Banking & Financial

Michael Nursey has been promoted to head of the middle market group for Florida at TD Bank. In his new role, Nursey will lead TD Bank’s Middle Market strategy across the state, including commercial and industrial, business acquisition and public finance lending. Nursey will be based in Tampa. Nursey joined TD Bank in 2012 as

Monica Eaton-Cardone is many things — a wife, a mother, a businesswoman, a philanthropist – but one thing she is certainly most not, is easily intimidated. With a career spanning multiple industries and many companies, most of her own making, she most recently made a name for herself in Agile technologies, with a dispute mitigation

Stahl & Associates Insurance has reached an agreement to acquire Orlando-based Morse Insurance Agency. The addition of Morse Insurance Agency will expand Stahl & Associates’ footprint in Florida, a statement said. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition closed on December 1. “The insurance industry is changing and consolidating at a rapid pace.

CenterState Bank is acquiring National Commerce Corp.(Nasdaq: NCOM), a Birmingham, Alabama-based bank holding company. Under terms of the deal, CenterState Bank will exchange 1.65 of its shares for each National Commerce share outstanding. CenterState (Nasdaq: CSFL) is based in Davenport, Florida. The deal is valued at $850 million, according to MarketWatch.  

►Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Charities announced it will donate $5 million to more than 240 nonprofit organizations, including Feeding America member food banks, which focuses on alleviating hunger across Publix’s operating area. ►GTE Financial opened a Community Financial Center located at 5320 U.S. Highway 98 North, Lakeland. ►After a national search, Florida Orthopaedic Institute hired

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