Spencer M. Houldin

Spencer M. Houldin is Managing Director of Gallagher Private Client. He has thirty three years of experience as a personal insurance advisor. He was President of Ericson Insurance and led their high net worth personal insurance division before its merge with Arthur J. Gallagher in 2024.

Spencer has testified on Capitol Hill on numerous occasions in front of both chambers of Congress on topics ranging from the modernization of the insurance industry to the National Flood Insurance Program.

Spencer has been very involved in the insurance industry throughout his career. In 2017, he was the 112th Chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America ("The Big I") the nation’s oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers with 300,000 members.

Spencer has appeared on Fox television’s morning program, Fox and Friends, multiple times regarding insurance and small business matters as well as various shows on Fox Business, CNBC, and CNN. He has been quoted in dozens of national periodicals including The Wall Street Journal.

A graduate of Lafayette College, Spencer lives in Delray Beach, FL and Long Beach Island, NJ.