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Insurance Broker Lockton Opens New Orleans Area Office

Feb 12 2019 // Global insurance broker Lockton Companies has opened an office in the greater New Orleans area, headed by Tim Woodard, JD. Danelle Heathman has been appointed as a senior vice president and Cheryl Cabrera will serve as a...

Andersen, Hunter to Lead Lockton Employee Benefits Operations in California

Feb 7 2019 // Lockton has named Won Andersen and Dard Hunter to lead and expand its Pacific Series employee benefits operations. Both will be based in Lockton’s San Francisco, Calif. office. Andersen is focusing on creating a...

Clymer Appointed Chief Information Officer at Lockton

Dec 18 2018 // Kansas City, Missouri-based Lockton has named Byron Clymer chief information officer. Clymer will oversee strategic information technology initiatives to meet the future needs of associates and clients. He will report to...

Lockton Names Byrne Risk Management and Benefits Consultant in California

Oct 23 2018 // Lockton has added Tom Byrne as a risk management and employee benefits consultant. Byrne is based in the San Francisco, Calif. office. He has more than 16 years of experience in the industry. Byrne worked as a client...

Lockton Names Gibson Sr. VP, Director of Marketing, Communications, External Affairs

Oct 17 2018 // Kansas City, Missouri-based insurance services firm, Lockton Companies, has named Julie Gibson senior vice president, director of marketing, communications and external affairs. She is based in Kansas City. Gibson will...

Lockton Adds Rioux to Employee Benefits Team in Atlanta

Oct 10 2018 // Employee benefits consultant Eric Rioux has joined Lockton’s Southeast series as a business adviser. Lockton’s Southeast operation has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Naples, Miramar, Miami, Tampa and...

Lockton’s Lumelleau Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers in Houston

Sep 21 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Matt Lumelleau as a principal in the firm’s property/casualty practice. Based in Houston, Lumelleau will be responsible for new business development, the design,...

People

Sep 17 2018 // Paula Downey, president and CEO of CSAA Insurance Group in California since 2010, will retire following a search for her successor. Downey recently led the AAA insurer through a six-year infrastructure transformation. She...

Lockton Names Mccoy CEO of Mountain West Operations

Sep 5 2018 // Lockton has named Tate McCoy CEO of its Mountain West operations. McCoy will lead more than 400 Lockton associates who serve clients from offices in Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Seattle. He is responsible for new...

New Jersey Investigating NRA-Sponsored Carry Guard Insurance

Sep 3 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is investigating the marketing and sale in New Jersey of insurance sponsored by the National Rifle Association for potential violations of state insurance laws. The...

Lockton Names Hill Personal Lines Leader in Nevada

Aug 30 2018 // Lockton has named Connie Hill to its signature client group in the Mountain West region. Hill is located in Lockton’s Las Vegas, Nev., office and will lead on providing advice and counsel to successful individuals...

New Jersey Investigating NRA-Sponsored Carry Guard Insurance

Aug 22 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is investigating the marketing and sale in New Jersey of insurance sponsored by the National Rifle Association for potential violations of state insurance laws. The...

Lockton to Administer Attorney Protective Lawyer Program in the East

Jul 31 2018 // Lockton Affinity will be the exclusive administrator for Attorney Protective’s Professional Liability Insurance Program for attorneys in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The Attorney Protective program was...

Hearst Joins Lockton as Construction Leader in the Mountain West Region

Jul 30 2018 // Insurance broker Lockton has added Brian Hearst as senior vice president and construction manager for the Mountain West region. Hearst has nearly 30 years of experience in construction broking, underwriting, risk...

NRA Sues New York, Alleging First Amendment Violations in Insurance Crackdown

May 11 2018 // The National Rifle Association (NRA) has filed a lawsuit against New York’s insurance regulator and Governor Andrew Cuomo, alleging a regulatory overreach by New York officials that has resulted in violations of the...

Lloyd’s Ends Ties with NRA Insurance Programs

May 10 2018 // Lloyd’s of London has directed its underwriters to terminate any insurance programs they have with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and to not enter into any new ones. “The Lloyd’s Corporation has...

Chubb Subsidiary Fined $1.3M for Underwriting NRA-Branded Insurance

May 7 2018 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has fined Chubb Ltd. and its subsidiary, Illinois Union Insurance Company, $1.3 million for underwriting the National Rifle Association (NRA)-branded Carry Guard...

NRA Sues Insurance Broker Lockton Over ‘Carry Guard’

May 7 2018 // The National Rifle Association is suing Lockton Cos., alleging the insurance broker breached its contract with the firearms lobbying group. Lockton administered the NRA’s Carry Guard insurance program, which was...

New York Fines Lockton Over NRA Insurance; Continues Probe of Other Players

May 3 2018 // Insurance broker Lockton will pay a $7 million fine for administering National Rifle Association (NRA) member insurance programs in New York that officials say violate several state laws. The settlement with Lockton is the...

Taiym Named Executive VP-Chief Digital Officer at Lockton

Apr 16 2018 // Kansas City-based independent insurance broker, Lockton, has named Said Taiym executive vice president-chief digital officer. Taiym will focus on digital innovation and new technologies to help Lockton associates transform...