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Fla. CFO Lauds Passage of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services Act

May 10 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said Floridians facing the need to buy funeral and cemetery services will have more choices and more protections under a bill, sponsored by Sen. Ken Pruitt (R-Port St. Lucie)...

FLORIDA CFO PROMOTES LEGISLATION TO PREVENT ID THEFT:

Apr 19 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher recently unveiled a proposal to require financial institutions, brokerages, insurance companies and agencies to use greater care when they dispose of consumer records...

Fla. Taxwatch Backs Gallagher, Legislative Push to Increase Availability of Homeowners Insurance

Apr 16 2004 // Florida TaxWatch President & CEO Dominic Calabro said today that he supports Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and state lawmakers in their efforts to increase the availability of homeowners insurance through...

People and Places

Apr 5 2004 // Patrick Gallagher Patrick Gallagher was appointed president and CEO of Florida-based American Superior Holding Co. and its affiliates. Gallagher comes to American Superior with 38 years of insurance experience including...

Gallagher Elects New Director

Mar 22 2004 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s elected Bernard L. Hengesbaugh to serve on the company’s board of directors. Hengesbaugh has more than 30 years of extensive insurance and...

Five Arrested in Fla. Scheme to Defraud Seniors

Mar 22 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Attorney General Charlie Crist announced the arrests of five south Florida residents on charges that they systematically defrauded hundreds of senior citizens in an...

Fla. CFO Promotes Legislation to Prevent ID Theft

Mar 22 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher on Monday unveiled a proposal to require financial institutions, brokerages, insurance companies and agencies to use greater care when they dispose of consumer records...

Florida Agents, Residents on the Rise

Mar 12 2004 // With both agents and residents flocking to Florida, the Sunshine State is on the move. Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, who oversees insurance matters in the state, recently set aside time to talk with...

Gallagher Acquires Iowa Agency

Mar 10 2004 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Don Laster Agency Inc. of Urbandale, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In business since 1983, the Don Laster...

Gallagher & Co. Increases Stake in RMP to 100%

Feb 27 2004 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) today announced that its subsidiary, Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited acquired the remaining 50% of its United Kingdom joint venture, Risk Management Partners Ltd, from Am Re...

FLORIDA’S UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM NEARS $1 BILLION IN HOLDINGS FOR RESIDENTS:

Feb 23 2004 // At a bimonthly meeting with the governor and other state Cabinet members, Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that the Department of Financial Services’ Bureau of Unclaimed Property is holding...

Arthur J. Gallagher Purchases Austin-Based Brokerage

Feb 20 2004 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of The Romine Group Inc. headquartered in Austin, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1988, The Romine Group, Inc. offers employee...

Gallagher Acquires R. P. O’Brien & Co.

Feb 13 2004 // National agent/broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired R. P. O’Brien & Co., Inc. of White Plains, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1988, R. P. O’Brien & Co....

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Louisiana Agencies

Feb 9 2004 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Roberts & Eastland LLC and Persac Insurance Agency of Baton Rouge, La., effective Jan. 31, 2004. Terms of the transactions were not...

Gallagher Ups Dividend 39% to 25 Cents per Share

Jan 29 2004 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of 25 cents per share payable April 15, 2004,...

Florida’s Unclaimed Property Programs Nears $1 Billion in Holdings for Residents

Jan 28 2004 // At a bimonthly meeting with the governor and other state Cabinet members, Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that the Department of Financial Services’ Bureau of Unclaimed Property is holding...

Arthur J. Gallagher Restructures Board of Directors

Jan 26 2004 // Arthur J. Gallagher announced its change to a predominantly independent board of directors. Gallagher’s board will now consist of six outside directors and two management directors, Robert E. Gallagher, chairman, and...

Fla. Advises on ‘Top 10’ Investment Scams to Beware of for 2004

Jan 15 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Don Saxon, Director of the Office of Financial Regulation, warned that investors will be challenged with increasingly complex and confusing investment frauds in...

FLA. OUTPACES NATION IN FRAUD CONVICTIONS:

Jan 12 2004 // Florida once again leads the nation in the number of insurance fraud convictions and cases presented for prosecution, according to a study released recently by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a national alliance of...

Fla. Goes on Offensive to Fight Fraud

Jan 12 2004 // Florida is like many other states when it comes to insurance fraud — it recognizes the problem and is doing something about it. Recently, Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Bob Neumann, director of the Division of...