Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Dawson & Keenan Insurance Ltd

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Dean R. Casey & Associates

May 6, 2025

Financial Services

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher) has acquired Dallas-based employee benefits brokerage Dean R. Casey & Associates. Dean Casey and his team will join Gallagher’s Dallas office to bolster the firm’s small-group benefits brokerage capabilities in Texas; terms were not disclosed.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Hagan Insurance Group

July 25, 2023

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Sioux Falls–based Hagan Insurance Group to expand its association and affinity benefits capabilities. The Hagan team will remain in place and operate under Gallagher's Affinity North America leadership to provide complementary expertise and cross-selling opportunities.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Encore Group

January 6, 2025

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Waterloo, Ontario-based Encore Insurance Services Inc., dba Encore Group; terms were not disclosed. Encore Group — a retail insurance brokerage serving commercial clients in Ontario with industry focuses in manufacturing, construction and financial institutions — will remain led by Joe Dalton, Scott Heaman and their team, reporting into Gallagher's Canadian retail P/C brokerage head.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Anderson Benson

March 2, 2023

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher) has acquired Anderson Benson, a Nashville-based retail insurance broker and risk management firm with niche expertise in the entertainment sector and specializations in hospitality, construction and transportation. The Anderson Benson team will remain in Nashville and operate under Gallagher's Mid-South retail property/casualty brokerage leadership; terms were not disclosed.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Eastern Insurance Group

September 19, 2023

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Natick, Massachusetts-based Eastern Insurance Group, LLC (a subsidiary of Eastern Bank) for $510 million (net of seller-funded expenses). The acquisition, expected to close in late 2023 and now completed, expands Gallagher’s commercial property/casualty, personal lines and employee benefits capabilities across the Northeast U.S.; Eastern Insurance reported pro forma trailing-12-month revenues of approximately $104 million and EBITDAC of $37 million.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Crawford Insurance, LLC

June 4, 2024

Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Pittsburgh-based Crawford Insurance, LLC, a retail property/casualty insurance agency that serves commercial and personal lines clients in Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. Terms were not disclosed; James Crawford and his team will remain in place and operate under the direction of Sean Gallagher within Gallagher’s Great Lakes retail P/C brokerage operations.