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Fla. CFO Issues Warning: ‘Prepare Now for Hurricanes’

May 23 2005 // After an unprecedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is issuing a warning to...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Adds Alternative Market Specialists to Stable

May 23 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Alternative Market Specialists headquartered in Edina, Minnesota. Founded in 1997, Alternative Market Specialists is a managing general agent and wholesale...

Business Moves

May 23 2005 // ABRA Auto Body & GlassABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced the opening of its ninetieth repair center today. Located in Lee’s Summit, Mo., the franchise was...

Business Moves

May 23 2005 // RepublicRepublic Companies Group Inc., based in Dallas, filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of up to $115,000,000 of newly...

Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming

May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...

Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming

May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...

Gallagher to Run for Fla. Governor

May 18 2005 // CFO Tom Gallagher will make an announcement today outside Florida’s Capitol in Tallahassee announcing he is running for governor in 2006 on a platform stressing education, public safety, economic development and...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Illinois AG, Insurance Director Reach Agreement

May 18 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on Wednesday reached a comprehensive agreement with the Illinois Attorney General and the Director of Insurance of Illinois to resolve issues related to industry-wide investigations...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Purchases Idaho Workers’ Comp Administrator

May 10 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of WorkCare Northwest Inc. headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Established in 1998, WorkCare Northwest Inc. is a program administrator specializing in workers...

Fla. Legislature Approves Hurricane Savings Accounts

May 5 2005 // Florida CEO Tom Gallagher affirmed that the Legislature has approved a measure laying the groundwork to enable residents to establish hurricane savings accounts and protect those accounts from creditors, but, Congress...

Fla. Sets Groundwork for Hurricane Savings Accounts

May 4 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher today applauded state lawmakers for approving a measure that lays the groundwork for Floridians to set up hurricane savings accounts and protect these accounts from...

AAMGA Ethics Workshop Topic: Insurance Industry Pressures

May 2 2005 // “Ethics in the Wholesale Insurance Marketplace” workshops concluded on Saturday afternoon with a round-table discussion, led by Ernest Csiszar, president of the Property and Casualty Insurance Association of...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Purchases Wisconsin’s Chris Schroeder Insurance Inc.

Apr 29 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Chris Schroeder Insurance Inc. of Milwaukee. Founded in 1888, Chris Schroeder Insurance Inc. is a property/casualty retail insurance broker offering risk...

Arthur J. Gallagher Reports Q1 Revenue Growth

Apr 26 2005 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.“Gallagher continues to do what it does best even in these challenging times — solve our...

Territory Map Plan Struck From Fla. House Bill; Senate Passed It

Apr 18 2005 // A proposal that would create a single Florida-wide territory map and eliminate individual rate territories based on predicted hurricane risks and expected loss models was removed from House legislation, but was approved on...

The Parker Group Buys Gallagher Benefit Administrators

Apr 14 2005 // Lubbock, Texas-based The Parker Group, a health care and benefits management holding company, announced it has closed on the acquisition of Gallagher Benefit Administrators Inc., a national third-party employee benefits...

Single Territory Map Plan Struck From Fla. House Bill, Remains in Senate Version

Apr 4 2005 // A proposal which would create a single Florida-wide territory map and eliminate individual rate territories based on predicted hurricane risks and expected loss models was removed from House hurricane legislation last...

Push Underway for Tough Fla. Insurance Fraud Laws

Apr 4 2005 // Tough legislation to increase fraud penalties in Florida for filing fraudulent auto crash reports that can be used to bilk insurance companies, to strengthen consumers’ rights to sue operators of unauthorized...

Hurricane Victims Need Help!

Apr 4 2005 // When I attended the Florida Department of Financial Services town hall meeting in Orlando I got a glimpse of what many insurance agents must have encountered after last year’s hurricanes–how the heck did you...

Pleas for Help Made at Orlando Town Hall Meetings; Gallagher to Suggest ‘Standard’ Policies

Apr 4 2005 // Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CEO and House Insurance Committee Chair Rep. Dennis A. Ross, R-Lakeland, listened intently to hurricane-related complaints–from families with nowhere to live, to homeowners with $500...