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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Cleaveland Insurance Group

Dec 27 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Cleaveland Insurance Group in Rock Island, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cleaveland Insurance Group is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty, employee...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Barmore in Texas

Dec 24 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Barmore Insurance Agency Inc. in Houston, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Barmore is an insurance broker providing retail and wholesale commercial property/casualty,...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires McIntyre Risk Management in New Jersey

Dec 23 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of McIntyre Risk Management LLC in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2002, McIntyre Risk Management is a retail...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Houston’s Barmore Insurance Agency

Dec 20 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Barmore Insurance Agency Inc. located in Houston, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1952, Barmore Insurance Agency (Barmore) is an insurance broker...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Longfellow Financial in Boston

Dec 20 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of Boston-based Longfellow Financial LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1999, Longfellow Financial is an employee benefits insurance broker...

Aon Ex-Executive Chilton Joins Gallagher in Reinsurance Venture

Dec 5 2013 // Grahame Chilton, who helped build Benfield Group Ltd. before selling it to Aon Plc in 2008, has formed a partnership with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. to start a reinsurance brokerage. The new business, Capsicum...

Boraca Joins Arthur J. Gallagher McDonald’s Restaurant Division in Tampa

Nov 26 2013 // Chad Boraca has joined Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. as director of risk management in the McDonald’s Restaurants specialty area. He will help identify and eliminate risks that may result in property loss, injury or...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas-Based Employee Benefits Analysis Corp.

Nov 11 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Employee Benefits Analysis Corp. in Addison, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1995, Employee Benefits Analysis Corp. (EBAC) is an...

Third Quarter Activity Picks Up Pace

Nov 4 2013 // After a sluggish start to the year, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity gained some momentum in the third quarter. With 55 transactions announced from July to September, the third quarter comprised 42 percent of the...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires G. S. Levine in California

Oct 24 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired G. S. Levine Insurance Services Inc. in San Diego, Calif. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. G. S. Levine is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Kansas-Based RJ Dutton

Oct 3 2013 // Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced it has acquired RJ Dutton Inc. (RJ Dutton) of Overland Park, Kan. Established in 1995, RJ Dutton provides employee benefit...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires U.K.’s Belmont International

Sep 18 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Belmont International, located in Kent, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1988, Belmont is a risk management advisor and insurance broker that...

AJ Gallagher to Acquire UK’s Giles Group of Companies

Sep 4 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Giles Group of Companies, headquartered in London, England. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close...

William Gallagher Associates Appoints VP of Human Resources in Boston

Aug 29 2013 // William Gallagher Associates, a Boston-based brokerage and risk management services provider, appointed Kim Brennan as vice president of human resources. Brennan has an extensive background in many areas of human...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ottawa’s Dickinson & Associates

Aug 27 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired Dickinson & Associates Inc., an employee benefits brokerage in Ottawa, Ontario Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1998, Dickinson & Associates...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Broker Bollinger

Aug 13 2013 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired insurance broker Bollinger Inc., headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, for approximately $276.5 million. Bollinger’s business includes retail...

Barrat to Serve on Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Board

Jul 29 2013 // Itasca, Ill.-based insurance brokerage, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has elected Sherry S. Barrat to serve on the company’s board of directors. Barrat has over 40 years of management, operational and financial...

AJ Gallagher Acquires UK’s Property & Commercial Limited

May 2 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher announced the acquisition of UK-based Property & Commercial Limited from Barbon Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “This insurance business provides retail and...

Business Moves

Apr 22 2013 // Tower Group, Canopius Tower Group Inc. closed its merger with Canopius Holdings Bermuda Ltd. Tower becomes an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Canopius Bermuda, which will change its name effective at the closing to...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Advanced Benefit Advisors in New Jersey

Apr 8 2013 // Itasca, Ill.-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Advanced Benefit Advisors Inc. of Cherry Hill, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2005,...