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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Australia’s Strathearn Insurance Brokers

Dec 28 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired 100 percent of the capital stock of Strathearn Insurance Group Pty Ltd., headquartered in Perth, Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1993,...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Georgia-Based Managed Healthcare Solutions

Dec 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Managed Healthcare Solutions, Inc. in Atlanta. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2000, Managed HealthCare Solutions (MHS) provides employee benefit...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Hawk Agency in Illinois

Dec 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Hawk Agency Inc. in Peoria, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thomas D. Fliege and his associates at The Hawk Agency will continue to operate in their current...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Brown Hobbs & McMurray Insurance

Dec 22 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Brown Hobbs & McMurray Insurance in Urbana, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1859, Brown Hobbs & McMurray (BHM) is a retail insurance broker...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Brown Hobbs & McMurray in Illinois

Dec 21 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Brown Hobbs & McMurray Insurance in Urbana, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thomas Brown, Paul Hobbs, William Hobbs, Dick and Rich McMurray, and their associates...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Centennial Insurance Agency in Colorado

Dec 15 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Centennial Insurance Agency LLC based in Pueblo, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mark Swanson, David Swanson, Doug Helzer, Tom Ratzlaff and their team will continue to...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New Zealand’s Reid Manson

Dec 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.* announced the acquisition of Reid Manson Ltd. located in Timaru, New Zealand. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded more than 30 years ago, Reid Manson is a retail insurance...

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Canada Broker Christie-Phoenix & Its Affiliate, Discovery

Nov 3 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher, the international broking division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. outside of the United States, has extended its investment in Canada with the acquisition of retail insurance broker Christie-Phoenix...

Arthur J. Gallagher Creates Technical Advisory Board; Appoints Jack as Head

Oct 29 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher — the international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – has appointed David Jack to lead its newly created Technical Advisory Board. The board will oversee a review of the business’...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ohio’s Sigma II Insurance Agency

Oct 26 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Sigma II Insurance Agency in Independence, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1988, Sigma II Insurance Agency (Sigma II) is an employee benefits...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wisconsin’s Burkwald & Assoc.

Oct 6 2015 // Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker and risk management services provider, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Burkwald & Associates Inc. of Pewaukee, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded...

Endurance Names Gallagher as Chief Risk Officer

Sep 22 2015 // Endurance Specialty Holdings, a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Christopher Gallagher will assume the position of chief risk officer and group actuary,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires North Alabama Insurance

Sep 20 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired North Alabama Insurance, Inc. in Florence, Ala. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1982, North Alabama Insurance, Inc. (NAI) is a managing general agent...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Missouri Program Administrator

Sep 1 2015 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired program administrator, National Administration Co., based in Chesterfield, Mo. Terms of the transaction were...

UK’s Towergate Contributes to £20M ($30.9M) Gallagher Lawsuit Settlement

Aug 26 2015 // The lawsuit filed by Arthur J. Gallagher against the former CEO of its international brokerage operation, David Ross, who defected to Towergate earlier in the year – has been settled for a payment of £20 million ($30.9...

Treend Named Executive VP at Britton Gallagher

Aug 25 2015 // Privately owned insurance brokerage Britton Gallagher, based in Cleveland, Ohio, has tapped Eric Treend to serve as executive vice president of its expanding Recreation & Attractions Division. To support the expansion,...

Gallagher Plans to Buy Controlling Stake in Colombian Broker Guianza

Aug 7 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher — the international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – has signed an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Colombian retail insurance broker Guianza S.A. Corredores de Seguros,...

Arthur J. Gallagher Completes Acquisition of William Gallagher in Boston

Aug 3 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. in Boston. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. previously...

Deal Activity Still Impressive

Aug 3 2015 // Deal count for the second quarter of 2015 was one of the most active quarters on record with 87 announced transactions. The total deal count for year-to-date 2015 (as of July 6, 2015) was at 187 (U.S. based transactions)....

Gallagher Buys 65% of ARM Re, Colombian Energy & Construction Specialist

Jul 20 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher – the international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – has extended its investment in Latin America with a 65 percent shareholding in independent Colombian energy and construction...