Gallagher buys social services placement specialist

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said Thursday it has acquired Bellevue, Washington-based Hawley & Associates LLC, a brokerage that places specialty coverage for adoption, foster care and child welfare agencies.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2005, Hawley & Associates places specialized coverage across social services for both nonprofit and for-profit organizations with U.S. and/or international exposures.

Phil Hawley and eight employees will continue to operate in their current location under the direction of Jim Buckley, head of Gallagher’s Northwest region retail property/casualty brokerage operations.