Higginbotham Acquires Iscential
August 15, 2023
Fort Worth-based Higginbotham has acquired Houston-based independent insurance agency Iscential, adding a second Houston team and expanding its local presence. The deal brings Iscential's ~140 associates and risk-management, insurance and financial services capabilities into Higginbotham's employee-owned platform; Dowling Hales served as exclusive financial advisor to the sellers.
- Buyers
- Higginbotham
- Targets
- Iscential
- Sellers
- Iscential, Warren Barhorst
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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