Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. filings document the reporting record of a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services company with common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange under AJG. Its 8-K filings regularly report operating results and financial condition, including earnings releases, GAAP and non-GAAP measures, supplemental quarterly data and CFO commentary furnished through Regulation FD disclosures.
The company’s SEC filings also cover proxy governance, executive compensation, director elections, board composition and shareholder meeting matters. Material-event reports document investor presentations, board changes, securities registration information and completed acquisition accounting, including acquired-company financial statements and pro forma financial information for the AssuredPartners transaction.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) reported that its General Counsel, Walter D. Bay, sold 12,000 shares of Common Stock on August 24, 2026, in an open-market transaction at a weighted average price of $270.081 per share, with individual trades between $270.01 and $270.17. Following this sale, he directly holds 71,292.092 Common shares, plus an additional 491.129 shares indirectly through a Gallagher 401(k) plan account. He also retains various equity-linked awards, including non-qualified stock options over multiple blocks of Common Stock and holdings of 5,828.5456 Notional Stock Units and 4,007.175 Phantom Stock units, each representing a right to receive one share of Gallagher common stock under the company’s compensation and deferred compensation programs.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) reports an upcoming leadership transition in its accounting function. On August 24, 2026, longtime Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Richard C. Cary, age 63, notified the company that he plans to retire in 2028 and will step down as Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer effective September 30, 2026. He has served as Controller since 1997 and Chief Accounting Officer since 2001 and will remain employed as Corporate Vice President - Accounting to support the transition through his expected retirement.
The company states that Mr. Cary’s planned retirement is not due to any disagreement regarding financial statements, internal control over financial reporting, operations, policies or practices. As part of succession planning, Kyle G. Koreyva, age 42, will become Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer effective October 1, 2026. He joined Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. via the August 2025 acquisition of AssuredPartners and has held senior accounting and finance roles over the past 20 years, including serving as Vice President, Accounting at the company and previously as AssuredPartners’ Chief Accounting Officer. There are no changes to Mr. Koreyva’s compensation in connection with this role and no disclosable related-party transactions or family relationships with directors or executive officers.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) received a notice that officer Walter D. Bay, through broker Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, plans to sell up to 12,000 shares of AJG common stock under Rule 144. The shares were acquired as compensation via restricted stock awards in 2025, in three lots of 1,305, 4,072, and 6,623 shares. The filing lists an aggregate market value of $3,263,880 for the planned sale and notes that 256,300,000 AJG common shares were outstanding. The proposed sale date referenced is August 24, 2026, with the shares listed on the NYSE.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) executive Christopher E. Mead, a vice president, reported an option exercise and same-day sale. He exercised 3,500 non-qualified stock options at an exercise price of $86.17 per share for 3,500 shares of common stock, then sold 3,500 common shares at $257.025 per share.
Mead continues to hold derivative and deferred equity interests, including phantom stock linked to 21,943.184 underlying common shares, several non-qualified stock option grants with exercise prices between $127.90 and $337.74, 1,982.8313 notional stock units payable after separation from service, and 491.098 common shares held indirectly through a Gallagher 401(k) plan account.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) received a notice under Rule 144 that an officer, Christopher E. Mead, plans to sell 3,500 shares of common stock. The shares are to be acquired through a stock option exercise for cash and are expected to be sold on or about August 19, 2026 through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) executive Mark H. Bloom, Vice President, exercised 1,280.485 shares of phantom stock into the same number of common shares at $0.0000 per share. In connection with this Age 62 Plan award distribution, 606.814 common shares were withheld at $251.21 per share to cover applicable income and employment taxes. Following the derivative transaction, Bloom holds 6,017.051 phantom stock units and continues to hold multiple non-qualified stock option awards and 962.2459 notional stock units tied to Gallagher common stock, plus 193.263 indirect common shares in a Gallagher 401(k) plan account.
Capital World Investors, a division of Capital Research and Management Company and affiliated investment management entities, reports beneficial ownership of 12,769,747 shares of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. common stock, representing 5.0% of the 256,900,000 shares believed to be outstanding as of June 30, 2026.
Capital World Investors has sole voting powersole dispositive power
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported that its Chief Operating Officer Patrick Murphy Gallagher made a bona fide gift of 23,800 shares of common stock on August 5, 2026. The gift, for estate planning purposes, transferred shares from his spouse to an irrevocable trust benefiting him and his children; the shares are held in family trusts, and he disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of any pecuniary interest. He also reports direct holdings of stock options and deferred-compensation awards, including phantom stock and notional stock units that each represent rights to receive Gallagher common shares in the future.
FMR LLC and Abigail P. Johnson report beneficial ownership of common stock of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in this amended Schedule 13G filing. FMR LLC reports beneficial ownership of 18,602,786.37 shares, representing 7.2% of the common stock.
FMR LLC has 16,607,747.94 shares with sole voting power and 18,602,786.37 shares with sole dispositive power, with no shared voting or dispositive power. Abigail P. Johnson is reported with sole dispositive power over 18,602,786.37 shares, representing the same 7.2% ownership.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported strong top-line growth for the three- and six‑month periods ended June 30, 2026. Total revenues rose to $4,003 million in the quarter from $3,222 million a year earlier and to $8,761 million for the first half from $6,949 million. Quarterly net earnings declined to $324 million from $368 million as compensation, operating, interest and amortization expenses increased, while first‑half net earnings improved to $1,147 million from $1,077 million.
Growth was driven in part by acquisitions, including Krose GmbH & Co KG, McKee Risk Management and 14 smaller deals completed in 2026 with aggregate purchase consideration of $664 million and annualized revenues of about $122 million. The integration of the 2025 AssuredPartners acquisition and other deals contributed to higher goodwill of $23,026 million and amortizable intangibles of $10,212 million, along with $21 million of second‑quarter impairment charges on amortizable assets.
Leverage remains significant, with corporate and other debt of $13,732 million and total future debt-related cash obligations, including interest, of $22,281 million; the company was in covenant compliance. Operating cash flow strengthened to $967 million for the first half, supporting $640 million of note repayments, $480 million of share repurchases and $359 million of dividends. Foreign currency translation losses reduced comprehensive earnings and increased accumulated other comprehensive loss.