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World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord

Dec 1 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord. The same report says that the...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Iowa-Based Miller-Harrison Insurance Services

Nov 20 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Miller-Harrison Insurance Services in Muscatine, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1919, Miller-Harrison is a retail insurance broker...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Titan Group in Virginia

Nov 14 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of The Titan Group, LLC located in Richmond, Virginia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, Titan provides human resource consulting...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Illinois’ The Forker Co.

Nov 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Forker Company in Arlington Heights, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2000, The Forker Company (Forker) is a retail insurance agency that...

World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord

Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord. The same report says that the...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers in California

Nov 10 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SGB-NIA provides retail property/casualty, risk management and employee...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Discovery Benefit Solutions in California

Nov 6 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Discovery Benefit Solutions Inc. in San Diego, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Discovery Benefit Solutions provides employee benefit consultation, management and...

William Gallagher in Boston Promotes Sharkey to Executive VP

Oct 21 2014 // William Gallagher Associates (WGA) in Boston promoted Jennifer Sharkey to executive vice president from senior vice president. As leader of the firm’s ExecutiveRisk Practice, Sharkey is responsible for the strategic...

William Gallagher, Miller Insurance Offer Ebola Business Interruption Cover

Oct 17 2014 // Retail insurance broker William Gallagher Associates of Boston and Miller Insurance Services, a London-based independent specialist insurance broker, have partnered to launch Pandemic Disease Business Interruption...

William Gallagher Associates in Boston Announces 4 Promotions

Oct 16 2014 // William Gallagher Associates (WGA) in Boston promoted Paula Donovan, Charles Long, Ronni Rausch and Haley Adams to senior vice president in the Property and Casualty Practice. Donovan has been with WGA for nearly 30 years,...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Illinois’ Bennett & Shade Co.

Oct 14 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired retail insurance broker Bennett & Shade Co. in Decatur, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1906, Bennett & Shade provides commercial...

Specialty Insurance Group, Britton Gallagher Offer Pyrotechnics Program

Sep 30 2014 // Specialty Insurance Group (SIG), a member of the Everest Re Group Ltd., and independently operated insurance brokerage firm Britton Gallagher have together launched a new insurance, loss control and safety program for the...

Business Moves

Sep 22 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management, Dezelan Insurance Agency Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc. has acquired Dezelan Insurance Agency located in Indianapolis. Founded in 1927, Dezelan Insurance Agency is a...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Hagedorn & Co. in New York

Sep 17 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired Hagedorn & Company located in New York, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1869, Hagedorn is a retail insurance broker...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Everett James in Connecticut

Sep 10 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Everett James Inc. located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1990, Everett James offers employee benefits...

Business Moves

Sep 8 2014 // USI, Willis USI Insurance Services has entered into an agreement with certain subsidiaries of Willis North America Inc., part of Willis Group Holdings, to acquire seven of Willis’ retail insurance brokerage locations...

Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Acquires Dezelan Insurance Agency

Sep 2 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc. has acquired Dezelan Insurance Agency located in Indianapolis, Ind. Founded in 1927, Dezelan Insurance Agency (Dezelan) is a retail insurance broker providing...

People – Midwest

Aug 18 2014 // Dwight Zivo has been named vice president of marketing for Chicago-based Parr Insurance Brokerage. Zivo will be responsible for developing and executing the marketing and brand strategy for the company, which serves...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Cowles & Connell in N.Y.

Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Cowles & Connell based in Brewster, New York and Meriden, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1892, Cowles &...

AJ Gallagher Acquires Assets of Caribbean Broker Minvielle & Chastanet

Aug 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired certain assets of Minvielle & Chastanet Insurance Brokers located in the eastern Caribbean. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The bulletin...