WGA Chosen Best Retail Insurance Broker

    BOSTON, Aug. 25 /
EMWNews
/ -- William Gallagher Associates (WGA) has

been named the 2008 Readers Choice Best Retail Agent/Broker by Business

Insurance, the leading periodical to the commercial insurance industry.



    Business Insurance's Annual Readers Choice Awards recognizes the best

overall commercial insurance industry companies and lets subscribers weigh

in on which companies they think are the leaders in service, value, quality

and innovation. WGA was ranked first among all brokers in the $25m-$50m

revenue category.



    "We have always been intensely focused on urgently delivering service

to fast-growth companies with complicated risks, and each of our service

teams are committed to being well-educated on the specific risks that face

our core industries," said Philip J. Edmundson, Chairman and CEO of WGA.

"This is the culture that helped build WGA and continues to drive our

business."



    Business Insurance is a weekly publication serving executives

responsible for the purchase and administration of corporate

insurance/self-insurance programs, encompassing both property and liability

insurance and employee benefit programs, including life, health and

pensions.



    WGA is a leading provider of insurance brokerage, risk management and

employee benefit services to companies with complex risks and dynamic

needs, within industries that include: life sciences, technology, financial

services, healthcare, aviation, energy and environmental services. The firm

was founded in 1983 and is one of the country's leading independent

brokerage firms, with offices in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Hartford, CT;

Columbia, MD; Princeton, NJ; Atlanta, GA; and Paris, France. http://www.WGAins.com