Sky buy Canton insurance agency

4/2/2004

BOWLING GREEN - Sky Financial Group Inc. yesterday announced it purchased EOB Inc., a Canton, Ohio insurance agency. It specializes in sales and service of group benefit products and should enhance Sky's insurance unit, the company said.

Although the purchase price was not disclosed, Sky said it paid 90 percent of the price in stock and 10 percent in cash. Sky also said it anticipated keeping all of EOB's employees.