Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Florida’s Ken Brown Brokerage

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the global insurance brokerage and consulting firm, said it has acquired Florida-based Insurance by Ken Brown Inc., a retail broker specializing in coverage for construction and swimming pool companies in the Southeastern United States.

Ken Brown, Derek Brown and the team will remain in their Altamonte Springs headquarters, but now under the direction of Peter Doyle, head of Gallagher’s Southeast retail property-casualty brokerage operations, Gallagher said in a news release.

Gallagher, headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, operates in 130 countries. Terms of the acquisition deal were not disclosed.