Hilb Rogal Recognized as a 'Dividend Achiever'

Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company (NYSE:HRH) announced yesterday that the company's long record of increasing annual dividend payments has been recognized by a global business and financial information publisher. Mergent Inc. has named HRH to its "Dividend Achievers" list for 2004, marking the seventh consecutive year HRH has earned the distinction. Dividend Achievers have increased dividend payments for at least 10 consecutive years. Only 3% of the more than 10,000 dividend-paying U.S. public companies qualify as Dividend Achievers, Mergent said. HRH has paid cash dividends continuously and i...