MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 4, 2009 — Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, California, today announced the acquisition of J6 Insurance Services, Inc. of Rocklin, California in an asset purchase arrangement. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
John Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Lawson Hawks Insurance Associates, Inc., said of the acquisition, "We are extremely excited about the addition of J6 Insurance Services to the Lawson-Hawks family. While we have extended our Sacramento presence greatly in the last five years, the acquisition of J6 provides us not only with a formidable addition to our current construction and environmental risk management practice groups, but brings to LHI some very experienced and knowledgeable professional staff and Brokers. Delightfully, the J6 operations and industry focus bond seamlessly with our current servicing priorities. Additionally, J6 has done a remarkable job of serving the program and affinity business of the construction and environmental sectors. The assimilation of the veteran dedicated professional staff of the J6 offices provides us with yet another enhancement to LHI's excellent client servicing capabilities."
Steve Jordan, President and CEO of J6, said of the acquisition, "We're very gratified to join the Lawson-Hawks insurance and risk management team. This union permits us to substantially expand the depth of both our marketing to new prospective clients and servicing of existing client relationships. With Lawson-Hawks, we expect to substantially increase our program and affinity placement and servicing capabilities, while attracting larger middle-market client affiliations. The synergies between the respective companies convince us that this joining is good for our clients, good for the industries we serve and a wonderful opportunity to extend our national footprint into larger businesses with more complicated risk management challenges. Not only will our clients receive the same quality servicing that they have become accustomed to through J6, the substantially expanded resources of Lawson-Hawks will be brought to bear in terms of unique affinity programs and economies of scale which translate to the bottom line of many of our construction and environmental clients. In these difficult economic times, anything that we can do to provide a break for our clients is now our major priority and I'm convinced that joining Lawson-Hawks enhances that priority."
About Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates
Founded in 1937, Lawson-Hawks is a national independent insurance brokerage representing a vast array of insurance carriers and providing risk management, commercial and personal lines insurance, association and affinity programs, retirement planning and employee benefits to over seventy-five thousand global customers. Lawson-Hawks (http://www.lawson-hawks.com) currently maintains other regional offices in Sacramento, Monterey, Modesto, San Francisco, Irvine, San Diego and San Rafael. For more information, contact Jon Hilgers at 650-237-3023 or via email at Email
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