Longtime Sarasota insurance agency acquires Tampa firm

The Lovinger Insurance employees and owner will stay on through the transition.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 5:00 p.m. January 11, 2023
Russ Bobbitt says the acquisition was a "natural fit." (File photo)
Russ Bobbitt says the acquisition was a "natural fit." (File photo)
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Having focused on the Sarasota and Bradenton region since 1959, Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency is now set on expansion. The first stop? Tampa. 

 

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