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

7/16/2026

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 reach. The complication is that Arthur J. Gallagher disclosed no financial terms, leaving the transaction's true scale unmeasurable from the public record.

What the acquisition adds to RPS RPS is Arthur J. vehicle for wholesale brokerage, binding authority, and programs business. That is the platform Med James, based in Overland Park, Kansas, is now joining.

Gallagher, headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, announced the transaction on July 9, 2026. The counterargument The case against reading significance into this is simple.