ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc.
GETTYSBURG, Pa., March 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ACNB Company (NASDAQ: ACNB), monetary holding firm for ACNB Financial institution and ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc., introduced the completion of the acquisition of the enterprise and property of Hockley & O’Donnell Insurance coverage Company, LLC, Gettysburg, PA, by its wholly-owned subsidiary, ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc., efficient February 28, 2022.
“We’re excited to have Hockley & O’Donnell Insurance coverage Company be a part of ACNB Company by way of its wholly-owned subsidiary, ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, with a purpose to improve our capacity to be the supplier of each banking and insurance coverage providers in our house market of Adams County,” mentioned James P. Helt, ACNB Company and ACNB Financial institution President & Chief Govt Officer. “It’s our intent to leverage this acquisition for elevated synergies and income throughout each the insurance coverage and banking subsidiaries. For ACNB Company shareholders, this implies additional worth and return on their funding as we execute plans for strategic progress and solidify our place because the monetary providers supplier of alternative within the core markets served.”
This transaction is the latest acquisition of a e-book of insurance coverage enterprise by ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc., which is anticipated to extend gross premium {dollars} for the company by roughly 30%. Inorganic progress, akin to this transaction, has been an integral a part of the insurance coverage company’s marketing strategy since its founding in 1978 as Russell Insurance coverage Group, Inc. ACNB Company bought Russell Insurance coverage Group, Inc., based mostly in Westminster, MD, in 2005. Since that point, the insurance coverage company subsidiary has expanded its footprint resulting from natural progress in addition to acquisitions leading to extra workplace areas in Germantown and Jarrettsville, MD, and Gettysburg, PA.
Efficient January 1, 2022, the company identify was modified to ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc. to align the subsidiary identify with that of ACNB Company and ACNB Financial institution, the opposite wholly-owned subsidiary of ACNB Company. The acquisition of the property of Hockley & O’Donnell Insurance coverage Company, LLC fortifies the place of ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc. within the better Adams County, PA, market, the place ACNB Company and ACNB Financial institution have been based.
ACNB Company, headquartered in Gettysburg, PA, is the $2.8 billion monetary holding firm for the wholly-owned subsidiaries of ACNB Financial institution, Gettysburg, PA, and ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc., previously Russell Insurance coverage Group, Inc., Westminster, MD. Initially based in 1857, ACNB Financial institution serves its market with banking and wealth administration providers, together with belief and retail brokerage, through a community of 20 group banking workplaces, positioned within the 4 southcentral Pennsylvania counties of Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York, in addition to mortgage workplaces in Lancaster and York, PA, and Hunt Valley, MD. As divisions of ACNB Financial institution working in Maryland, FCB Financial institution and NWSB Financial institution serve the native market with a community of 5 and 6 group banking workplaces positioned in Frederick County and Carroll County, MD, respectively. ACNB Insurance coverage Companies, Inc. is a full-service company with licenses in 44 states. The company provides a broad vary of property, casualty, well being, life and incapacity insurance coverage serving private and industrial purchasers by way of workplace areas in Westminster, Germantown and Jarrettsville, MD, and Gettysburg, PA. For extra info concerning ACNB Company and its subsidiaries, please go to acnb.com.
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