In Brief: BB&T to Acquire Another Ga. Agency

RALEIGH, N.C. — BB&T Insurance Services announced Friday that it has agreed to buy Stephens & Company Insurance Services Inc. of Kennesaw, Ga.

No price was given for the deal, which is expected to close in April and would give BB&T Insurance Services five Atlanta-area agencies. The others are in Alpharetta, Thomaston, Macon, and Dalton.

The Stephens management team is to stay on at BB&T-Stephens & Co.

BB&T Insurance Services, a subsidiary of $60.9 billion-asset Branch Banking and Trust Company, operates 63 agencies.

Branch Banking and Trust is the principal subsidiary of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T Corp.

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