Kimbrell Co Acquired By First Financial

First Financial Holdings, Inc. (First Financial) (NASDAQ: FFCH) yesterday announced it has acquired The Kimbrell Company, Inc., Preferred Markets, Inc. and Atlantic Acceptance Corporation in a combined sale. The companies are based in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Kimbrell, formed in 1986, is a managing general agency providing excess and surplus lines insurance products to more than 1,400 retail agents in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Preferred Markets, formed in 1996, utilizes the same retail base as Kimbrell offering standard lines insurance ...