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Gallagher Signs Agreement to Buy UK Specialist Broker Stackhouse Poland

Jan 7 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of specialist UK insurance broker Stackhouse Poland Group Ltd.The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is...

Business Moves

Jan 7 2019 // WebBank, National PartnersSalt Lake City-based digital lender WebBank has agreed to acquire Denver-based National Partners, an insurance premium finance company and subsidiary of MLF Financial Group. This is the first...

2018 Agents of the Year

Jan 7 2019 // Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, CaliforniaJacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable book of business in...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pointer Insurance Agency of Mississippi

Jan 4 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Southaven, Miss.-based Pointer Insurance Agency, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Pointer Insurance Agency offers a broad range of property/casualty coverages to...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s Preston-Patterson Co.

Dec 31 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Conshohocken, Penn.-based Preston-Patterson Co. Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1947, Preston-Patterson is a retail property and casualty insurance...

Gallagher Bassett Acquires UK-Based Property Claims Management Services

Dec 13 2018 // Gallagher Bassett, the risk management services subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher, has boosted its size and offering in the United Kingdom by acquiring Property Claims Management Services Ltd. (PCMS).With origins dating...

Gallagher Buys IBS Re Singapore, 40% Stake in Indonesia’s IBS Insurance Broking

Dec 12 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired a 40 percent equity stake in Indonesian insurance broker and risk management services provider PT IBS Insurance Broking Service, as well as 100 percent of reinsurance...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Chicago Captive Insurance Consultant

Dec 10 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Chicago-based Captive Insurance Company Design and Operations. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Formed in 2002 by Clarity Group Inc., Captive Insurance Company Design...

Gallagher Buys Boston Marks Group with Offices in N. Zealand, Australia, UK & U.S.

Dec 10 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based insurance broker, has acquired Boston Marks Insurance NZ in New Zealand, BMG Aviation in Australia and the book of business of Boston Marks Insurance Brokers...

Gallagher Acquires UK Commercial Broker Pavey Group

Dec 7 2018 // Global insurance broker Gallagher has acquired commercial insurance broker Pavey Group Holdings in the southwest UK. With offices in Torquay, Exeter and Holsworthy in Devon, and Highbridge in Somerset, Pavey Group was...

How Insurance Broker A.J Gallagher Cleans Up on Clean Coal Subsidies: Reuters

Dec 5 2018 // Earlier this year, the chief financial officer of global insurance giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. explained to analysts how the company had turned a little-known U.S. energy subsidy into a profit machine, worth...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Buckman-Mitchell in California

Nov 26 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Buckman-Mitchell Inc., with offices in Visalia and Fresno, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Clifford Dunbar, Judy Fussel, Brent Swanson, Todd Williams, Stephan...

Gallagher Affinity Launches Online Cyber Suite for Small, Midsize Federal Contractors

Nov 21 2018 // Gallagher Affinity and Secure CyberID, a provider of cybersecurity services, have launched an online, discounted suite of cybersecurity products for small to mid-sized companies under contract with the federal government....

Gallagher Buys Majority Stake in UK Property-Owners’ Broker Vasek Insurance

Nov 7 2018 // Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker Gallagher announced it has acquired a controlling interest in Purple Bridge Group Ltd., the holding company of UK specialist property insurance provider Vasek Insurance Services Ltd.The...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Richter International Consulting in Washington

Oct 24 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Issaquah, Wash.-based Richter International Consulting LLC.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founder Dave Richter and his associates will continue to operate from their...

Gallagher Acquires UK Commercial Broker Portmore

Oct 18 2018 // Global insurance broker, risk management services and consulting firm Gallagher announces the acquisition of Portmore Insurance Brokers Ltd. and Portmore Insurance Brokers (Wiltshire) Ltd. in the UK.Terms of the...

People

Oct 15 2018 // COUNTRY Financial, headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, has named Jim Jacobs as its next chief executive officer (CEO), effective early next year.He succeeds Kurt Bock, who is retiring Jan. 31, 2019, after serving as...

Business Moves

Oct 1 2018 // Marsh & McLennan, JLTMarsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about $5.7 billion to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services. New York-based Marsh said the purchase of...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s United Dealer Services

Sep 7 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired United Dealer Services LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Based in Highland Mills, N.Y., United Dealer Services LLC is a retail insurance broker and program...

Kluting Named Head of Product Recall in Gallagher’s Food, Agribusiness Unit

Sep 7 2018 // Insurance and risk management services firm, Gallagher, has promoted Steve Kluting to national director of product recall in its Food & Agribusiness Practice GroupAs a “food lawyer” with 18 years of...