Brown & Brown Dealer Services Acquires Rainmaker Advisory, LLC

Brown & Brown Dealer Services Acquires the Assets of DealerMax

March 13, 2024

Insurance

Brown & Brown Dealer Services (a division of Brown & Brown, Inc.) has acquired the assets of DealerMax, a provider of F&I training and tailored finance & insurance products for automotive dealers. DealerMax's team will join BBDS and continue operating from Berwyn, Pennsylvania, with a transition period supported by the Maxim family owners.

Brown & Brown Dealer Services Acquires Dealer Admin. Services, Inc.

December 13, 2021

Insurance

Brown & Brown Dealer Services, a division of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Dealer Admin. Services, Inc. (DAS). DAS — a dealer-centric administrator providing aftermarket F&I product solutions for franchise and pre-owned dealers — will operate as a division of BBDS under Brown & Brown's dealer services platform, with Bill Kelly continuing to lead DAS operations from Bloomington, Minnesota.

Brown & Brown Acquires BdB Limited Insurance Operating Companies

February 7, 2022

Insurance

Brown & Brown, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the general insurance operating companies of BdB (including BdB (UK) Limited, BdB Europe SRL and affiliated Mithras entities). The BdB businesses — a specialist wholesale broker and MGA network operating in the UK and Europe — will continue to operate from locations in London, Belgium and Italy and will report into Brown & Brown’s Bridge Specialty Group.

Brown & Brown Dealer Services Acquires First Resource, Inc.

July 9, 2020

Insurance

Brown & Brown Dealer Services, a division of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of First Resource, Inc. First Resource's owners, James Nelson and Lynn Meyer, will continue to lead the business from New Braunfels, Texas, and the deal strengthens Brown & Brown's dealer services capabilities and presence in Texas and the southwest.

Brown & Brown Acquires Rodman Insurance Agency

November 12, 2018

Insurance

Brown & Brown of Massachusetts, LLC (part of Brown & Brown, Inc.) has acquired substantially all of the assets of Rodman Insurance Agency, Inc. The Rodman team will continue to operate from its Needham, Massachusetts office under existing leadership; the agency reported approximately $9.5 million in annual revenue and serves commercial customers across the Northeast.

Brown & Brown Acquires Northeast Dealer Consultants, Inc.

March 6, 2020

Consulting

Brown & Brown of Kentucky, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Northeast Dealer Consultants, Inc. (NEDC). NEDC — led by Phil and Pamela Bruno and focused on F&I performance and compliance for automotive dealers in upstate New York — will join Brown & Brown Dealer Services to expand the firm's footprint and capabilities in the Northeast.