Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is pleased to announce that 15 of its retail property/casualty insurance brokers have been recognized as Power Brokers(TM) by Risk & Insurance magazine in a special issue published on February 20, 2009. Honorees were selected primarily based upon the creative and innovative accomplishments they achieved with one or more clients [...]

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its subsidiary, Risk Placement Services, Inc., acquired Continental Special Risks, Inc., in Roswell, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1984, Continental Special Risks is a wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent. They provide excess and surplus property/casualty coverage including professional and general liability, commercial [...]

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of The HR Group, LLC in Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Established in 1996, The HR Group is an employee benefits brokerage firm offering employee benefits products and services along with human resource management consulting and outsourced benefits administration services to their clients throughout [...]

Despite the downturn in the economy, the multibillion dollar global insurance brokerage business held steady, for the most part, in terms of brokerage revenues in 2008. Best’s Review’s annual Top Global Insurance Broker ranking reports Aon Corp. as the No. 1 global broker with $6.2 billion in brokerage revenues. No. 2 is Marsh Inc. with [...]

Health Integrated, the leading Targeted Population Health Management company, and MedeFinance, the leading Healthcare Performance Analytics company, are partnering to jointly offer health plan customers services that combine the power of targeted population management with advanced business intelligence. Mede’s analytics enable health plans to become more rapidly and accurately informed about areas of particular concern [...]

XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital Ltd named Mike Martin as Chief Property Underwriter for the Americas.
Commenting on the appointment, John Gallagher, XL Insurance’s Chief Underwriting Officer for Global Property, said: “Mike’s appointment is well-deserved. It underscores his solid track record for profitable underwriting and his commitment to providing XL Insurance clients [...]

A group of major employers, insurance companies, third party administrators and lawyers have joined together to form the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC), a broad-based group to advocate for Medicare Secondary Payor reform. The group has selected Roy Franco from Safeway and Katie Fox from MedInsights, Inc. to lead the coalition.
“Our goal is to make [...]

Cover-All Technologies Inc.a Delaware corporation (“Cover-All” or the “Company”), announced that each of John Roblin, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, and Maryanne Gallagher, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, has adopted separate pre-arranged “trading plans” in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange [...]