It seems to be buying season, with perennial agency buyers Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and Brown & Brown, as well as Richmond, Va.-based Markel getting in the game.

A Brown & Brown subsidiary in Michigan bought a employee benefits company in Saginaw, Mich., that generates about $2.3 million in annual revenues.

Brown & Brown acquired the assets of a Berwyn, Pa.-based employee benefits firm serving the greater Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania area.

Brown & Brown has acquired Martin Benefits Consulting and Martin Human Resources, companies that offer employee benefits in the tri-state area.

They just keep coming and coming. Almost every day for the last few weeks, an insurance agency has been sold. Sometimes it’s more than one. Deal after deal after deal. Employee benefits firms, small agencies. And more deals for insurance agencies can be expected, industry experts say.

Brown & Brown has acquired Synergy Benefits, a Potomac Falls, Va., employee benefits firm serving the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

The number of insurance industry mergers and acquisitions has jumped in the last few months, after two years of minimal activity.

Florida-based Brown & Brown is buying the assets of Meridian Group of New York, which will be operated by a subsidiary, Brown & Brown of New York.

For nine years, Brown & Brown said it was impressed by a quartet of Connecticut agencies it now is adding into the fold.

Brown & Brown is acquiring two New Jersey-based insurance agencies with combined annual revenues of about $1.3 million to build its presence in New Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia area.