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BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
BRIGHTWAY INSURANCE: FROM ZERO TO $1 BILLION
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Brothers David and Michael Miller founded Brightway Insurance in 2008 in Jacksonville. The franchise property and casualty agency business has grown to more than $1 billion in annual written premiums.
The Jacksonville-based company is a national leader in franchising by helping its agents in 30 states focus on sales.
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bout 15 years ago, brothers David and Michael Miller, founders of Brightway Insurance LLC, had an idea they were convinced could change how insurance is sold to consumers by neighborhood agencies. Their idea has since grown from one office in North Jacksonville into a $1 bil-
lion-a-year business with more than 300 franchises in 30 states, one of the largest privately owned property and casualty insurance distribution companies in the U.S. Brightway placed No. 11 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2022 Top Franchises for Less Than $50,000 list, up six places from 2021. The company also received the highest SEE BRIGHTWAY, PAGE 6
THE MATHIS REPORT
Developer taking steps on industrial park near JIA Saxum Real Estate plans 3.7 million square feet of industrial space on a site about 4 miles west of Interstate 95 past several new home communities and the Seaton Creek Historic Preserve. PAGE 4
THE BASCH REPORT
Safe & Green is heading south About a year after moving its headquarters to Jacksonville, Safe & Green Holdings Corp. is leaving for an “expanded growth and a favorable business environment” in Miami. PAGE 8 REAL ESTATE
Top 10 home sales of week Oceanfront home in Fernandina Beach sells for $6 million. PAGE 12
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