Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana Insurance Agency Kent, Kent & Tingle

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kent, Kent & Tingle, a retail insurance broker based in Shreveport, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1989, Kent, Kent & Tingle (KK&T) provides employee benefits, property/casualty and risk management insurance services and specializes in the oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, distribution and medical industries. The group offers group health, welfare and wellness plans, employee benefits consulting services, commercial property/casualty insurance coverage and risk management consulting services for their clients throughout the southern United States.

Fred Kent and his colleagues will continue to operate in their current location under the direction of John Neumaier, head of Gallagher’s South Central employee benefit consulting and brokerage operations and Mitchel Brashier, head of Gallagher’s Southeastern property/casualty brokerage operations.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, is headquartered in Itasca, Ill.