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Gallagher Benefit Services Names Thomas Client Consultant

Mar 15 2010 // Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. in Greenwood Village, Colo., has hired Keeli Thomas as client consultant. She will focus on new business development in the 50- to 250-employee market. Thomas has more than 12 years’...

M&A Activity at Decade Lows

Feb 21 2010 // Leading into 2009, agencies were at a crossroads; uncertain of whether to sell, buy, or implement new or improved organic growth strategies. The path was uncertain, but it was widely believed that market, economic and...

William Gallagher Promotes Two in Boston

Feb 18 2010 // Insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has promoted Karen Cangemi and Michael Talmanson to vice presidents within the firm’s Boston-based Property and Casualty practice. Cangemi has been in the insurance...

AJ Gallagher Buys Brazil Facultative Reinsurance Broker

Feb 17 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Securitas Re of Sao Paulo, Brazil from Estater Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.It will trade internationally as Gallagher Brazil, as a...

Kearney and Sinclair to Lead Life Sciences at William Gallagher

Feb 16 2010 // Insurance Broker William Gallagher Associates (WGA) has named Mike Kearney leader of the firm’s Life Sciences practice and has also named Amy Sinclair as Co-Practice Leader.Kearney is an executive vice president, and...

Yi Named Senior Client Consultant with Gallagher Benefit Services

Jan 21 2010 // Che Yi has been hired as senior client consultant with Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., in Greenwood Village, Colo. Gallagher Benefit Services is the employee benefits broker and consultant subsidiary of Arthur J....

Hudson Appointed President, CEO of Gallagher Bassett Services

Jan 13 2010 // Scott R. Hudson has joined Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. subsidiary Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. as its president and chief executive officer. He joins Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s Executive Management...

2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small

Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....

Balboni to Head P/C Practice at William Gallagher Associates

Nov 25 2009 // Boston-based insurance brokerage William Gallagher Associates (WGA) has named Jamie T. Balboni as the new head of its Property & Casualty Practice Balboni is a principal at the firm with over 25 years of experience in...

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys North Carolina’s Shuford Insurance

Nov 23 2009 // International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired Shuford Insurance Agency, Inc. in Concord, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1938, Shuford...

Business Moves

Nov 15 2009 // AJ Gallagher, TriadArthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Triad Insurance Agency Inc., in Honolulu from The Bank of Hawaii. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Originally founded in 1967, Triad Insurance Agency...

California Company Names San Francisco Chairman

Nov 9 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services (AJGRMS), the retail property/casualty (P/C) brokerage division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Los Angeles, has named Don Tarantino the area chairman of its San Francisco...

Gallagher Buys Hawaii Agency

Oct 27 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Triad Insurance Agency, Inc., in Honolulu, Hawaii from The Bank of Hawaii. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Originally founded in 1967, Triad Insurance Agency, Inc....

William Gallagher Acquires RPG Insurance Administrators

Oct 26 2009 // Boston-based insurance brokerage William Gallagher Associates has acquired RPG Insurance Administrators Inc. (RPG) of Medfield, Massachusetts for an undisclosed sum.RPG specializes in risk management services to medium-...

Homeless Man Detained in California wildfire Probe

Oct 21 2009 // A homeless man was arrested and charged with arson for starting a tiny blaze in August near the spot where a gigantic wildfire erupted several days later, killing two firefighters, homicide detectives said...

Insurance Brokerage M&A Took a 3rd Quarter Vacation

Oct 19 2009 // Deal making wasn’t at the top of the list of summer activities this season, but deal vacation was. Third quarter merger and acquisition (M&A) activity continued declining to just 30 announced transactions between...

Detectives Seek Transient in California Fire Investigation

Oct 14 2009 // Homicide detectives investigating a deadly wildfire that ravaged much of Angeles National Forest said they are looking for a transient suspected of starting a smaller fire several miles away.Babatunsin Olukunle, 25, has...

Gallagher Energy Opens Calgary Office

Oct 13 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher International has opened a new office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada trading under the name Gallagher Energy Risk Services. Former Aon energy leader Scott Heighington will head the new office. He will be...

Gallagher’s London Office Hires New Trade Credit Team

Oct 13 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher’s London office has announced the hiring of a new Trade Credit team, joining the established Political, Project and Credit Risks business unit, reporting to MD Kit Brownlees. Rupert Murray, Steve...

Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s Fox Lawson & Associates

Oct 2 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Fox Lawson & Associates LLC in St. Paul, Minn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1995, Fox Lawson & Associates is a compensation and...