MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 25, 2010 — John Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, announced the recent addition of John Stege of Aptos, California, as a Vice President and Broker for the Employee Benefits Division for the venerable Mountain View, CA-based risk manager, insurance intermediary and broker.
"With our sustained growth in the Employee Benefits marketplace, the addition of a seasoned individual with John Stege's background, experience and industry knowledge is an invaluable accomplishment for both our clients and the company itself," said Miller. "Lawson-Hawks has continued to increase its market share in the Employee Benefits segment, serving both in the private and public employer sectors. Adding a consummate professional like John to the already fine staff and Brokers at LHI simply serves to expand our consultative and servicing capabilities in this very formidable market. The fact that John comes to us with authoritative credentials in the Third Party Administration industry is a particular blessing as employers continue to search for 'non-standard' approaches to healthcare cost containment and risk diffusion."
Mr. Stege has over 11 years experience in providing customized professional Third Party Administration services in the group insurance and employee health and welfare plan marketplace. Initially responsible for the recruitment of municipalities, school districts and other Joint Powers Authorities in California, Mr. Stege rose to the levels of Director of Sales and Vice President of Sales with Superior Administrators, Inc., a Santa Ana, California-based TPA. While at Superior Administrators, Mr. Stege assumed company-wide responsibility for all sales activities relating to group insurance and health plans for medical, dental, vision and life insurance plans nationwide.
Subsequently, Mr. Stege was recruited to a new start-up community bank in the San Francisco Bay area. At Global Trust Bank, he was responsible for all new business development as the bank grew in both asset size and customer base.
Said Mr. Stege of his newest venture: "I'm truly delighted to be affiliated with a customer-centric advisory organization like Lawson-Hawks. While my primary responsibilities will include new client solicitation and counseling in terms of options available to medium and large employers, I relish the opportunity to get back to my roots in the healthcare business and grow the LHI employee benefits model. I wanted to affiliate with a very experienced team of benefits consultants and servicing professionals to proactively address the ever-changing needs of our clients."
Mr. Stege is married and makes Aptos, California his home. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Santa Clara University where he additionally played intercollegiate basketball. He is an avid skier and musician, playing drums with a 50s band throughout the greater Bay Area for several years.
About Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates
Founded in 1937, Lawson-Hawks is a national independent insurance brokerage representing many diverse insurance carriers and underwriting facilitators and providing risk management, commercial and personal lines insurance, association programs, specialty programs for hospitals and the healthcare industry, retirement planning and employee benefits to over seventy-thousand global clients. Lawson-Hawks (http://www.lawson-hawks.com) currently maintains regional offices in Mountain View, Folsom, Modesto, San Rafael, Monterey and Irvine, California.
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