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Restricted Stock, Performance Share and Cash Awards - Schedule of Restricted Stock Awards Vesting Periods (Detail)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Vesting Period [Line Items]      
Shares granted in the period 376,541us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 369,975us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 361,400us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Vesting Period One Year [Member]      
Vesting Period [Line Items]      
Shares granted in the period 19,250us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodOneYearMember
19,375us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodOneYearMember
20,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodOneYearMember
Vesting period, years 1 year    
Vesting Period Three Years [Member]      
Vesting Period [Line Items]      
Shares granted in the period 33,741us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodThreeYearsMember
   
Vesting period, years 3 years    
Vesting Period Four Years [Member]      
Vesting Period [Line Items]      
Shares granted in the period 323,550us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodFourYearsMember
345,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodFourYearsMember
332,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodFourYearsMember
Vesting period, years 4 years    
Vesting Period Five Years [Member]      
Vesting Period [Line Items]      
Shares granted in the period   5,600us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodFiveYearsMember
9,400us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ajg_VestingPeriodFiveYearsMember
Vesting period, years 5 years