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Liberty Mutual Drops Direct Sales to Middle Market Businesses

Feb 8 2009 // Liberty Mutual Group is throwing in the towel on direct distribution of insurance to middle market businesses. Because it couldn’t beat independent agents and brokers — who dominate sales in this segment...

E.P.I.C. Announces Settlement with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Jan 25 2009 // San Mateo, Calif.-based EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) reached a mutually agreeable and confidential resolution to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s pending lawsuit, the company reported. AJG and its...

Liberty Mutual Drops Direct Sales to Middle Market Businesses; Puts Faith in Independent Agents

Jan 22 2009 // Liberty Mutual Group is throwing in the towel on direct distribution of insurance to middle market businesses. Since it couldn’t beat independent agents and brokers — who dominate sales in this segment —...

Business Moves

Jan 11 2009 // Editor’s Note: For a comprehensive report of mergers and acquisitions for 2008, see Special Report: Agency Mergers in 2008 in the Dec. 22, 2008, edition of Insurance Journal.Euclid Insurance, Illinois American...

E.P.I.C. Announces Settlement with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Jan 9 2009 // San Mateo, Calif.-based EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) announced that it has reached a mutually agreeable and confidential resolution to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s pending lawsuit. Arthur J....

Brown & Brown Insurance Buys New Jersey’s Gallagher Associates

Jan 5 2009 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has purchased the assets of Gallagher Associates in Blackwood, New Jersey. Gallagher Associates, with annualized revenues of approximately $2.0 million, sells...

Gallagher Stocks Up; M&A Activity Steady

Dec 21 2008 // Stock Prices: Arthur J. Gallagher’s stock price remarkably continues to hold strong as many stocks are experiencing historical declines. Gallagher is up 6.5 percent for the year.M&A Activity: Brokerage activity...

Gallagher & Co. Acquires Treiber Agencies

Dec 10 2008 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisitions of The Treiber Group LLC and Treiber Agency Group LLC, both located in Garden City, N.Y. Terms of the transactions were not...

People

Nov 30 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Indiana Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Midwest...

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Georgia’s Continental Special Risks

Nov 25 2008 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s subsidiary, Risk Placement Services, Inc., reported that it has acquired Continental Special Risks, Inc., in Roswell, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not...

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys The HR Group of Tennessee

Nov 20 2008 // International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired The HR Group, LLC in Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1996, The HR Group offers...

Gallagher Joins WorkCompEdge as Contributor

Nov 13 2008 // Michigan-based commercial insurance broker and consultant Maureen Gallagher has joined WorkCompEdge as a contributor, announced Kory Wells, WorkCompEdge blog editor and director of product development for Specific Software...

Gallagher Acquires Roberts & Roberts Insurance in North Carolina

Nov 6 2008 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Roberts & Roberts Insurance Service, Inc. in Greensboro, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Formed in 1994, Roberts...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Fuller & O’Brien Inc.

Oct 13 2008 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Albany, New York-based insurance broker Fuller & O’Brien Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Fuller & O’Brien, fouded...

Gallagher & Co. Acquires San Antonio’s Summit Insurance Group

Sep 18 2008 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Summit Insurance Group in San Antonio, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Summit Insurance Group offers a wide...

Gallagher Acquires UK’s Oxygen Insurance Managers

Sep 17 2008 // Oxygen Holdings Plc, a London market insurance intermediary, and Arthur J Gallagher (UK) announced the sale of Oxygen’s underwriting subsidiary, Oxygen Insurance Managers Ltd. (OIM) to Gallagher (UK), for an...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires California Insurance Center

Sep 12 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired California Insurance Center, Inc. of Lafayette, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1929, California Insurance Center Inc. is a retail insurance broker...

Gallagher Acquires Wm. W. George & Associates of Dallas

Aug 20 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired Dallas-based retail insurance broker Wm. W. George & Associates Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1972, Wm. W. George &...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Tennessee-based Gale Smith & Co.

Jul 24 2008 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Gale Smith & Company, Inc. of Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1868, Gale Smith & Co. is a retail...

Brokerage Stocks Down; M&A Activity Continues at Strong Pace but Slower Than 2007

Jun 16 2008 // Stock Prices: The brokerage sector as a whole is down 3 percent for the year. Among middle-market brokers, Arthur J. Gallagher’s (NYSE:AJG) stock has faired well compared to peers Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO), down...