South Wales-based Giles Insurance Brokers has announced a rebrand following its recent acquisition by leading insurance broker, Arthur J Gallagher.

Giles, which has branches in Newport, Llantrisant, St Mellons and Talbot Green, will transition to the Arthur J Gallagher brand, fully aligning the two businesses with a common identity as they seek to build on their combined success, which has created a top three UK commercial retail insurance broker.

Arthur J Gallagher in Wales employs 130 people across its four offices and specialises in servicing business and personal insurance requirements across the region.

Arthur J Gallagher’s £233m acquisition of the Giles group of companies last November marked a transformational deal that radically expanded its UK geographic footprint, bringing into the fold 36 new regional branch locations across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

It brought together two high-performing businesses that, combined, are delivering even better propositions to clients due to the complementary nature of their industry specialisms and areas of expertise. The deal demonstrated a huge acceleration of the company’s UK commercial broking ambitions, and simultaneously brought significant growth prospects for its underwriting operations.

Mike Jones, regional managing director for Wales, said: “Following the acquisition, our top priority was delivering a successful integration of the two businesses with minimum interruption to our valued customers. We’re delighted to announce today the completed rebrand of Giles Insurance Brokers to Arthur J Gallagher across the UK. That said, we are now able to significantly widen our offering, providing more choice and better value for our clients.”

Since its £1.1m grant award by the Welsh Assembly last year, the rebranded Arthur J Gallagher head office in Llantrisant has recruited 35 new members of staff, delivered significant training and development for both its new and existing employees and invested further in client services. With a second round of recruitment planned, the business is both contributing to the regional economy and supporting the local community. With a core belief in face to face customer service and recruiting and developing local professionals to serve local businesses, Arthur J Gallagher enjoys a loyal client base across the region.