NU Online News Service, Aug. 6, 9:43 a.m.EDT

Arthur J. Gallagher led all insurance brokers in July with fiveannounced acquisitions.

Other brokers announcing deals in the month include HubInternational Ltd.; Combined Agents of America; USI InsuranceServices; One Beacon Insurance Group; Confie Seguros, and Marsh& McLennan Agency.

Terms of all the acquisitions were not released.

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER

AJG acquired Miller Buettner & Parrott, ContegoUnderwriting, Triad USA, Grace/Mayer Insurance Agency, and G. S.Chapman & Associates Insurance Brokers headquartered inPasadena, Calif.

Miller Buettner & Parrott, based in Rockford, Ill., offersemployee-benefits insurance and consulting services to clientsthroughout the central United States.

London-based Contego Underwriting specializes in coverages forthe construction and engineering industries. The firm hasclients in over 50 countries.

Triad USA, based in Pittsburgh, offers employee-benefitsservices and consulting to middle-market clients throughout theU.S.

Founded in 1917, Grace/Mayer Insurance, Omaha, Neb., providesproperty and casualty insurance, employee benefits and riskmanagement services for U.S. and international commercial andpersonal-lines clients.

Chapman Insurance, based in Pasadena, Calif., specializes inP&C insurance and employee-benefits and risk-managementservices for clients in the non-profit, healthcare, education, andreal estate and transportation industries.

HUB INTERNATIONAL

Chicago-based insurance broker Hub says it has acquired Bryson& Company, a Ridgeland, Miss.-based insurance-brokerage firmthat offers P&C insurance and employee-benefits productsand services. Bryson, which currently operates out of locations inRidgeland, Canton, Hattiesburg, Oxford and Holly Springs, Miss.,and Baton Rouge, La., will become part of Hub International GulfSouth.

Hub also acquired Sidles, Duncan and Associates, an Irvine,Calif.-based employee-benefits brokerage firm. SDA will become partof the California division of Hub International Insurance Services(Hub California).

COMBINED AGENTS OF AMERICA

Combined Agents of America says two of its member agencies,Duncan, Fraser & Bridges Insurance Agency (DFB), and PinnacleInsurance Group acquired a pair of agencies with total writtenpremium of approximately $11.7 million.

DFB acquired Greater Texas Insurance Managers and Agency, basedin Cedar Park, Texas. The agency will continue to operate under theGreater Texas name.

Pinnacle acquired Naler Insurance Agency, Inc. based inMcGregor, Texas.

USI

USI Insurance Services says it acquired New York-based KellyInsurance Brokerage, which offers a full range of employee-benefitsand consulting services, including financial analysis, governmentcompliance, benefit plan design and development, andaccount-management services. The firm will be combined with EmersonReid and Co., USI's benefits wholesale operation headquartered inNew York City.

ONEBEACON

OneBeacon Insurance Group, LLC says it acquired Public Entitiesof America (PEA) from Insurance Office of America, Inc. PEA is anAtlanta-based wholesale brokerage specializing in the publicsector. It will be aligned with OneBeacon's Government Risks group,but will continue to operate as an independent wholesale agencyassisting local producers with the placement of insurance forgovernment-entity clients.

CONFIE SEGUROS

Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal-lines insurancefocused on the needs of Hispanic consumers, acquired threeinsurance agencies, bringing its total number of deals for the yearto 13.

The three agencies acquired are: Bradley Insurance Agency, ofLas Vegas, Nev.; A Auto Insurance World of West Palm Beach, Fla.,and Westside Auto of Ontario, Calif.

In addition, the company named Chad Maxwell as senior vicepresident, mergers and acquisitions. Maxwell has spent over 15years focused exclusively on completing retail independentinsurance-agency M&A deals.

MARSH & MCLENNAN AGENCY

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurancebroker Marsh Inc., acquired Security Insurance Services, ofWisconsin. Security Insurance Services offers P&C andemployee-benefits products and services to businesses andindividuals throughout the Midwest, specializing in the seniorliving healthcare, construction, and manufacturing industries. Thefirm will operate as a division of Marsh & McLennan Agencycompany, RJF.