Kentucky’s Neace Lukens Acquires Ohio’s Lent Agency

Neace Lukens, a Louisville, Kentucky based brokerage firm, recently acquired the Lent Agency, a Dayton, Ohio insurance agency.

The merger will add 12 Lent Agency employees, including four producers, to the Neace Lukens staff. These employees will join seven Neace Lukens employees at their Daytona, Ohio office. The new firm will referred to as Lent-Neace Lukens.

Founded in 1975, the Lent Agency has more than 2,000 commercial and personal lines clients. The agency offers a full range of property and casualty insurance through such insurers as the Cincinnati Insurance Co., the Westfield Group and Acuity Insurance Group. The agency also offers employers risk management and employee benefits services.

Richard Lonneman, managing partner of Neace Lukens’ Cincinnati office, said the acquisition is part of the firm’s plan to grow throughout the Midwest.

Neace Lukens has 150 agents and 500 employees located throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Cleveland, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Arizona and Georgia. It also has satellite offices in Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

Topics Mergers & Acquisitions Ohio