How it started
History
The company was founded in 1845 in New York as Jones & Johnson by Walter Restored Jones, Jr. and Henry Ward Johnson. In 1854, the company was renamed when A. Foster Higgins replaced Jones who left to do business on his own. By 1900, the company had offices in 8 cities and had 75 employees.
In 1912, the company brokered U.S. portion of the $5.6 million coverage of the Titanic at a nominal rate.
In 1923, it acquired Albert Willcox & Co., establishing itself in the reinsurance market.
In 1964, the company acquired Don Miller Company.
In 1996, the company acquired Corporate Risk PLC, the largest independent insurance broker in Scotland.
From Wikipedia’s article on Johnson & Higgins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2