Article: BB&T Insurance Services to acquire southwest Florida agency.

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BB&T Insurance Services, the nation's seventh largest insurance broker, today said it has expanded its southwest Florida operation with the acquisition of Oswald Trippe and Company Inc. of Fort Myers.

The acquisition comes on the heels of BB&T Corporation's acquisition in August of Colonial Bank, which expanded BB&T's presence in southwest Florida. The Oswald Trippe transaction was completed Monday. Terms were not disclosed.

One of the largest privately owned insurance agencies in southwest Florida, Oswald Trippe provides commercial property and casualty; employee benefits; individual life and health, personal ...

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