Gallagher Acquires Iowa Agency

Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Don Laster Agency Inc. of Urbandale, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

In business since 1983, the Don Laster Agency offers a wide range of individual, employee and executive benefit programs and consulting services including life, disability, medical, dental and customized retirement plans.

Don Laster and his associates will continue to operate out of their current suburban Des Moines office under the direction of J. Michael Brewer, executive vice president and Central regional manager of Gallagher Benefit Services, a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.