Most Active Bank and Thrift Buyers of Insurance Agencies Since 1994

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Most Active Bank and Thrift Buyers of Insurance Agencies Since 1994

Most Active Bank and Thrift Buyers of Insurance Agencies Since 1994
By number of deals and value of deals, if disclosed, and by number of acquisitions
Published July 24, 2007
By number of deals
Rank   Value (millions) First deal announced
1 Royal Bank of Canada Toronto $798.7 Jan. 31 '00
2 BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. 590.8 June 16 '95
3 Bank One Corp. Chicago 500.0 Nov. 13 '00
4 Greater Bay Bancorp Palo Alto, Calif. 243.4 Dec. 19 '01
5 Illinois Agricultural Association Bloomington 183.7 Oct. 29 '03
6 Old National Bancorp Evansville, Ind. 79.7 Nov. 29 '99
7 Sky Financial Group Inc. Bowling Green, Ohio 72.8 March 15 '99
8 Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham, Ala. 68.6 Feb. 7 '01
9 Summit Bancorp Princeton, N.J. 68.2 Dec. 9 '97
10 BancorpSouth Inc. Tupelo, Miss. 59.4 April 26 '99
11 F.N.B. Corp. Hermitage, Pa. 47.6 June 23 '99
12 Credit Suisse Group Zurich 41.9 July 2 '98
13 Temple-Inland Inc. Diboll, Tex. 41.0 Oct. 10 '00
14 First Union Corp. Charlotte 38.7 Aug. 8 '96
15 Enterprise Financial Services Corp. Clayton, Mo. 35.6 Oct. 13 '05
16 Citigroup Inc. New York 35.0 March 31 '99
17 BNCcorp Inc. Bismarck, N.D. 32.5 Jan. 1 '97
18 First Tennessee National Corp. Memphis 29.0 Dec. 10 '01
19 KNBT Bancorp Inc. Bethlehem, Pa. 28.0 Feb. 28 '05
20 Hibernia Corp. New Orleans 26.8 March 2 '98
21 Trustmark Corp. Jackson, Miss. 26.0 Dec. 8 '98
22 Sterling Financial Corp. Lancaster, Pa. 25.7 Jan. 12 '04
23 JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York 25.2 Oct. 22 '02
24 Commerce Bancorp Inc. Cherry Hill, N.J. 24.2 July 31 '96
25 Hancock Holding Co. Gulfport, Miss. 23.6 Aug. 8 '03
26 Harleysville National Corp. Pa. 22.0 Nov. 15 '05
27 Peoples Bancorp Inc. Marietta, Ohio 21.2 Nov. 2 '99
28 Huntington Bancshares Inc. Columbus, Ohio 20.0 Nov. 5 '96
29 TowneBank Portsmouth, Va. 19.1 Jan. 1 '01
30 Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. Lilitz, Pa. 17.0 April 30 '02
31 South Financial Group Inc. Greenville, S.C. 16.8 Sept. 22 '03
32 BancFirst Corp. Oklahoma City 13.8 Nov. 20 '00
33 Grupo Financiero Inbursa S.A. de C.V. Mexico City 11.5 Nov. 28 '00
34 Leesport Financial Corp. Wyomissing, Pa. 11.2 Oct. 1 '02
35 FCNB Corp. Frederick, Md. 11.1 Sept. 2 '98
36 Chase Manhattan Corp. New York 10.7 Dec. 31 '99
37 First of America Bank Corp. Kalamazoo, Mich. 9.9 April 9 '96
38 Shore Bancshares Inc. Easton, Md. 9.6 Dec. 21 '01
39 Evans Bancorp Inc. Angola, N.Y. 9.1 Oct. 1 '99
40 Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury, Conn. 8.6 April 28 '98
41 Main Street Banks Inc. Kennesaw, Ga. 8.3 Dec. 5 '03
42 First Financial Corp. Terre Haute, Ind. 7.7 March 22 '01
43 ACNB Corp. Gettysburg, Pa. 7.6 Nov. 19 '04
44 F&M National Corp. Winchester, Va. 7.2 Sept. 11 '97
45 Summit Financial Group Inc. Moorefield, W.Va. 7.1 March 1 '04
46 First Banks Inc. Clayton, Mo. 7.0 March 30 '06
47 Team Financial Inc. Paola, Kan. 6.9 Dec. 11 '02
48 NBC Capital Corp. Starkville, Miss. 6.7 June 2 '99
49 First Charter Corp. Concord, N.C. 6.0 Oct. 1 '98
50 Oneida Financial MHC Oneida, N.Y. 6.0 April 25 '00
51 Waypoint Financial Corp. Harrisburg, Pa. 6.0 Oct. 3 '00
52 Alliance Bankshares Corp. Chantilly, Va. 5.9 Oct. 6 '05
53 Centura Banks Inc. Rocky Mount, N.C. 5.9 Nov. 3 '97
54 Northeast Bancorp Auburn, Maine 5.9 Feb. 20 '02
55 Banknorth Group Inc. Portland, Maine 5.8 June 19 '00
56 Willow Financial Bancorp Inc. Wayne, Pa. 5.5 Jan. 11 '07
57 Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania Souderton, Pa. 5.0 Dec. 16 '99
58 Arrow Financial Corp. Glens Falls, N.Y. 4.9 Nov. 29 '04
59 First Defiance Financial Corp. Defiance, Ohio 4.5 Oct. 30 '98
60 MegaBank Financial Corp. Englewood, Colo. 4.5 April 1 '99
61 First Sterling Banks Inc. Kennesaw, Ga. 4.3 Sept. 26 '00
62 German American Bancorp Jasper, Ind. 4.3 Nov. 9 '98
63 Zions Bancorp. Salt Lake City 4.0 Jan. 1 '99
64 First M and F Corp. Kosciusko, Miss. 3.9 Sept. 20 '99
65 First Leesport Bancorp Inc. Pa. 3.8 Sept. 17 '98
66 National Penn Bancshares Inc. Boyertown, Pa. 3.6 June 2 '04
67 Peoples Holding Co. Tupelo, Miss. 3.5 April 7 '99
68 Rainier Pacific Financial Group Inc. Tacoma 3.5 Dec. 21 '05
69 Alpena Bancshares Inc. MHC Mich. 3.3 Feb. 28 '03
70 Northeast Pennsylvania Financial Corp. Hazleton, Pa. 3.1 July 8 '98
71 Alabama National BanCorp. Birmingham 3.0 Feb. 26 '99
72 Oak Hill Financial Inc. Jackson, Ohio 2.7 Aug. 1 '01
73 First Merchants Corp. Muncie, Ind. 2.6 Nov. 28 '01
74 TIB Financial Corp. Key Largo, Fla. 2.5 Sept. 22 '00
75 Bridge Street Financial Inc. Oswego, N.Y. 2.4 March 1 '05
76 Indiana United Bancorp Greensburg 2.4 May 31 '99
77 S&T Bancorp Inc. Indiana, Pa. 2.4 July 2 '02
78 Sussex Bancorp Franklin, N.J. 2.3 Sept. 28 '01
79 Woronoco Bancorp Inc. Westfield, Mass. 2.2 Aug. 30 '99
80 Cavalry Bancorp Inc. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 2.0 Aug. 8 '01
81 Gateway Financial Holdings Inc. Elizabeth City, N.C. 2.0 May 1 '04
82 Second Bancorp Inc. Warren, Ohio 2.0 Sept. 4 '02
83 Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. Olney, Md. 1.9 Oct. 24 '01
84 East West Bancorp Inc. San Marino, Calif. 1.8 Aug. 22 '00
85 First Mid-Illinois Bancshares Inc. Mattoon 1.8 Jan. 10 '02
86 Harbor Florida Bancshares Inc. Fort Pierce 1.8 June 2 '00
87 WesBanco Inc. Wheeling, W.Va. 1.8 March 24 '98
88 CNB Bancorp Inc. Gloversville, N.Y. 1.6 June 8 '00
89 Security Federal Corp. Aiken, S.C. 1.6 June 5 '06
90 InterCounty Bancshares Inc. Wilmington, Ohio 1.4 Nov. 21 '97
91 CCBT Financial Cos. Inc. Hyannis, Mass. 1.2 Dec. 22 '99
92 Colorado Business Bankshares Inc. Denver 1.2 March 1 '01
93 Haven Bancorp Inc. Woodhaven, N.Y. 1.2 Sept. 29 '98
94 LCNB Corp. Lebanon, Ohio 1.2 Nov. 4 '99
95 Southwest Georgia Financial Corp. Moultrie, Ga. 1.1 April 1 '99
96 W Holding Co. Inc. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 1.1 July 1 '01
97 Peoples Bancorp Inc. Chestertown, Md. 1.0 Sept. 12 '06
98 Smithtown Bancorp Inc. Smithtown, N.Y. 1.0 April 14 '04
99 First Bancorp Troy, N.C. 0.9 May 30 '01
100 MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. Oskaloosa, Iowa 0.9 Sept. 1 '05
By number of acquisitions
Rank   Purchases First deal announced
1 BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. 58 June 16 '95
2 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco 30 Aug. 1 '99
3 Community First Bankshares Inc. Fargo, N.D. 23 Oct. 13 '95
4 Commerce Bancorp Inc. Cherry Hill, N.J. 13* July 31 '96
5 F.N.B. Corp. Hermitage, Pa. 12 June 23 '99
6 First Charter Corp. Concord, N.C. 11 Oct. 1 '98
7 Wachovia Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. 10 July 7 '99
8 BNCCorp Inc. Bismarck, N.D. 8 Jan. 1 '97
9 Community Banks Inc. Harrisburg, Pa. 8 April 1 '01
10 Compass Bancshares Inc. Birmingham, Ala. 8 Oct. 23 '00
11 Evans Bancorp Inc. Angola, N.Y. 8 Oct. 1 '99
12 First M and F Corp. Kosciusko, Miss. 8 Sept. 20 '99
13 TowneBank Portsmouth, Va. 8 Jan. 1 '01
14 Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury, Conn. 8 April 28 '98
15 BancorpSouth Inc. Tupelo, Miss. 7 April 26 '99
16 Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. San Antonio 7 March 4 '99
17 Old National Bancorp Evansville, Ind. 7 Nov. 29 '99
18 Sky Financial Group Inc. Bowling Green, Ohio 7 March 15 '99
19 Tompkins Trustco Inc. Ithaca, N.Y. 7 April 3 '00
20 Banknorth Group Inc. Portland, Maine 6 June 19 '00
21 Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. Pittsfield, Mass. 6 Oct. 26 '05
22 First Financial Holdings Inc. Charleston, S.C. 6 March 16 '00
23 First Niagara Financial Group Inc. Lockport, N.Y. 6 July 1 '03
24 BNP Paribas Group Paris 5 Dec. 31 '03
25 First Security Corp. Salt Lake City 5 Feb. 13 '95

Notes: Through June 21, 2007. Purchases by banking companies later taken over are credited here to the survivors.
* Does not reflect all deals reported by Commerce.

Source:

SNL Financial
, Charlottesville, Va.

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