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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Cool Insuring Agency

Dec 10 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Queensbury, N.Y.-based Cool Insuring Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1857, Cool Insuring Agency provides commercial, personal, life and health...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires North Star Insurance Services, North Star Marine

Dec 4 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Seattle-based North Star Insurance Services LLC and Fairhaven, Mass.-based North Star Marine Insurance Services LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2001,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s JP Warner Associates

Nov 30 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Wayne, Penn.-based JP Warner Associates Inc., doing business as Warner Benefits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1997, JP Warner Associates is a traditional...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires AWIS Group in California

Nov 12 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based AWIS Group.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The AWIS team will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of Adam Mazan, head...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Optimum Talent Inc.

Nov 6 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Optimum Talent is one of Canada’s largest...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Buys Australia’s Effectus Consulting Pty Ltd.

Nov 5 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Brisbane, Queensland-based Effectus Consulting Pty Ltd.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Effectus Consulting is a data-driven employee and leadership...

Business Moves

Oct 5 2020 // OneBeacon, International Bond & Marine BrokerageOneBeacon Insurance Group said it has acquired International Bond & Marine Brokerage Ltd. (IB&M), a privately held brokerage and risk management firm specializing...

Insurance Broker Gallagher Reports Ransomware Attack

Sep 29 2020 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and its claims unit, Gallagher Bassett, reported that a ransomware incident that happened on Saturday, Sept. 26 limited some of its internal systems.In a filing with the...

A.J. Gallagher Alleges Alliant’s Poaching ‘Playbook’ Has Cost It Employees, Clients

Sep 25 2020 // California-based insurance broker Alliant is again being sued over an alleged poaching scam, this time by rival Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Gallagher claims Alliant, with assistance and capital from its private equity...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Merriam Agency

Sep 21 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Charles W. Merriam & Son Inc., d/b/a The Merriam Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1895, The Merriam Agency is a full-service insurance agency...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Erin P. Collins & Associates in Arizona

Sep 18 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kingman, Ariz.-based Erin P. Collins & Associates Inc.Erin Collins and his associates will continue to operate from their current locations under the direction of Scott...

Gallagher Bassett Transportation Creates Major Case Unit for Claims

Sep 18 2020 // Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. (GB), based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has launched the GB Transportation Major Case Unit (MCU), a claims handling center that focuses solely on clients’ most severe, complex and high...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Kirksey Agency in Louisiana

Sep 17 2020 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired West Monroe, Louisiana-based The Kirksey Agency Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Kirksey Agency was founded in 1980 with crop insurance as its...

People & Places

Aug 10 2020 // Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. practice leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for...

Gallagher Buys Canada Retail Broker Insight Insurance

Aug 6 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of Edmonton, Alberta-based Insight Insurance & Risk Management Ltd.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded...

Arthur J. Gallagher Reported 2Q Profit of $153.7M

Aug 5 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported second-quarter profit of $153.7 million.The Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based company said it had net income of 79 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 94 cents...

Aviation Sector Carries Biggest Risk of Corporate Default from Pandemic: Gallagher

Aug 4 2020 // The aviation sector carries the biggest risk of corporate default as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey of insurers published by broker Gallagher on Tuesday.Only 29% of credit and political risk...

Gallagher Named National Transportation Practice Leader at Risk Placement Services

Jul 16 2020 // Specialty insurance provider, Risk Placement Services (RPS), headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has appointed Mark Gallagher to lead its National Transportation Practice.Gallagher is based in Des Moines, Iowa. He...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Boldt Risk Management Solutions in California

Jul 15 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Los Angeles, Calif.-based Boldt Risk Management Solutions.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The BRMS team will join with Gallagher’s Glendale and Irvine offices, under...

Capsicum Re Names New Chairman as Chilton Takes on New Role Within Gallagher

Jul 10 2020 // Capsicum Re, the specialist reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Raja Balasuriya as its chairman.He succeeds fellow Capsicum Re founder Grahame Chilton in the role, who it was announced would re-join the...