NEWPORT BEACH, CA — (Marketwire) — 09/28/11 — Alliant Insurance Services (), the nation-s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that employee benefits broker Ray Gallagher has joined the company as Senior Vice President in the firm-s Los Angeles office.
With eight years as a benefits broker serving clients in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, Gallagher will be responsible for business development and client services, focusing on private sector middle-market accounts, including healthcare, education, and real estate.
He joins Alliant after serving as Vice President in the Los Angeles office of a major insurance brokerage company, where he was a member of the national benefits leadership team. Previous to that, he was a national accounts producer for CIGNA HealthCare in Southern California and New York.
“With his background in serving clients throughout Southern California, Ray Gallagher will be a valuable asset in expanding our benefits business in this key market,” stated Tom Corbett, Alliant Chairman and CEO. “Ray has earned an outstanding reputation for sales production and for developing and delivering highly successful solutions to diverse employer benefits challenges.”
Gallagher is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont with a Bachelor-s degree in English and mathematics.
Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States and has a history dating back to 1925. Alliant provides property and casualty, workers- compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to some 20,000 clients nationwide, including public entities, tribal nations, healthcare, energy, law firms, real estate, construction, and other industry groups. More information is available on the company-s web site at: .
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