About RPS (Risk Placement Services)
Risk Placement Services (RPS) is a wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) built RPS from scratch in 1997 as its domestic wholesale brokerage division, and it remains a wholly owned part of Gallagher today. RPS gives independent retail agents access to excess and surplus lines and other specialty markets across property, casualty, and professional lines, working with thousands of independent agencies nationwide, and is widely regarded as one of the largest wholesale insurance brokerages in the United States.
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Specialty coverage through RPS (Risk Placement Services)
When a standard carrier won't write a risk, we submit it to specialty markets like RPS (Risk Placement Services). RPS (Risk Placement Services) or the insurance company it works with decides whether to offer coverage and at what price, and coverage can't be bound or changed through this website.
RPS (Risk Placement Services) questions
How does Magnuson Insurance work with RPS (Risk Placement Services)?
RPS (Risk Placement Services) is one of the specialty markets Magnuson Insurance uses to place general liability and cyber liability risks that standard carriers won't write in Florida. We submit your application; RPS (Risk Placement Services) or the insurance company it works with decides whether to offer coverage and at what price, and we service the policy for you.
Florida insurance guides
Magnuson Insurance is an independent agency licensed by the Florida Department of Financial Services (agency license L104700). RPS (Risk Placement Services)'s name and logo are its trademarks. Claims numbers and links are RPS (Risk Placement Services)'s own; your policy documents have the final word. Last updated October 7, 2026.