In Brief: Sky Buys Pa. Property/Casualty Specialist

Sky Financial Group Inc. has announced the purchase of Peter B. Burke Agency Inc. in Pittsburgh, a specialist in property and casualty insurance and surety services.

The agency has been merged into Sky Insurance Inc., the agency affiliate of the $15.4 billion-asset Bowling Green, Ohio, banking company, it said on Tuesday.

The Burke agency’s expertise complements Sky’s existing business in Pittsburgh, Jerry Batt, the CEO of Sky Insurance, said in a press release, and also gives it an opportunity “to expand in a metropolitan growth market for Sky.”

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