Latest Lockton Headlines

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Lockton Adds Marsh’s Urias to Expand Southern California Business

Dec 22 2020 // Lockton Pacific has added Dan Urias as a vice president and producer to grow its commercial insurance presence in the Orange County and Inland Empire regions of Southern California. Urias is part of the Lockton’s...

Lockton Adds 3 Managing Directors from Aon to Its Transaction Liability Practice

Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...

New York Fines NRA $2.5M, Halts Its Insurance Business in the State for Five Years

Nov 19 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has entered into a settlement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to resolve alleged violations of New York insurance law. The settlement includes a monetary...

Lockton Hires Aon’s Stine as Midwest Series VP in St. Louis

Nov 16 2020 // Lockton has added Casey Stine as a vice president and Business Development consultant for the firm’s Midwest Series. Stine, who has nearly a decade of experience in employee benefits and corporate human resource...

People & Places

Oct 19 2020 // National Reinsurer AXIS Re announced the promotion of Dan Osterrieder to head of Casualty North America. Osterrieder will be responsible for general liability, auto, umbrella and excess, workers’ compensation,...

Guy Carpenter’s Massingham to Join Lockton Re Marine, Energy Division in London

Oct 15 2020 // Andy Massingham will be joining reinsurance broker Lockton Re as a senior broker as part of the Marine & Energy Division. He will be based in the London office. Massingham will join from Guy Carpenter which he joined...

Lockton Global Marine Adds Lochridge, Byrne in Florida

Oct 12 2020 // Lockton Global Marine has added Kyle Lochridge and Jake Byrne as vice presidents and account executives. They are based in South Florida. Kyle Lochridge Lochridge has over 13 years of experience in marine insurance with a...

Lockton Names Huston Senior Vice President in Washington

Sep 25 2020 // Lockton Cos. has named Danielle Huston a senior vice president. Huston will support the growth of Lockton’s Washington office and oversee the introduction of benefits consulting services to the local market. She was...

A.J. Gallagher Alleges Alliant’s Poaching ‘Playbook’ Has Cost It Employees, Clients

Sep 25 2020 // California-based insurance broker Alliant is again being sued over an alleged poaching scam, this time by rival Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Gallagher claims Alliant, with assistance and capital from its private equity...

What Distinguishes This Market? Here’s Lockton Re Leaders’ Insights

Sep 24 2020 // Lockton Re’s Tim Gardner, global CEO, and Ross Howard, global chairman, have been through their share of hard markets. Like many in the reinsurance business, they agree no two hard markets are exactly the same. For...

Lockton Pacific Promotes Hostovich and Barnes in California

Sep 23 2020 // Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC, the Pacific region of global insurance broker Lockton Cos., has named Teena Hostovich vice chair of Lockton Pacific and Greg Barnes president of Greater Los Angeles. Barnes and Hostovich are...

Lockton Partners with Michigan Minority Enterprise Brokerage, Birwood Services Group

Sep 21 2020 // Lockton has formed a strategic alliance with Birwood Services Group, a Detroit-based certified minority business enterprise (MBE) insurance brokerage. Lockton’s alliance with Birwood is part of the company’s...

Guy Carpenter’s Riley to Join Lockton Re Aviation Practice in London

Sep 14 2020 // Global reinsurance broker Lockton Re announced that Dominic Riley will be joining Lockton Re in London to lead the Aviation & Aerospace practice early next year. Riley was most recently part of the Aviation team at Guy...

Lockton Hires Conway as Chief People Officer

Aug 24 2020 // Kansas City, Mo.-based insurance broker Lockton has added Kelly Conway as chief people officer. In this position, Conway will lead Lockton’s people strategy, focusing on continuing to attract, develop, and retain...

Lockton Adds Henry to Transaction Liability Team in California

Aug 24 2020 // Lockton has added Philip Henry to its transaction liability. Henry is based in San Francisco, Calif. He is a former mergers and acquisitions attorney and representations and warranties insurance underwriter whose practice...

Lockton Names Duffy President of Washington D.C., Northern Virginia Offices

Aug 12 2020 // Lockton has promoted Ryan Duffy to president of its Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia offices. Duffy is responsible for the ongoing stewardship of new and existing clients in the region. He oversees new business...

People & Places

Aug 10 2020 // National Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. practice leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for...

Lockton Pacific Series Names Ricks Vice President in California

Aug 7 2020 // Lockton Pacific Series has named Thomas Ricks vice president of data analytics. Ricks is based in Lockton’s San Francisco, Calif. office. Ricks was previously a vice president with Aon. He started his career with...

Willis Re Taps Moss from Lockton Re as Co-Head of Specialty Casualty Unit in London

Jul 8 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson, announces the appointment of James Moss as co-head of Willis Re Specialty’s Casualty practice. In his role, Moss will work in tandem with Chirag Shah to...

Pan Named Managing Director at Lockton Capital Markets

Jun 23 2020 // Lockton Capital Markets (LCM), based in New York City, has appointed Richard Pan as managing director. In this role, Pan will work closely with CEO Ken Pierce to grow the structured finance practice, which brings the...