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Brown & Brown Insurance to pay dividend of 8 cents in mid-August
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO), the Florida–based parent of Syracuse–based Brown & Brown Empire State, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a
D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP recently promoted ANGELA IZZO to manager. She is an experienced tax accountant with concentration on federal and state income tax compliance

Dannible & McKee, LLP has promoted 10 staff members. DANIEL J. CONNOR, CPA, has been promoted to audit manager. He joined the firm in 2014.

Clairborne starts as Tompkins County director of veterans services
ITHACA — William (J.R.) Clairborne, Jr., recently started in his position of Tompkins County director of veterans services. He leads the county’s new Office of

Pinckney Hugo Group has hired SCOTT ROBERTS as an account manager. He previously worked as a project manager at Gravitational Marketing in Orlando, Florida. Roberts

CONOR UTTER has been promoted to assistant project manager at Hayner Hoyt Corporation. He started as an intern and then was hired full time as

ELIZABETH (LIZ) SCIALDONE has joined the staff of Delta Medical. She has eight years of experience as a family nurse practitioner in primary care. Scialdone

SCOTT WICHMANN has been promoted to senior VP at Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc. (HF&C). He joined HF&C in 2002. In 2014, he became part
DANIELLE KATZ has joined Barclay Damon as an associate attorney in its Syracuse office. She is a member of the firm’s corporate and trusts &

Cornell names Carvell vice provost for external education strategy
ITHACA, N.Y. — Steven Carvell, professor of finance at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, has started as Cornell’s first vice provost for external education