USAmeriBank sells insurance division

CLEARWATER — USAmeriBank has sold its insurance division, Connelly, Carlisle, Fields & Nichols, to Chicago-based insurance brokerage Hub International Limited.

The Connelly, Carlisle, Fields & Nichols operations will form a new regional operation doing business as Hub International Florida. Hub's existing Florida-based operations, currently led by Latimer Farr, will merge into the newly formed entity, and Farr will serve as president of Hub International's Florida personal lines.

As part of the sale, John Connelly, president of Connelly, Carlisle, Fields & Nichols, will join Hub as CEO of Hub International Florida. He will report to W. Kirk James, president of Hub International's Southeast/Mountain regions and chief operating officer for Hub.