily operations and growth initiatives. He succeeds Doug Russell, who had served as president since 2017. Brandau
The Hilb Group makes third acquisition announcement of 2021
Henrico County insurance company buys Rampart Brokerage Corp. & Affiliates
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Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC made its third acquisition announcement of the year, with the purchase of Lake Success, New York-based Rampart Brokerage Corp. & Affiliates. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded 55 years ago, Rampart Brokerage Corp. and Affiliates (RBC) employs nearly 200 people and serves as a
Genworth notifies employees of job cuts
Eliminations come at heels of frozen acquisition by Oceanwide
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Henrico County-based Genworth Financial Inc. has notified some employees of job cuts, a company spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. The job cuts come on the heels of the company’s Jan. 4 announcement that its planned $2.7 billion acquisition by China-based Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd. has been frozen. Company spokesperson Julie Westermann declined to share the number
$2.7B Genworth acquisition is on hold
Deal is frozen; Genworth looks to possible IPO of mortgage insurance business
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UPDATED JAN. 5 Henrico County-based Genworth Financial Inc.’s planned $2.7 billion acquisition by China-based Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd. has been frozen. In late November, the companies announced that Oceanwide’s acquisition of the Fortune 500 insurance company had been reapproved by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, and the acquisition, which has been frequently postponed
Hilb Group announces third December acquisition
Henrico County insurance company buys Plan Benefit Services Inc.
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In its third acquisition announcement this week, Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Lexington County, South Carolina-based employee benefits consulting, management and brokerage firm Plan Benefit Services Inc. (PBSI), effective Dec. 1. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, PBSI provides employee benefits, retiree benefits, individual
The Hilb Group makes second December acquisition
Henrico County insurance company acquires William H. Connolly & Co. LLC
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In its second acquisition announcement this week, Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Montclair, New Jersey-based insurance and risk management brokerage William H. Connolly & Co. LLC (WHC), effective Dec. 1. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1950 by William H. Connolly Sr., WHC was owned