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Gallagher Acquires Roberts & Roberts Insurance in North Carolina

Nov 6 2008 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Roberts & Roberts Insurance Service, Inc. in Greensboro, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Formed in 1994, Roberts...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Fuller & O’Brien Inc.

Oct 13 2008 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Albany, New York-based insurance broker Fuller & O’Brien Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Fuller & O’Brien, fouded...

Gallagher & Co. Acquires San Antonio’s Summit Insurance Group

Sep 18 2008 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Summit Insurance Group in San Antonio, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Summit Insurance Group offers a wide...

Gallagher Acquires UK’s Oxygen Insurance Managers

Sep 17 2008 // Oxygen Holdings Plc, a London market insurance intermediary, and Arthur J Gallagher (UK) announced the sale of Oxygen’s underwriting subsidiary, Oxygen Insurance Managers Ltd. (OIM) to Gallagher (UK), for an...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires California Insurance Center

Sep 12 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired California Insurance Center, Inc. of Lafayette, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1929, California Insurance Center Inc. is a retail insurance broker...

Gallagher Acquires Wm. W. George & Associates of Dallas

Aug 20 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired Dallas-based retail insurance broker Wm. W. George & Associates Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1972, Wm. W. George &...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Tennessee-based Gale Smith & Co.

Jul 24 2008 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Gale Smith & Company, Inc. of Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1868, Gale Smith & Co. is a retail...

Brokerage Stocks Down; M&A Activity Continues at Strong Pace but Slower Than 2007

Jun 16 2008 // Stock Prices: The brokerage sector as a whole is down 3 percent for the year. Among middle-market brokers, Arthur J. Gallagher’s (NYSE:AJG) stock has faired well compared to peers Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO), down...

Gallagher Head Lauds Lloyd’s

Jun 4 2008 // Pat Gallagher, Chairman, President and CEO of Arthur J Gallagher & Co. visited Lloyd’s last week, and spoke in glowing terms about its accomplishments. All of which Lloyd’s duly noted in an article on its...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Specialty Risk of Missouri

May 13 2008 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of Specialty Risk, Inc. of Liberty, Mo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1994, Specialty Risk, Inc. is a...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires N.J. Employee Benefit Broker RSI

May 2 2008 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired RSI of Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980, RSI offers employee benefit consulting and brokerage...

Business Moves

Apr 7 2008 // Max Specialty Max Specialty Insurance Co., of Richmond, Virginia, the U.S. excess and surplus lines unit of the Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd., has agreed to acquire a U.S.-based admitted insurance company licensed...

Business Moves

Apr 7 2008 // Max Specialty Max Specialty Insurance Co., of Richmond, Virginia, the U.S. excess and surplus lines unit of the Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd., has agreed to acquire a U.S.-based admitted insurance company licensed...

Gallagher Completes Re Sale

Mar 27 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has completed the previously disclosed sale of substantially all of Gallagher Re’s U.K. reinsurance brokerage business to Aon Corporation. (See IJ web...

Business Moves

Mar 24 2008 // Texas Farmers Insurance Company Texas Farmers Insurance Company filed a rate increase for its “Texas Family Home Policy” with the Texas Department of Insurance. The increase would impact 200,000 customers or...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Healthcare Risk Solutions of Pa.

Mar 21 2008 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Healthcare Risk Solutions, LLC headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, Healthcare...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Bankers Financial Benefits

Mar 14 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Bankers Financial Benefits of Oklahoma City, Okla. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2001, Bankers Financial Benefits offers employee...

Business Moves

Mar 10 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Taylor Benefits Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Utah-based Taylor Benefits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1996, Taylor Benefits offers employee benefit...

People

Mar 10 2008 // Denver-based Van Gilder added three persons to its staff. Tony Dodd joined the firm as an account executive specializing in homeowner association risk management programs. Kyle Krisman assumed the role of business...

Aon Buying ‘Substantially All’ of Gallagher’s U.S/UK Reinsurance

Feb 25 2008 // Aon Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement “to acquire substantially all of Gallagher Re’s U.S. and U.K. reinsurance brokerage business. In addition, a team of industry professionals from...