Themove adds an impressive client list and additional expertise in the marinebusiness to New York quoted Gallagher, the fourth biggest of the internationalinsurance intermediaries.

Asale price has not been revealed but Oslo based Bergvall has annual revenues ofabout $5m.

In1994 Bjorn Bergvall sold his century old family insurance broking business,Arvid Bergvall, to Sedgwick which later became part of Marsh.

Buthe returned to the market in 2008 with an entrepreneurial team from Marsh toestablish Bergvall Marine which rapidly signed up several top Norwegianshipowners as clients.

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