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Fla. CFO Gallagher Voices Support for Tax-Deferred CAT Fund Reserves

Nov 21 2005 // The serious challenge to Florida’s economy, the rising cost of property insurance and five solutions to hurricane issues were discussed on Nov. 7 in Tallahassee by Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher at a briefing...

Fla. CFO Gallagher Voices Support for Tax-Deferred CAT Fund Reserves

Nov 20 2005 // The serious challenge to Florida’s economy, the rising cost of property insurance and five solutions to hurricane issues were discussed on Nov. 7 in Tallahassee by Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher at a briefing...

Fla. CFO Gallagher Supports Tax-Deferred CAT Fund Reserves; Suggests Reinsurance Rate Study

Nov 8 2005 // Legislation in Congress to pass U.S. Rep. Mark Foley’s proposal to allow the accumulation of tax-deferred catastrophic reserves by insurers, and a study on how to add programs to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe...

Florida Deploys Second Mobile Assistance Unit in Hialeah to Assist Wilma’s Victims

Nov 2 2005 // A second mobile assistance unit has been deployed to Hialeah, Fla. to assist hurricane victims in the recovery process, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO.Gallagher, who was on-hand at the opening of the new...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Purchases InterPacific Underwriting Agencies Pty of Australia

Nov 1 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of InterPacific Underwriting Agencies Pty Ltd of Sydney, Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1997, InterPacific Underwriting Agencies...

DFS Emergency Rule Caps Public Adjuster’s Fees in Florida

Oct 26 2005 // An emergency rule has been issued in Florida capping public insurance adjuster’s fees at 10 percent of claim payment and giving consumers up to 14 days to rescind a contract with a public adjuster without penalty....

Florida Dispatching Search-and-Rescue Officers to Areas Hit by Hurricane Wilma

Oct 24 2005 // More than 300 search-and-rescue officers are now fanning out over southwest Florida and are heading toward southeast Florida to assist in search and rescue efforts, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s State Fire...

Citizens Outside General Counsel Resigns Due to Conflict

Oct 21 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s outside general counsel Michael Colodny resigned Thursday after questions about his firm’s representation of companies that have policies with Florida’s insurer or last...

Gallagher Names New Director

Oct 20 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on the company’s Board of Directors. McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in...

Gallagher & Co. Notes Dividend

Oct 19 2005 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of twenty-eight cents ($.28) per share on the Common Stock of the Company, payable on Jan. 16, 2006 to Shareholders of Record as of...

People & Places

Oct 17 2005 // Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account representative...

People

Oct 17 2005 // Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account representative...

Gallagher Applauds McCarty’s Decision Not to Approve Allstate ‘s Rate Request

Oct 11 2005 // A decision not to approve a rate request by Allstate Floridian Insurance Company and Allstate Floridian Indemnity Company was announced last week by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty.McCarty’s decision was...

Gallagher Announces $450 Million Credit Facility

Oct 6 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has entered into a $450 million unsecured credit facility, expiring on Oct. 4, 2010, with a group of nine financial institutions led by Harris N.A., Citibank, N.A., and Barclays Bank PLC....

Fla. CFO Calls for Added $500M in Savings for State’s Small Businesses

Oct 5 2005 // Tom Gallagher, Florida’s chief financial officer, this week called for greater savings for Florida’s small businesses based on an independent review of proposed workers’ compensation rates for the...

Fla. Personal Lines Advisory Committee Slates First Meeting

Sep 30 2005 // The first meeting of a new 10-member Standard Personal Lines Advisory Committee, assigned to develop a standard homeowners insurance policy for Floridians that is easy to understand and offers comprehensive coverage, will...

William Gallagher Promotes Bixby, Clifford and Martin in P/C Group

Sep 26 2005 // William Gallagher Associates in Boston has promoted three executives within its property and casualty group. Doug Bixby to has been elevated to senior vice president and Janice Clifford and Kristen Martin to assistant vice...

Citizens COO Allegedly Took Kickback; Florida CFO Gallagher Launches Investigation

Sep 15 2005 // Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher announced on Thursday afternoon he has launched a fraud investigation into allegations by Universal Risk Insurance Services of Houston, Texas, that R. Paul Hulsebusch, chief operating...

William Gallagher Associates Taps Kearney to be Executive VP

Sep 14 2005 // William Gallagher Associates has elevated Michael Kearney to the position of executive vice president of the Boston-headquartered insurance brokerage, risk management and employee benefit services firm. Kearney specializes...

State Farm of Florida’s Rate Request Questioned

Sep 5 2005 // Citing concern that insurance companies are using the 2004 hurricanes to unfairly raise rates, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has called for an independent review of a rate increase on homeowners...