MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 24, 2008 — John Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, announced the recent addition of Laura Ramsey as Vice-President, Private Client Services for the venerable Mountain View, CA-based insurance intermediary and broker.
"As Lawson-Hawks has continued its sustained growth in all facets of the insurance and risk management industries, we have determined to commit to a division that delivers exemplary service and highly unique products to our most affluent clients. While we have maintained a personal lines division for over seventy years, we have now resolved to expand the Agency's capabilities to address the esoteric and unusual risks that are often associated with our most discriminating and financially comfortable clients. We expect the service for virtually all of our clients to be above reproach — Private Client Services simply carries that mantra further so that those with unusual and extraordinary personal possessions, collections and real estate have a specialized advocate and service provider at their disposal.
"The new division of Lawson-Hawks, headed by Ms. Ramsey, will endeavor to provide thorough competence in covering the risks that, while somewhat rare, are of substantial financial importance and sufficiently unique in their characterization that traditional 'off-the-shelf' insurance contracts may not provide all the protection or risk aversion options necessary," continued Miller.
Ms. Ramsey has been an insurance broker for over twelve years. Prior to her assuming her role at Lawson-Hawks, she was affiliated with InsPro in Sunnyvale and San Jose where she created a very loyal client following. Beginning in the servicing sector of property-casualty insurance, Laura realized that her skills and capabilities were well-suited to client problem resolution and advocacy whereupon she migrated to the brokerage side of the InsPro Agency. With Lawson-Hawks, Ms. Ramsey will be responsible for growing the Private Client Services Division and determining both the markets and strategies capable of addressing these esoteric risks. Ms. Ramsey holds the professional designation of CISR through the National Alliance of Insurance Education and Research and has obtained certificates from the Insurance Institute of America (IIA).
Ms. Ramsey said of her affiliation with Lawson-Hawks, "I'm delighted to finally join LHI. For a number of years now, LHI Management and I have attempted to determine a mutually acceptable role for me at the Company. With the launch of the new Private Client Services Division, I believe I can now fully serve my existing clients and referral sources as well and be a catalyst to expand LHI's services and value-add propositions in its very high-quality client base. I'm anxious to move in this direction and look forward to providing the enhanced levels of personal service and the superior consulting capabilities we will be able to deliver to clients, both new and existing alike."
About Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates
Founded in 1937, Lawson-Hawks is a national independent insurance brokerage and Surplus Lines Broker 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 fifty thousand global clients. Lawson-Hawks (http://www.lawson-hawks.com) currently maintains regional offices in Mountain View, Sacramento, San Francisco, Monterey and Los Angeles.
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