Short Takes: Hibernia Corp. BuysLa. Insurance Agency

New Orleans-based Hibernia Corp. has acquired an agency that specializes in selling property and casualty insurance.

Hibernia last week announced the purchase of FPS Financial Services. FPS has relocated its principal office from Jefferson, La., to Madisonville, La.

Hibernia, an $11 billion-asset banking company with 240 locations in Louisiana and Texas, is on a fast track with insurance sales. Last October it began selling life policies and added health and disability in recent months.

With 2,000 customers, FPS had sales that generated insurance premiums of nearly $3 million for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. The agency is offering key executive, split-dollar executive bonus, deferred compensation, disability income, and overhead expense plans to corporate clients. For individuals, mortgage acceleration, family insurance, nonqualified retirement, and education funding policies are available.

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