Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) acquired Market Financial Group, Ltd. on January 26, 2018. In a related transaction, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) acquired Austin Consulting Group, Inc. from RetinQ Consulting Group, LLC on January 26, 2018. Richard J. Waters, Jr., W. Robert Messer and Kenneth Riemen will continue to operate from their Crystal Lake location under the direction of Patrick M. Gallagher, Head of Gallagher's Midwest retail property/casualty brokerage operations, and John Neumaier, Head of Gallagher's Great Lakes employee benefits consulting and brokerage operations. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) completed the acquisition of Market Financial Group, Ltd. on January 26, 2018. Under the terms of consideration, Arthur J. Gallagher paid $33.9 million of cash consideration and $3.7 million of common stock consideration, plus a maximum potential earn-out of $7 million for the acquisition of Market Financial Group, Ltd. and Austin Consulting Group Inc.