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Article: Glory days: these are the good old days for Greg Belton, who became a brokerage entrepreneur at the age of 29.(BROKERS: People, Ideas and Trends shaping the Brokerage Community)
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- Risk & Insurance
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- March 1, 2009
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In pointing to a good year for his firm, HKMB HUB chairman Gregory Belton says he is going from strength to strength.
And, having just turned 50 this year, the Toronto-based insurance executive has' had all year to savor the results of an acquisition in January 2008 that saw privately held Chicago-based HUB International Ltd. reach out to acquire HKMB.
"We're pumped. We had a big year in 2008 which was a bad year for a lot of firms and a bad year in the economy. We had a really good year and I think when HUB bought us they knew what they were buying was people," Belton said during a phone interview with Risk & ...