Brightway Insurance Acquires General Insurance Concepts

Brightway will occupy Orange Park location

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Nov 29, 2010, 07:35 ET

ORANGE PARK, Fla., Nov. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- One of Florida's largest property and casualty insurance companies is growing yet again.

Brightway Insurance recently acquired General Insurance Concepts, a 20-year-old property and casualty insurance agency offering personal and commercial lines of insurance. The company's offices, located in Orange Park, Fla., at 105 Old Jennings Rd., will become Brightway Insurance's 23rd Northeast Florida location.

"Brightway Insurance's unique formula, which offers customers a combination of highly trained local agents, added storefront convenience and the greatest insurance brand choices, has been gaining momentum," said Brightway Insurance CEO David C. Miller. "Both same-store and new-store sales are up significantly as word continues to spread. New business sales will again double in 2010 to $70 million up from $35 million in 2009."

About Brightway Insurance

Brightway Insurance operates 70 Florida offices with more than 300 associates and insures more than 75,000 Florida households. Consistently recognized as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the nation by Inc. Magazine, Brightway Insurance grew 33 percent in 2008 and by 30 percent in 2009. In addition to its rapid growth, the company ranks as one of the "Best Places to Work in Northeast Florida," a spot maintained by Brightway for the last six years. Florida Trend also ranked Brightway Insurance seventh on its list of the top 100 "Florida's Best Companies to Work For." In 2010, Insurance Journal named Brightway one of the "Best Insurance Agencies to Work For" in the country. For more information, contact Brightway Insurance at 888-254-5014 or visit http://www.brightway.com.

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