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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Arkansas Insurance Agency

Jun 18 2010 // Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the operations of Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark., from Bowen, Miclette & Britt...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Joseph James & Associates

Jun 3 2010 // Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Joseph James & Associates of Dublin, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in...

Gallagher Reports Jump in Revenues for Q1 2010

Apr 28 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported that total brokerage and risk management revenue for the 2010 first quarter was $414.9 million compared to $401.7, for the 2009 first quarter. Brokerage revenue came in at $303.5...

The Rollercoaster of M&A

Apr 19 2010 // Continued Soft Market, Taxes and Health Care Reform to Boost Activity in Second Half of 2010 January deal activity started out strong but continued to decline in February and further in March. Nonetheless, first quarter...

Zanoni Joins Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services

Apr 9 2010 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc. (AJGRMS), the retail property/casualty (P/C) insurance brokerage division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher), has hired William Zanoni as a...

Business Moves

Apr 5 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Winn & Co. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Winn & Company Insurance Brokers Inc. in Hollister, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1910, Winn &...

Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire Lloyd’s Broker FirstCity Partnership

Mar 29 2010 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to acquire substantially all of the insurance brokerage business of FirstCity Partnership Ltd. of London, England. The transaction is expected to close in April 2010....

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires California’s Winn & Co. Insurance Brokers

Mar 18 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Winn & Company Insurance Brokers Inc. in Hollister, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1910, Winn & Company is a retail insurance broker...

Gallagher Benefit Services Names Thomas Client Consultant

Mar 15 2010 // Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. in Greenwood Village, Colo., has hired Keeli Thomas as client consultant. She will focus on new business development in the 50- to 250-employee market. Thomas has more than 12 years’...

M&A Activity at Decade Lows

Feb 21 2010 // Leading into 2009, agencies were at a crossroads; uncertain of whether to sell, buy, or implement new or improved organic growth strategies. The path was uncertain, but it was widely believed that market, economic and...

William Gallagher Promotes Two in Boston

Feb 18 2010 // Insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has promoted Karen Cangemi and Michael Talmanson to vice presidents within the firm’s Boston-based Property and Casualty practice. Cangemi has been in the insurance...

AJ Gallagher Buys Brazil Facultative Reinsurance Broker

Feb 17 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Securitas Re of Sao Paulo, Brazil from Estater Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. It will trade internationally as Gallagher Brazil, as a...

Kearney and Sinclair to Lead Life Sciences at William Gallagher

Feb 16 2010 // Insurance Broker William Gallagher Associates (WGA) has named Mike Kearney leader of the firm’s Life Sciences practice and has also named Amy Sinclair as Co-Practice Leader. Kearney is an executive vice president,...

Yi Named Senior Client Consultant with Gallagher Benefit Services

Jan 21 2010 // Che Yi has been hired as senior client consultant with Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., in Greenwood Village, Colo. Gallagher Benefit Services is the employee benefits broker and consultant subsidiary of Arthur J....

Hudson Appointed President, CEO of Gallagher Bassett Services

Jan 13 2010 // Scott R. Hudson has joined Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. subsidiary Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. as its president and chief executive officer. He joins Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s Executive Management...

2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small

Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....

Balboni to Head P/C Practice at William Gallagher Associates

Nov 25 2009 // Boston-based insurance brokerage William Gallagher Associates (WGA) has named Jamie T. Balboni as the new head of its Property & Casualty Practice Balboni is a principal at the firm with over 25 years of experience in...

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys North Carolina’s Shuford Insurance

Nov 23 2009 // International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired Shuford Insurance Agency, Inc. in Concord, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1938, Shuford...

Business Moves

Nov 15 2009 // AJ Gallagher, Triad Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Triad Insurance Agency Inc., in Honolulu from The Bank of Hawaii. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Originally founded in 1967, Triad Insurance Agency...

California Company Names San Francisco Chairman

Nov 9 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services (AJGRMS), the retail property/casualty (P/C) brokerage division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Los Angeles, has named Don Tarantino the area chairman of its San Francisco...