Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Bircroft Insurance Services

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Bridge Insurance Brokers Limited

April 16, 2026

Financial Services

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired UK-based Bridge Insurance Brokers Limited. The transaction terms were not disclosed, and the Bridge team will continue operating from offices in Manchester and London.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires International Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd

March 31, 2026

Financial Services

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of Brisbane, Queensland-based International Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd. The deal terms were not disclosed. The International Insurance Brokers team will relocate to Gallagher’s Brisbane office and operate under Gallagher’s retail property/casualty brokerage leadership.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires BMR Insurance (Murray Gardner Insurance Agency)

December 27, 2024

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Murray Gardner Insurance Agency Inc., dba BMR Insurance, a Tustin, California-based retail insurance agency serving commercial and personal lines across Southern California. The deal will integrate BMR into Gallagher’s Southwest retail brokerage operations to expand its retail brokerage capabilities in the region; terms were not disclosed.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Benchmark Commercial Insurance Services

July 13, 2023

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Carlsbad, California-based Benchmark Commercial Insurance Services. The acquisition expands Gallagher's retail property/casualty brokerage presence in Southern California; Benchmark's principal Robert Cohen and his team 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.

Gallagher Acquires The Bollington Wilson Group

January 12, 2021

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher) has agreed to acquire The Bollington Wilson Group (Bollington), a UK-based insurance broker. Bollington — which operates seven offices in the North West of England and employs about 420 risk professionals — will join Gallagher's UK Retail Division to bolster regional commercial and personal lines capability and expand Gallagher's footprint in the North West.