NU Online News Service, july 29, 11:17 a.m. EDT

Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher has reached a nationwide agreement with the Illinois attorney general and Illinois Insurance Department permitting it to once again accept contingent commissions.

AJG was one of four brokers that agreed to drop the contingent fees in 2004 after a New York state investigation turned up evidence that the lucrative commissions served as a reward for rigging bids and steering commercial insurance clients to certain insurers.

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