Latest A.J. Gallagher Headlines
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Gallagher’s Centeno Joins Lockton in Florida
Jan 8 2021 // Lockton Companies has hired Michele Centeno as a senior vice president in its Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office. In her role, Centeno will further expand Lockton’s client service options in the professional and financial...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Cain Insurance Services Ltd.
Jan 7 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Cain Insurance Services Ltd., based in Fredericton, New Brunswick in Canada. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, Cain Insurance Services...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Ashton Tiffany in Arizona
Jan 5 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Ashton Tiffany LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ashton Tiffany founders John Ashton and Michael Tiffany, Jr., and their associates, will continue to...
IICF Raises More Than $880K, Honors Gallagher at Annual Northeast Benefit Event
Dec 21 2020 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) raised more than $880,000 at its 14th annual Northeast Benefit Event, held virtually this year on December 9. Established in 1994, the IICF is a nonprofit that works with...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas Benefits Broker, PIATX
Dec 18 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Antonio-based PIATX LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, PIATX is an employee benefits broker and consultant focused on delivering responsive and...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s Premier Brokerage Services
Dec 15 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Jenkintown, Penn.-based Premier Brokerage Services Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1995, Premier is a high-net-worth focused life insurance wholesale...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New York’s Cool Insuring Agency
Dec 10 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Queensbury, N.Y.-based Cool Insuring Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1857, Cool Insuring Agency provides commercial, personal, life and health...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires North Star Insurance Services, North Star Marine
Dec 4 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Seattle-based North Star Insurance Services LLC and Fairhaven, Mass.-based North Star Marine Insurance Services LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001,...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s JP Warner Associates
Nov 30 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Wayne, Penn.-based JP Warner Associates Inc., doing business as Warner Benefits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1997, JP Warner Associates is a...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires AWIS Group in California
Nov 12 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based AWIS Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The AWIS team will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of Adam Mazan,...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Optimum Talent Inc.
Nov 6 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Optimum Talent is one of Canada’s largest...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Buys Australia’s Effectus Consulting Pty Ltd.
Nov 5 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Brisbane, Queensland-based Effectus Consulting Pty Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Effectus Consulting is a data-driven employee and leadership...
Business Moves
Oct 5 2020 // National OneBeacon, International Bond & Marine Brokerage OneBeacon Insurance Group said it has acquired International Bond & Marine Brokerage Ltd. (IB&M), a privately held brokerage and risk management firm...
Insurance Broker Gallagher Reports Ransomware Attack
Sep 29 2020 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and its claims unit, Gallagher Bassett, reported that a ransomware incident that happened on Saturday, Sept. 26 limited some of its internal systems. In a filing with the...
A.J. Gallagher Alleges Alliant’s Poaching ‘Playbook’ Has Cost It Employees, Clients
Sep 25 2020 // California-based insurance broker Alliant is again being sued over an alleged poaching scam, this time by rival Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Gallagher claims Alliant, with assistance and capital from its private equity...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Merriam Agency
Sep 21 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Charles W. Merriam & Son Inc., d/b/a The Merriam Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1895, The Merriam Agency is a full-service insurance agency...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Erin P. Collins & Associates in Arizona
Sep 18 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kingman, Ariz.-based Erin P. Collins & Associates Inc. Erin Collins and his associates will continue to operate from their current locations under the direction of Scott...
Gallagher Bassett Transportation Creates Major Case Unit for Claims
Sep 18 2020 // Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. (GB), based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has launched the GB Transportation Major Case Unit (MCU), a claims handling center that focuses solely on clients’ most severe, complex and high...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Kirksey Agency in Louisiana
Sep 17 2020 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired West Monroe, Louisiana-based The Kirksey Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Kirksey Agency was founded in 1980 with crop insurance as...
People & Places
Aug 10 2020 // National Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. practice leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for...
