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Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires School Specialist Koster Insurance in Mass.

Dec 20 2007 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Koster Insurance Agency, Inc. of Quincy, Mass. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1994, Koster Insurance Agency, Inc. specializes...

Edgewood Partners Makes Two Appointments

Dec 20 2007 // San Mateo, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has hired Jim Halbleib as a principal and executive vice president for the San Mateo office. Halbleib will produce and manage regional, national and global...

Gallagher Acquires 38.5% Stake in Jamaica’s CGM Group

Dec 17 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired a 38.5 percent equity interest in CGM Group Limited, headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.CGM, which started in 1971,...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires La.’s Powell Insurance Agency

Dec 7 2007 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Powell Insurance Agency Inc. in Metairie, La. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Established in 1948, Powell Insurance Agency offers...

Business Moves

Dec 2 2007 // INAMAR, ACE Recreational MarineACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, announced that INAMAR, its marine marketing and underwriting division, will now be known as ACE Recreational...

Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire Pa.-Based Yanni Partners

Nov 16 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Yanni Partners Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close before Jan. 31,...

Business Moves

Oct 27 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher, BISArthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired BIS Insurance Services Inc. of Sacramento, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1979, BIS Insurance Services is an employee benefits...

Gallagher Named Calif. State Fund Employee Services Manager

Oct 17 2007 // Eileen Gallagher has been promoted to employee services manager for California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Human Resources Department. Gallagher brings more than 17 years of workers’ compensation...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Calif. Benefits Broker BIS

Oct 5 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired BIS Insurance Services Inc. located in Sacramento, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1979, BIS Insurance Services is an employee benefits insurance...

Bixby to Lead Wm. Gallagher’s New N.Y. Office

Sep 10 2007 // William Gallagher Associates has opened a new office in New York City, which will be ehaded by Doug Bixby, senior vice president.The office is the fifth in addition to WGA’s corporate headquarters in Boston, Mass....

Flanagan and Lamprecht Join Aon Risk Services in Chicago

Aug 16 2007 // Aon Corp. recently announced that Michael S. Flanagan has been named managing director within the Aon Technology Group and Michael C. Lamprecht has been named senior vice president within the Aon Financial Services Group....

Gallagher (UK), MAP Launch Israeli War & Terrorism Coverage

Jun 21 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited in conjunction with MAP, a specialist insurer at Lloyd’s, has launched an insurance facility for terrorism liability. The new product aims to provide coverage for tourist and study...

Ethics Complaint Against Former Fla. CFO Gallagher Dropped

Jun 12 2007 // The Florida Ethics Commission voted 5-2 last week to drop a complaint against former Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher over his ownership of stock in insurance companies regulated by the department he once...

Gallagher leader says carriers’ and brokers’ service to risk

Jun 4 2007 // Insurance CEOs tell risk managers improving service continues to be a top priorityWhen it comes to the service carriers and brokers provide to today’s risk managers, the quality of that service “stinks,”...

Gallagher leader says carriers’ and brokers’ service to risk managers today ‘stinks’

Jun 4 2007 // When it comes to the service carriers and brokers provide to today’s risk managers, the quality of that service “stinks,” according to J. Patrick Gallagher Jr., chairman, president and CEO of broker...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ind. Woods & Grooms

Jun 1 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of Woods & Grooms, Inc. of Columbus, Ind. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Woods & Grooms is a retail insurance broker and group captive...

Business Moves

May 21 2007 // North Pointe, Capital City Holding Co.Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire all of Capital City Holding Co. Inc.’s outstanding stock. In addition,...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ill. Tropp & Co.

May 11 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of Tropp & Co., headquartered in Lake Forest, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Tropp & Co. is a retail insurance broker offering...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Buys Texas’ Melton Insurance Associates

Apr 27 2007 // Ill.-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has aqcuired Melton Insurance Associates Inc. of Odessa, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not...

Wanted: Appraisal of Elvis items to relieve ‘suspicious minds’

Apr 9 2007 // A Delaware judge has granted a California businessman’s request to order an insurance inspection of a collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia sitting in a Nevada airport hangar pending resolution of an ownership...