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Strickland Insurance Brokers

Acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Strickland Insurance Brokers, Inc. (SIB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strickland Insurance Group, Inc., in its acquisition of Winston-Salem, NC-based Carolina Insurance Service, Inc. (CIS).  Carolina Insurance Service is a managing general agency that has been servicing the needs of independent agents in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia since 1952.  The company, which has specialized in commercial and public transportation risks since its founding, will remain based in Winston-Salem.