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TWFG Insurance | April 22, 2020

TWFG Insurance Services, a full-service national retail insurance agency, has acquired the personal and commercial insurance business of Panoptic Insurance. Headquartered in The Woodlands, TX, Panoptic Insurance is a privately-owned national independent insurance agency. The firm was founded in 2008 by Arden Hetland. “This is an exciting opportunity for us. This acquisition increases the value we can deliver to our agency partners, strengthens our well-defined business model, and adds thou...

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King | December 24, 2021

King Insurance ("King" or the "Company"), a fast-growing full-service insurance brokerage firm that provides a variety of property & casualty as well as employee benefits solutions, announced the acquisition of Piedmont Insurance Associates ("Piedmont"). Piedmont has offices in Covington, GA and Newnan, GA and marks King's first expansion outside of Florida. Piedmont's roots go back to 1948 when it was the Spillers Agency and today i...

Microsoft | January 20, 2020

Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems reached their end-of-life (EOL) date on January 14, 2020. This means that Microsoft will no longer provide patches to secure, update, fix or improve these systems, and, as a result, users who decide not to upgrade or change systems could be exposed to dangerous cyber vulnerabilities. Windows 7 has long been one of the most popular Microsoft operating systems. Even today, almost 11 years after it was first launched, millions of PCs are...

Alera Group | January 24, 2020

Alera Group has acquired Seattle-based Muench Financial. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Muench Financial works with small and medium-sized businesses throughout the Northwest. Its service offerings included the evaluation of retirement plan features, plan participant education, monitoring and evaluating plan investments, and implementing effective retirement programs. “We are excited to join Alera Group, and we look forward to continued growth with the power of national resou...