Founded in 1955, Joseph Distel & Co. Inc. is a managing general agent and wholesale insurance broker that provides excess and surplus, property/casualty, professional business liability and other specialty insurance products and services to independent insurance agents and brokers throughout the Northeast. They specialize in insurance coverage for the transportation industry.
Ken Distel and his employees will continue to operate from their location in Farmington under the direction of Joel Cavaness, president of Risk Placement Services Inc., an Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. subsidiary.
An international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. It has operations in 31 countries and offers client-services in more than 150 countries globally through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
