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Maples, Arcara, Lottridge Join Denver Insurance Broker Lockton

Jun 10 2009 // The Denver office of Lockton Companies LLC, a privately owned independent insurance brokerage, announced that Jason Maples, Frank Arcara and Ron Lottridge will be joining the firm. Maples, the founder and managing partner...

Todorovich Joins Lockton as VP and Producer in St. Louis

Jun 3 2009 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton announced it has added Michael Todorovich II as vice president and producer in its St. Louis office. With more than 11 years of experience in the insurance industry,...

Whittaker Joins Lockton in San Francisco as a Senior VP

May 15 2009 // Charles B. Whittaker has joined insurance broker Lockton in San Francisco as a senior vice president. The addition of Whittaker expands Lockton’s depth of expertise in property and liability insurance, especially for...

Top 100 Profile: Locked into the Customer at No. 1 Lockton

May 14 2009 // As Insurance Journal prepares for another Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agency List, to be published in our Aug. 3, 2009, magazine, the editors wanted to highlight a few of the current Top 100 agencies. Throughout...

Lockton Chicago Named a 2009 Best Place to Work in Illinois

May 12 2009 // Lockton Chicago has once again been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois, an award program created in 2006 and is a project of The Business Ledger, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Illinois...

Redondo Beach Fire Department Receives $9600 Grant

May 5 2009 // Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. recently awarded a $9,563 grant to the Redondo Beach, Calif., Fire Department for the purchase of software, which is critical for planning, prevention...

Business Moves

Apr 20 2009 // Progressive Progressive said it will begin offering motorcycle and RV insurance in Massachusetts. The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based insurer said it will offer the coverage through its Web site as well as through independent...

For Award Winning CSR, Going ‘Above and Beyond’ is Part of the Job

Apr 20 2009 // What does it take to deliver outstanding customer service? Kimberly J. Muesse, a senior account manager with the Lockton Companies in Houston, should know. She’s won a string of awards during her 25-plus years in the...

Business Moves

Apr 20 2009 // Munich Re German reinsurer Munich Re has successfully concluded the acquisition of specialty insurer HSB Group from American International Group for $739 million. The deal was originally announced last December. The...

Broker Lockton Advises Insurance Buyers to Expect Firming of Prices

Apr 16 2009 // Insurance buyers can expect upward pricing pressure in the coming months, according to global insurance broker Lockton. According to Lockton brokers writing in a new marketplace overview, insurers saw a “perfect...

Lockton Opens Dubai Office

Mar 27 2009 // Global insurance broker Lockton announced that it has been granted a license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate as an insurance broker in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Lockton...

Bailey Joins Lockton Dunning Benefits Team in Dallas

Feb 17 2009 // Lockton Dunning Benefits recently added Vice President and Producer Kyle Bailey to its benefits team in Dallas, Texas. With more than 12 years of broad industry experience, Bailey focuses primarily on mid-market,...

Lockton Names Paulsen Vice President in Chicago

Feb 11 2009 // Independent insurance broker Lockton has named Michael D. Paulsen as vice president in the firm’s Chicago office. Paulsen is responsible for new business development and client advocacy for property/casualty and...

Lockton Launches Outsourcing, Data Breaches Risk Management Service

Feb 2 2009 // Lockton announced that is launching a unique set of risk management services to help companies address outsourcing risk and corporate response plans for data breaches. “These services are supported by leading cyber...

Stout Named Vice President at Lockton in D.C.

Jan 27 2009 // Insurance Broker The Lockton Cos. has named Jania Stout as vice President in Washington, D.C. The Baltimore native brings to Lockton a successful track record of business development and relationship management in...

Toner Joins Lockton’s New Boston Office

Jan 21 2009 // The Lockton Cos. has expanded its Northeast operations by adding turnaround expert Michael Toner to its new Boston office Toner is a leading expert on the insurance issues faced by companies in turnaround and...

Lockton Combines Connecticut and New York Teams

Dec 16 2008 // Privately held insurance broker Lockton Cos. said it has combined its Manhattan and Connecticut offices into a single team that will focus its efforts on the entire Northeast region. Lockton said its newly combined...

Ubhi Joins Lockton Insurance Brokers in San Francisco

Dec 5 2008 // ­­­Lockton Companies has appointed Harpreet Ubhi account executive for the company’s Financial Services Practice. He will be based in the company’s San Francisco office. Ubhi has worked in the risk...

Buyers Advised to Prepare Now for Hardening Markets as 2008 Winds Down

Nov 30 2008 // Pressures that could harden the property/casualty insurance market loom in the final weeks of 2008, says a report by the insurance broker Lockton. “In the first half of 2008 insurer profits declined 57 percent, the...

Lockton Report Analyzes Current Trends, Emerging Risks

Nov 18 2008 // Global insurance broker Lockton has published its Fall 2008 Market Update, a snapshot guide to the latest trends and emerging risks confronting risk managers and insurance carriers today. “The 2008 Lockton Market...