Gallagher's Risk Services deal first in strong pipeline

Michael Rea, Gallagher’s UK retail CEO, has described its buy of Risk Services as the “template” for future UK deals.

He commented: “Risk Services is exactly the sort of profile we are looking for.

“If you think about Gallagher from a retail perspective our branch network runs through the whole spine of the UK.”

He continued: “What we are looking for is complementary businesses and it [Risk Services] fitted in geographically and in terms of the client book.”

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Rea explained that Risk