History
Founded in 1927 by Arthur J. Gallagher in Illinois. Made an IPO 57 years later in 1984. One of its major acquisitions was made in February 2010 when it purchased São Paulo based Brazilian brokerage company Securitas Re, a reinsurance broker; Securitas Re was then renamed Gallagher Brazil..The company has made many acquisitions in recent years nearly 1000+ and is constantly expanding its brokerage offices along with sub offices in US and around the globe.This strategy has been empowering and growing the firms revenues steadily.
Gallagher has its IT operations in India. It has an offshore development center known as Gallagher Technological Servcies(Bangalore) and along with main development center headquartered in Itasca,Chicago.
Currently Pramati Technologies, is handling the IT Operations of Gallagher's Offshore Development Center.
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