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Arthur J. Gallagher Profit Up 85% in Q1

May 2 2012 // Global insurance broker and risk management firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. boosted its profit 85 percent in the first quarter, from $15.2 million in 2011 to $28.1 million this year, due to strong growth in commission...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Besselman & Little Agency

Apr 11 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Besselman & Little Agency of Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, Besselman & Little Agency offers a wide range of employee...

Business Moves

Apr 2 2012 // Aon Aon Corp. stockholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal to approve the previously announced change in corporate domicile of the parent company of the Aon group of companies from Delaware to the United...

Fatal Fire Spurs City Smoke Detector Program in Indiana

Mar 21 2012 // In Terre Haute, Ind.’s Highland Lawn Cemetery, at the base of a quiet hill next to a pair of peaceful ponds, a gracefully sweeping grave marker indicates where a young mother and daughter are buried together, both...

A. J. Gallagher Acquires Canadian Broker BenefitLink Resource Group

Mar 19 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of BenefitLink Resource Group, Inc., in Calgary, Canada. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The bulletin said BenefitLink was established in 2001, as an...

William Gallagher Associates Appoints Senior VP in New Jersey

Mar 16 2012 // William Gallagher Associates, a Boston-based broker and risk management services provider, hired David Bachrach as senior vice president in the employee benefits practice in the Princeton, N.J., office. David Bachrach...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Human Resource Management Systems

Mar 15 2012 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Human Resource Management Systems LLC in Naperville, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Human Resource Management Systems...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Dallas-Based Wischmeyer Benefit Partners

Mar 9 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Wischmeyer Benefit Partners in Dallas, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1988, Wischmeyer Benefit Partners (WBP) offers a wide range of employee...

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Louisiana MGA, First Premium

Feb 21 2012 // Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired First Premium Insurance Group, Inc. in Covington, Louisiana. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1973, First Premium is a managing...

Midwest Business Moves

Feb 20 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher, ProSource Financial Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired ProSource Financial LLC in Westchester, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, ProSource Financial LLC is an...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires ProSource Financial

Feb 10 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired ProSource Financial LLC in Westchester, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, ProSource Financial LLC is an employee benefit insurance broker that...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Detlefs Johnson & Partners

Feb 8 2012 // Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired of Detlefs Johnson & Partners located in Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With operations...

Business Moves

Jan 23 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Capital Bauer Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Capital Bauer Insurance Agency in Albany, N.Y. Founded in 1957, Capital Bauer is a retail insurance broker providing P/C, employee benefits and...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires South Carolina’s Riley & Associates

Jan 19 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired Riley & Associates Inc. in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Riley & Associates Inc. is a retail insurance broker with...

Former Florida CFO Gallagher Joins Law Firm

Jan 13 2012 // Former Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, and holder of several offices in the state, has joined the Fort Lauderdale law firm of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate, P.A., as a consultant. In 2003,...

Business Moves

Jan 9 2012 // Neff Risk, Cochrane Neff Risk and Cochrane and Co. are officially one. The combined company will operate under the name Cochrane and Company and be headquartered in Spokane, Wash. The resulting footprint of the merger will...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Capital Bauer Insurance in Albany, N.Y.

Jan 4 2012 // Itasca, Ill.-headquartered insurance brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Capital Bauer Insurance Agency in Albany, N.Y. The companies did not disclose terms of the transaction. Founded in 1957, Capital...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Kahl Insurance of Colorado

Dec 21 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kahl Insurance Services LLC in Englewood, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kahl Insurance is a retail property/casualty and risk management insurance brokerage focused...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Transwestern in Utah

Dec 8 2011 // Transwestern General Agency Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah has been acquired by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1945, Transwestern is a managing general agent and...

William Gallagher Associates in Boston Announces Promotions

Dec 6 2011 // William Gallagher Associates, a broker and risk management services provider, promoted Paula Cabral, Karen Cangemi and Meredith McCabe to the position of senior vice president. The brokerage firm also promoted Brendan...