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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage

Jul 13 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) has acquired S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage Inc. of San Francisco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1979, S. P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage is a full-...

Business Moves

Jul 3 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Lemac & AssociatesItasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its subsidiary, Risk Placement Services Inc., acquired Lemac & Associates Inc., headquartered in Los...

Fla. insurance veteran Gallagher, 79, litigation, acquisition expert

Jun 19 2006 // Phil C. Gallagher, 79, a Florida insurance agent, litigation consultant and expert witness, passed away in Miami June 1. Gallagher had more than 50 years of insurance industry experience.Gallagher was formerly associated...

Florida Preferred liquidated

Jun 19 2006 // Florida Preferred Insurance Company policyholders will be protected this hurricane season because company officials agreed to let the financially-troubled property insurer enter into liquidation effective June...

Fla. insurance veteran Gallagher, 79, litigation, acquisition expert

Jun 19 2006 // Phil C. Gallagher, 79, a Florida insurance agent, litigation consultant and expert witness, passed away peacefully in Miami June 1. Gallagher had more than 50 years of ins insurance industry experience.Gallagher was...

Ill. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Lemac & Associates

Jun 16 2006 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced that its subsidiary, Risk Placement Services, Inc., has acquired Lemac & Associates, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Terms of the transaction...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Lemac & Associates

Jun 16 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its subsidiary, Risk Placement Services Inc., has acquired Lemac & Associates Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established...

Gallagher & Co. Brings Robert Keith & Associates Aboard

Jun 5 2006 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Robert Keith & Associates, Inc. of Naperville, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1984, Robert Keith &...

Arthur J. Gallagher lacked authority to issue additional endorsements

Jun 5 2006 // A California court has found Arthur J. Gallagher had no authority to issue additional insured endorsements in a high-exposure construction defect litigation.The court ruled California law prohibits the issuance of...

June 5 Funeral Services in Miami, Fla. for Phil C. Gallagher, 79

Jun 2 2006 // Phil C. Gallagher, a long-time Florida insurance agent, litigation consultant and expert witness passed away peacefully in Miami June 1. Gallagher, 79, was surrounded by his family at the time of his death.Phil was a...

Fla. Judge Approves Poe Insurance Companies Liquidation

Jun 1 2006 // A Leon County, Fla. circuit judge has approved putting three financially-troubled insurance companies under the state’s control, a move Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said will protect more...

Florida Preferred Agrees to Liquidation

May 26 2006 // Florida Preferred Insurance Company policyholders will be protected this hurricane season because company officials finally agreed to let the financially-troubled property insurer to enter into liquidation effective June...

Arthur J. Gallagher Lacked Authority to Issue Additional Endorsements

May 26 2006 // A California court has found Arthur J. Gallagher had no authority to issue additional insured endorsements in a high-exposure construction defect litigation.The court ruled California law prohibits the issuance of...

Floridians Urged, Buy Tax-Free Supplies Now, Prepare for Hurricanes

May 24 2006 // Floridians are being urged to take advantage of the state’s “Hurricane Preparation Tax-Free Holiday,” which continues through June 1, and to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season by Tom Gallagher,...

Florida officials make 80 arrests, kick off ‘operation spring cleaning’

May 22 2006 // A special statewide operation targeting the arrest of 80 suspects from Miami to Pensacola, Fla. for their roles in insurance fraud schemes, dubbed “operation spring cleaning,” was launched in early May by the...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Y.S. Liedman & Assoc.

May 15 2006 // Miami, Fla.-based Y.S. Liedman & Assoc. has been acquired by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. of Itasca, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1973, Y. S. Liedman & Associates offers a...

William Gallagher Promotes Bradley, Kelleher and McMahon-Burke

May 11 2006 // Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates (WGA) announced the promotions of Mary McMahon-Burke, Brian Kelleher and Diane Bradley to vice president. McMahon-Burke has 25 years experience in the insurance...

Court Petitioned to Liquidate Poe Insurance Subsidiaries

May 10 2006 // The Leon County Circuit Court has been petitioned by Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO, to order the Poe Financial Group’s subsidiaries, Southern Family, Atlantic Preferred and Florida Preferred, into liquidation....

Gallagher praises legislators’ action on rate relief

May 8 2006 // When the Flordia House and Senate appropriation committees set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to provide insurance rate relief for the state’s homeowners, both the consumer and the insurance industry scored a...

Consumers, many departments required to fight identity theft

May 8 2006 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part roundtable discussion on identity theft. Part 1 examined the scope and source of identity theft, and can be found on page 100 of Insurance Journal’s...