Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Arkansas Insurance Agency

Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the operations of Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark., from Bowen, Miclette & Britt Insurance Agency LLC in Houston, Texas, and Philip H. Merry Jr.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas is a retail insurance broker offering risk management and insurance products and services to their clients primarily in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The firm specializes in the healthcare, manufacturing, retail and poultry processing industries.

Philip H. Merry Jr. and his staff will continue to operate in their current location under the direction of Mitchel Brashier, Southeastern Regional manager of Gallagher’s retail property/casualty brokerage operations.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., headquartered in Itasca, Ill., has operations in 15 countries and does business in more than 100 countries around the world through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.

Source: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Topics Mergers & Acquisitions A.J. Gallagher Arkansas