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Hurricane-Impacted Floridians Eligible for Income Tax Relief
Dec 22 2005 // Tax and time relief measures are available to Floridians impacted by this year’s hurricanes according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. “Many hurricane victims are still struggling to repair their homes and...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // FLORIDA State Farm of Florida 8.6 Percent Rate Request Approved The Florida Department of Insurance approved an average statewide premium rate hike of 8.6 percent for State Farm of Florida, the largest insurer of homes in...
Florida Proposes Strict Insurance Fraud Reporting Requirements
Dec 8 2005 // Strict insurance fraud reporting requirements will soon be initiated by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud, according to Tom Gallagher, Department of Financial Services CFO. In the wake of multiple hurricanes DFS has...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Names Golden Northeast Regional Manager for Brokerage Retail Division
Dec 7 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that Michael Golden has been appointed Northeast Regional Manager of the company’s Brokerage Retail Division. He will report directly to James Gault, president of the...
People & Places
Dec 5 2005 // Lori Meehan NBIS, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Lori Meehan senior vice president of operations. Meehan has served as secretary of NBIS, as well as general counsel to ProBuilders Specialty Insurance Co. and...
Jensen Joins William Gallagher in Boston as Senior VP
Nov 28 2005 // William Gallagher Associates (WGA) announced that Kirk Jensen has joined its Boston office as senior vice president and leader of the Risk Management Practice Group. He brings more than 20 years of risk advisory experience...
Busiest Hurricane Season on Record Ends Nov. 30
Nov 28 2005 // Hurricane Season 2005 officially comes to a close Wednesday Nov. 30 and according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO, people will be dealing with the aftermath for years to come. Nationwide, this season was the busiest...
Florida’s CFO Gallagher Backs National Catastrophe Fund
Nov 25 2005 // A National Catastrophe Fund that would provide assistance for insurance claims in Florida has been endorsed by Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO. The CFO’s recommendations came after officials, including Florida...
Fla. CFO Gallagher Voices Support for Tax-Deferred CAT Fund Reserves
Nov 21 2005 // The serious challenge to Florida’s economy, the rising cost of property insurance and five solutions to hurricane issues were discussed on Nov. 7 in Tallahassee by Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher at a briefing...
Fla. CFO Gallagher Voices Support for Tax-Deferred CAT Fund Reserves
Nov 20 2005 // The serious challenge to Florida’s economy, the rising cost of property insurance and five solutions to hurricane issues were discussed on Nov. 7 in Tallahassee by Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher at a briefing...
Fla. CFO Gallagher Supports Tax-Deferred CAT Fund Reserves; Suggests Reinsurance Rate Study
Nov 8 2005 // Legislation in Congress to pass U.S. Rep. Mark Foley’s proposal to allow the accumulation of tax-deferred catastrophic reserves by insurers, and a study on how to add programs to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe...
Florida Deploys Second Mobile Assistance Unit in Hialeah to Assist Wilma’s Victims
Nov 2 2005 // A second mobile assistance unit has been deployed to Hialeah, Fla. to assist hurricane victims in the recovery process, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO. Gallagher, who was on-hand at the opening of the new...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Purchases InterPacific Underwriting Agencies Pty of Australia
Nov 1 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of InterPacific Underwriting Agencies Pty Ltd of Sydney, Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1997, InterPacific Underwriting Agencies...
DFS Emergency Rule Caps Public Adjuster’s Fees in Florida
Oct 26 2005 // An emergency rule has been issued in Florida capping public insurance adjuster’s fees at 10 percent of claim payment and giving consumers up to 14 days to rescind a contract with a public adjuster without penalty....
Florida Dispatching Search-and-Rescue Officers to Areas Hit by Hurricane Wilma
Oct 24 2005 // More than 300 search-and-rescue officers are now fanning out over southwest Florida and are heading toward southeast Florida to assist in search and rescue efforts, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s State Fire...
Citizens Outside General Counsel Resigns Due to Conflict
Oct 21 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s outside general counsel Michael Colodny resigned Thursday after questions about his firm’s representation of companies that have policies with Florida’s insurer or last...
Gallagher Names New Director
Oct 20 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on the company’s Board of Directors. McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in...
Gallagher & Co. Notes Dividend
Oct 19 2005 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of twenty-eight cents ($.28) per share on the Common Stock of the Company, payable on Jan. 16, 2006 to Shareholders of Record as of...
People & Places
Oct 17 2005 // Gregory Stevens Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account...
People
Oct 17 2005 // Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account representative...
