Rolling Meadows, IL (July 7, 2026) \u2013 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Burnaby, British Columbia-based Wilson M. Beck Insurance Services Inc. (\u201cWMB\u201d). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis deal ranks among the top three [or] four largest transactions ever completed in Canada,\u201d Gallagher noted in an announcement.<\/p>\n
WMB provides retail insurance brokerage services to commercial clients primarily in Western Canada, with industry focuses of construction, commercial real estate, surety bonding, hospitality and mining. The WMB team, led by David Beck, will remain in their current locations under the direction of Dave Partington, head of Gallagher\u2019s retail property\/casualty brokerage operations in Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n
\u201cWMB\u2019s excellent reputation for niche industry expertise will enhance our retail brokerage capabilities in Canada,\u201d said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman and CEO. \u201cI am very pleased to welcome David and his partners and associates to Gallagher.\u201d<\/p>\n
KPMG Corporate Finance acted as mergers and acquisitions advisor to WMB.<\/p>\n
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in approximately 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.<\/p>\n
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG)<\/em>, a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in approximately 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants. For more information, visit www.ajg.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n SOURCE: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rolling Meadows, IL (July 7, 2026) \u2013 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Burnaby, British Columbia-based Wilson M. Beck Insurance Services Inc. (\u201cWMB\u201d). Terms of the transaction were...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1],"class_list":["post-25192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}