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Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Acquires Dezelan Insurance Agency

Sep 2 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc. has acquired Dezelan Insurance Agency located in Indianapolis, Ind. Founded in 1927, Dezelan Insurance Agency (Dezelan) is a retail insurance broker providing...

People – Midwest

Aug 18 2014 // Dwight Zivo has been named vice president of marketing for Chicago-based Parr Insurance Brokerage. Zivo will be responsible for developing and executing the marketing and brand strategy for the company, which serves...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Cowles & Connell in N.Y.

Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Cowles & Connell based in Brewster, New York and Meriden, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1892, Cowles &...

AJ Gallagher Acquires Assets of Caribbean Broker Minvielle & Chastanet

Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired certain assets of Minvielle & Chastanet Insurance Brokers located in the eastern Caribbean. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The bulletin...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Missouri-Based Travel Insurance Agency

Aug 11 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Trip Mate Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo.Established in 1989, Trip Mate is a full service travel insurance agency that provides a wide variety of travel protection plans and...

William Gallagher Promotes Sussman to Lead Connecticut Office

Aug 4 2014 // William Gallagher Associates, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, promoted Reed Sussman to senior vice president and leader of the firm’s Hartford, Conn., office. Sussman is a member of...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Benefits Brokerage, Insurance Point

Jul 31 2014 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Insurance Point LLC in St. Charles, Ill. and Salt Lake City, Utah. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Insurance Point offers employee benefit...

Arthur J. Gallagher Appoints Jain as Chief Service Officer

Jul 29 2014 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has appointed Vishal Jain as chief service officer and corporate vice president. Jain currently oversees the company’s service center operations.In this new role, he...

Arthur J. Gallagher Names Jain Chief Service Officer

Jul 28 2014 // Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported that Vishal Jain, who currently oversees the company’s service center operations, has been appointed chief service officer. In this new...

Business Moves

Jul 7 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher, The Plus Cos., Tri-State GeneralArthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Plus Cos. Inc. (TPC) in Bridgewater, N.J. Terms were not disclosed. Established in 1985, TPC is a managing general agent...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Plus Companies in New Jersey

Jun 13 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired The Plus Companies Inc. in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Terms were not disclosed.Established in 1985, The Plus Companies Inc.(TPC) is a managing general agent and program...

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Maryland’s Tri-State General

Jun 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired Tri-State General in Salisbury, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1979, Tri-State General is a specialty wholesale and managing general...

Gallagher Buys Florida’s MGA Insurance Group

May 28 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired MGA Insurance Group of Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1989, MGA Insurance Group (MGA) is a national program...

Arthur J. Gallagher’s Long Island, N.Y., Area President Joins Crystal & Company

May 20 2014 // New York-based brokerage Crystal & Company has named Lou Roca as executive managing director and head of commercial insurance services. He is based in New York. In this role, Roca will be responsible for the growth...

RSA to Sell Canada Broker Unit Noraxis to A.J. Gallagher for $460 Million

May 20 2014 // The UK’s RSA Insurance Group Plc said on Monday it had reached agreement to sell its majority-owned Canadian brokerage business – Noraxis Capital Corp. – to U.S. insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher &...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Sunderland in California

May 9 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Sunderland Insurance Services Inc. in Walnut Creek, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sunderland is a managing general underwriter that provides excess and surplus hired...

Business Moves

May 5 2014 // AssuredPartners, CBS Coverage GroupLake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured SKCG Inc., has acquired CBS Coverage Group Inc. in Plainview, N.Y. CBS Coverage Group specializes in commercial...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires American Wholesalers Underwriting in Connecticut

Apr 28 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of American Wholesalers Underwriting in Stamford, Conn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1994, American Wholesalers Underwriting...

Arthur J. Gallagher: Q1 Revenues Up 20%; 10 Mergers in Pipeline

Apr 7 2014 // Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported 20 percent growth in total revenues for its brokerage and risk management units combined along with four percent growth in organic commissions...

Arthur J. Gallagher to Buy Australian Wesfarmers’ Insurance Brokerage

Apr 6 2014 // Perth, Australia-based conglomerate Wesfarmers has agreed to sell the insurance brokerage and premium funding operations of its Insurance division to subsidiaries of U.S.-based broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for...