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Arthur J. Gallagher's RPS acquires Med James, adding a Kansas operation to its wholesale platform

Risk Placement Services, the U.S. wholesale brokerage, binding authority and programs division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Overland Park, Kansas-based Med James, Inc. The deal extends RPS's geographic…

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