Lockton Kansas City hosts 2013 Transparency Summit

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Nov 26, 2013, 04:54 ET

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton Companies' Kansas City Employee Benefits Agency hosted a Transparency Summit on Tuesday, Nov. 19^th for its health and welfare clients and prospects. The Transparency Summit featured four of the industry's leading transparency vendors: Castlight Health, Mpower360, eLuminate Health, and the Medical Advocate Program.

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As a relatively new marketplace, Lockton hosted the Transparency Summit to educate clients on how transparency tools and services can directly help their organization reduce unnecessary medical expenditures. The featured vendors represented different transparency approaches to assist consumers in making smarter healthcare choices: concierge, marketplace, and technology. This event helped clients understand Lockton's service model around transparency, and which approach best fits their organization's culture.

"Turning participants into better consumers is a key to improving health and controlling cost," said Rick Kahle, President of Lockton's Kansas City Employee Benefit Division. "Given the complexity of our healthcare system, consumers need better tools and support services to identify the best combination of quality and price."

ABOUT LOCKTON:

More than 4,950 professionals at Lockton provide 35,000 clients around the world with risk management, insurance, and employee benefits consulting services that improve their businesses. From its founding in 1966 in Kansas City, Missouri, Lockton has attracted entrepreneurial professionals who have driven its growth to become the largest privately held insurance broker in the world and 9th largest overall. Independent researcher Greenwich Associates has awarded Lockton its Service Excellence Award for risk management for large companies. For five consecutive years, Business Insurance has recognized Lockton as a "Best Place to Work in Insurance." To see the latest insights from Lockton's experts, check the Lockton Health Reform and Compliance Services Blog.

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