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M&A Review: Deal Activity Slows, Demand Remains Healthy

May 1 2017 // Deal count for the first quarter of 2017 was down relative to the first quarter of both 2015 and 2016. There were 102 announced transactions in the first quarter of 2017, compared to 124 in the first quarter of 2016 (a...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Commercial Insurance Brokers

Apr 26 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Commercial Insurance Brokers LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Formed in 2012, Commercial Insurance Brokers is a group of insurance producers...

Miller Taps Gallagher’s Maule as Senior Trade Credit & Political Risks Broker

Apr 7 2017 // Miller has hired David Maule in a business production and senior broking role, which the London-based broker said will add “considerable strength” to its trade credit and political risks capabilities.Maule will...

Business Moves

Mar 6 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Eagle Insurance Agency LLC (Eagle) in Syracuse, N.Y. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is an international insurance brokerage and risk...

Gallagher Buys Australia’s Ace IRM Insurance Broking Group

Mar 1 2017 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Ace IRM Insurance Broking Group, located in Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia.The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981,...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wisconsin’s Kelly Financial

Feb 23 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Madison, Wisconsin-based Kelly Financial Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1957 by John M. Kelly and incorporated in 1994 by Scott Kelly, Kelly Financial...

Gallagher Launches Manufacturers’ Cyber Solution to Close Coverage Gaps

Feb 9 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher announced it has responded to the “perfect storm” facing manufacturers – a rising risk of cyber attacks, coupled with increased vulnerability and largely excluded exposures – by...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Lewis & Associates in California

Feb 8 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Lewis & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. in Visalia, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. James Smallwood, Kevin Veitia and their associates will continue to operate...

People

Feb 6 2017 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., based in Itasca, Ill., has promoted James W. Durkin Jr. and William F. Ziebell in its employee benefit division.Durkin,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Eagle Insurance Agency in New York

Feb 1 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm headquartered in Itasca, Ill., has announced the acquisition of Eagle Insurance Agency LLC (Eagle) in Syracuse, N.Y....

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Presidio Group in Utah

Jan 31 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Presidio Group Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Presido management and associates will continue to operate from their current location...

Business Moves

Jan 23 2017 // AIG, Arch CapitalAmerican International Group (AIG) has completed the $3.4 billion sale of its mortgage guaranty unit to Arch Capital Group. The deal to sell United Guaranty Corp. closed on December 31. AIG has been...

Arthur J. Gallagher Promotes Two Execs in Employee Benefits Division

Jan 17 2017 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., based in Itasca, Ill., promoted James W. Durkin Jr. and William F. Ziebell in its employee benefit division. Durkin,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Maryland’s Construction Risk Solutions

Jan 10 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm headquartered in Itasca, Ill., has announced the acquisition of Construction Risk Solutions LLC (CRS) in Hunt Valley,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Chicago’s Gruppo Marcucci

Jan 6 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the Chicago-based consulting firm, Gruppo Marcucci LLC (GPM).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2005, Gruppo Marcucci specializes in human resources (HR) and...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Group Insurance Associates

Dec 22 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Group Insurance Associates Inc. in Metairie, Louisiana.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1983, Group Insurance Associates Inc. (GIA) is an employee benefits...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires National Ethics Bureau in California

Dec 20 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired National Ethics Bureau Inc. in Carlsbad, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Japheth Smellie and his team will continue to operate from their Southern California location...

TPA Gallagher Bassett Names McNamara as Managing Director, Australia

Dec 7 2016 // Third party administrator Gallagher Bassett (GB)* has appointed John McNamara to the position of managing director – Australia, effective Jan. 1, 2017.McNamara succeeds Jon Winsbury who is moving into the role of...

Business Moves

Nov 21 2016 // USI Insurance Services has completed its transaction to purchase Johnson & Bryan, a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage firm based in Atlanta. Terms of the transaction were not...

Bryant Named President at Ohio-Based Britton Gallagher

Nov 16 2016 // Britton Gallagher, a Cleveland based employee benefits and commercial insurance broker, has appointed Jeremy Bryant president.Bryant has been with Britton Gallagher since 2012, most recently serving as one of the...