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Top Buyers Remain Interested in Acquiring Agencies: Consultant
Jun 29 2011 // There will be a strong ongoing interest in acquisitions of independent agent and brokers through 2012, according to the channel’s most prolific buyers of agencies whose views are highlighted in a new report. Reagan...
Business Moves
Jun 20 2011 // Gallagher, IFS Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Independent Fiduciary Services Inc. (IFS), a Washington-based institutional investment advisory firm. Terms of the transaction were not...
Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Florida’s Bushong Agency
Jun 13 2011 // Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Bushong Insurance Associates Inc. in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2000, Bushong is a...
People
Jun 6 2011 // Tina Wrotenbery joined Hub International Rigg (Hub Rigg) as a senior employee benefits consultant. Wrotenbery will move into Hub’s existing offices in Houston and will report to Charlie Reynolds, president, Employee...
Business Moves
Jun 6 2011 // Acentria, Jim Harris Destin, Florida-based insurance agency Acentria has acquired Jim Harris & Associates, Inc., with offices in Mary Esther and Crestview. The office in Mary Esther will remain open until August and...
Business Moves
Jun 6 2011 // Crump, Self Funded Alternatives Wholesaler broker Crump Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Self Funded Alternatives, an insurance intermediary specializing in self-insured workers’ compensation programs. SFA is...
Catlin Stokes Broker Compensation Controversy
Jun 6 2011 // The simmering compensation conflict between London’s broker community and the underwriters they work with erupted following a keynote speech given by the Catlin Group’s chief executive Stephen Catlin at a...
Gallagher Buys D.C. Financial Firm
Jun 2 2011 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Independent Fiduciary Services Inc. (IFS), a Washington-based institutional investment advisory firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Fish & Schulkamp
May 31 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Fish & Schulkamp Inc. of Madison, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1906, Fish & Schulkamp Inc. is a retail insurance broker providing...
Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Singapore Broker
May 24 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired specialty insurance broker ITI Solutions Pte Ltd, located in Singapore. ITI’s speclaties include marine cargo, political risk, trade credit risk, and specialty lines. In...
Arthur J. Gallagher Appoints Three to Corporate VP Positions
May 20 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) appointed Norbert Chung, John Neumaier and William Ziebell to the positions of corporate vice presidents. Chung joined AJG in 1995 and has spent most of his 23-year career in the...
Catlin Stokes Broker Compensation Controversy
May 20 2011 // The simmering compensation conflict between London’s broker community and the underwriters they work with erupted following a keynote speech given by the Catlin Group’s chief executive Stephen Catlin this week...
A. J. Gallagher Acquires UK Broker Heath Lambert for $158 Million
May 13 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), has completed the purchase of HLG Holdings Ltd (the Heath Lambert Group), for a net purchase price of £97 million ($158 million). Heath Lambert is headquartered in London and has 16...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Meyers-Reynolds & Associates
May 10 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Meyers-Reynolds & Associates Inc., a retail insurance broker headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Formed in 1985,...
Gallagher Higher Education, InsureMyTrip Launch Trip Cancellation Program
Apr 27 2011 // The Higher Education Practice of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. (Gallagher), has created a new trip cancellation and interruption program designed to protect the financial investments made by schools,...
A.J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Adds 2 in Louisiana
Apr 11 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services announced that it has added to its sales teams in the firm’s Baton Rouge and Lake Charles offices. In Baton Rouge, the company added Robert Johnston as a sales executive....
A.J Gallagher to Acquire UK Agency Woodbrook
Feb 25 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business and certain assets of London-based Woodbrook Underwriting Agencies, Ltd. The transaction is expected to close during...
Business Moves
Feb 10 2011 // A.J. Gallagher; Herbruck, Alder; Behnke & Co.; Premier Risk Services Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported the acquisitions of Herbruck, Alder & Co., an employee benefit...
Courts Allowing Private Facebook Posts As Evidence in Lawsuits
Jan 27 2011 // It’s the latest litigation tactic in the online age: U.S. lawyers are trying to mine the private zones of Facebook and other social-media sites for photos, comments, status updates and other tidbits that might...
2010 Ends with a Bang
Jan 24 2011 // Fourth Quarter Brings In Record M&A Activity Following a year of historically low merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2009, market, economic and political dynamics fueled the fourth most active year of M&A...
