Gallagher Acquires Georgia’s Potter-Holden

Illinois-based international insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Potter-Holden & Co. of Atlanta, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1918, Potter-Holden & Co. is a retail commercial lines insurance broker with a specialization in healthcare liability insurance for hospitals, community health centers and physicians groups.

The company said Charley Malmquist and his associates will continue to operate from Atlanta under the direction of Mitchel Brashier, Southeastern regional manager of Gallagher’s retail property/casualty brokerage operation.