{"id":391883,"date":"2020-12-02T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=391883"},"modified":"2020-12-02T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T15:03:11","slug":"westland-insurance-acquires-diamond-insurance-agencies-in-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/westland-insurance-acquires-diamond-insurance-agencies-in-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Westland Insurance Acquires Diamond Insurance Agencies in Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>SURREY, British Columbia, Dec.  02, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Westland Insurance Group Ltd. (\u201cWestland\u201d) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Diamond Insurance Agencies, effective December 1, 2020. This acquisition supports Westland\u2019s expansion strategy to serve more communities in Alberta and across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond Insurance Agencies has one office located in Calgary, Alberta. Founded in 1998, their professional advisors provide residential, auto, life, travel, recreation, farm, and commercial insurance services.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cWe\u2019re very happy to be growing our network in Calgary with the addition of Diamond Insurance Agencies,\u201d said Jamie Lyons, President &amp; COO of Westland Insurance. \u201cWe\u2019d like to welcome the Diamond team to the Westland family, and look forward to working with Kathy Mohacsi, Kona Nakamura, and their team of insurance experts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Mike Santiago, CPA, President of Santiago Consulting Inc., acted as exclusive divestiture advisor for Diamond Insurance on the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About <\/strong><br \/>\n        <strong>Westland Insurance Group <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Westland Insurance Group is one of the largest and fastest-growing independent property and casualty insurance brokers in Canada. With a national network of over 150 locations and 1,600 employees, the company continues to expand coast to coast. Westland&#8217;s brokers provide expert advice to home, business, farm, life, and auto insurance clients. Since its founding in 1980, Westland has remained a family-owned company that is committed to supporting its local communities. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westlandinsurance.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.westlandinsurance.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Media Contact: <\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Westland Insurance Group Ltd. <br \/>Cari Watson, Vice President, Customer Experience<br \/>Phone: 604-543-7788<br \/>communications@westlandinsurance.ca<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westlandinsurance.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.westlandinsurance.ca <\/a><\/p>\n<p \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODA5NDkzNiMzODUxMzg1IzIwOTgxMzA=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/4920260e-5e3b-43d8-be63-bbf07755c6fb\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SURREY, British Columbia, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Westland Insurance Group Ltd. (\u201cWestland\u201d) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Diamond Insurance Agencies, effective December 1, 2020. This acquisition supports Westland\u2019s expansion strategy to serve more communities in Alberta and across Canada. Diamond Insurance Agencies has one office located in Calgary, Alberta. Founded in 1998, their professional advisors provide residential, auto, life, travel, recreation, farm, and commercial insurance services. \u201cWe\u2019re very happy to be growing our network in Calgary with the addition of Diamond Insurance Agencies,\u201d said Jamie Lyons, President &amp; COO of Westland Insurance. \u201cWe\u2019d like to welcome the Diamond team to the Westland family, and look forward to working with Kathy Mohacsi, Kona Nakamura, and their team &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/westland-insurance-acquires-diamond-insurance-agencies-in-alberta\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Westland Insurance Acquires Diamond Insurance Agencies in Alberta&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Westland Insurance Acquires Diamond Insurance Agencies in Alberta - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/westland-insurance-acquires-diamond-insurance-agencies-in-alberta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Westland Insurance Acquires Diamond Insurance Agencies in Alberta - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SURREY, British Columbia, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Westland Insurance Group Ltd. 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