Arthur J. Gallagher has bought broker firm Hawley & Associates for an undisclosed amount.
A statement from Arthur J. Gallagher said that Hawley & Associates was founded seventeen years ago to provide insurance services for adoption, foster care, and child welfare agencies. The business will continue to be run by Phil Hawley and will operate in the same office, but now under the direction of Jim Buckley, head of the northwest region’s property and casualty brokerage operations for Gallagher.
J. Patrick Gallagher, chairman, president, and CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher, said: “The Hawley & Associates team offers deep expertise in the non-profit, and for-profit social services sector, particularly in the specialized and challenging child welfare, foster care, and adoption segment. We are delighted to welcome Phil and his associates to our growing global team.”
Arthur J. Gallagher has been on an acquisitions spree in recent months, having acquired the VanDyke Group and Real Estate Insurance Solutions in November. Those acquisitions followed others in May last year of Mutual Brokers and Koff & Associates, and of the Norwegian firm Parisco in April.
