Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires AWIS Group

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires S Philips Surety & Insurance Services, Inc.

March 9, 2026

Financial Services

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) announced that its U.S. wholesale brokerage, Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS), has acquired Agoura Hills, California-based S Philips Surety & Insurance Services, Inc. Terms were not disclosed. The S Philips team will remain in its current location under the direction of Jeremy Crawford, head of RPS’s surety bond operations.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires B&W Insurance Agency

February 19, 2026

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of B&W Insurance Agency, Inc., a Washington, Pennsylvania-based insurance brokerage. The deal terms were not disclosed, and the B&W team will continue operating from its current location under Gallagher Select leadership.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Agilis Partners LLC

February 18, 2025

Wealth Management

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Waltham, Massachusetts-based Agilis Partners LLC, a retirement plan and investment consulting firm with offices in greater Boston, New York and Denver. The acquisition will enhance Gallagher's retirement plan and investment consulting capabilities; terms were not disclosed and Agilis leadership will remain in place.

Arthur J. Gallagher / Gallagher Re Acquires Bay Risk Services Limited

March 6, 2023

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., through its reinsurance division Gallagher Re, has acquired the business and assets of UK-based Lloyd’s broker Bay Risk Services Limited, a member of the Optio Group. Bay Risk, founded in 2016 and specializing in structuring and placing delegated underwriting authority (binder) business for program managers, MGAs and Lloyd’s coverholders, will join Gallagher Re’s global programs practice; the existing Bay Risk leadership team will remain in place. Terms were not disclosed.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Allied Insurance Brokers (and Ascinsure Specialty Risk)

September 23, 2019

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Pittsburgh-based Allied Insurance Brokers, including its subsidiary Ascinsure Specialty Risk. The acquisition adds niche crane, scaffold and equipment-dealer insurance expertise and a program underwriting capability to Gallagher’s construction practice and U.S. wholesale operations.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Madison Risk & Insurance Services

April 16, 2015

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Madison Risk & Insurance Services, a Huntington Beach, California-based retail insurance broker specializing in healthcare industry coverages. The Madison principals — Anthony Bowen, Kathryn Bowen and their associates — will continue to operate from their current location under Gallagher's western retail property/casualty brokerage leadership; terms were not disclosed.