Lockton Welcomes Employee Benefits Leader Patrick Georgia

Georgia advances Lockton's Milwaukee operation with benefits leadership

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Feb 06, 2015, 10:01 ET

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton's Milwaukee operation just announced their newest addition, Patrick Georgia, who joined the company as Senior Vice President and Employee Benefits Practice Leader. Lockton is the world's largest independent insurance broker, and continues to grow worldwide.

At Lockton, Georgia has responsibility for leading the service delivery for employee benefit clients and prospective clients. "Patrick has been leading an employee benefits practice in Wisconsin for years," said Bill Crowley, Senior Vice President, and co-founder of Lockton's Milwaukee operation. "We are extremely happy we were able to bring an individual of Patrick's expertise and tenure in the Wisconsin marketplace to Lockton." As part of Lockton-Milwaukee, Georgia will help clients by developing benefit programs to meet their needs and manage risks in an evolving benefits landscape. He and his team consult with employers on the many aspects of plan design, including funding, marketing, and analysis of employee benefit programs.

As Practice Leader, Georgia will also have responsibility for strategy development and implementation, organizing resources, and building out staffing needs. "Patrick's energy, passion, innovation and experience are just what clients need when facing challenges and problems," said John O'Connor, Senior Vice President, and co-founder of Lockton's Milwaukee operation, adding, "We are excited to watch Patrick lead and develop our expanding team and help us grow throughout Wisconsin. He has a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience to share."

Georgia has more than 18 years of industry experience, as well as eight years working with Humana. Before joining Lockton, he was most recently Senior Vice President and Wisconsin Health and Benefits Practice Leader at Aon Hewitt. About his new position, he said, "Lockton is one of the industry's fastest growing companies. Our strength is established by the day-to-day success of our clients. We know our clients' health and benefit programs can be complex. Lockton innovates to deliver best practices to solve client issues, with the ultimate goal of a service model that is the standard for our industry."

Georgia attended St. Norbert College where he received a bachelor's degree in marketing and finance. He later received an MBA in business finance at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He is also an assistant track coach for St. Norbert College.

Georgia will operate from Lockton's Milwaukee office at 111 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. He may be reached at 414-270-8700.

About Lockton

More than 5,300 professionals at Lockton provide 41,000 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, independent insurance broker in the world and 10^th largest overall. Independent researcher Greenwich Associates has awarded Lockton its Service Excellence Award for risk management for large companies. For six consecutive years, Business Insurance has recognized Lockton as a "Best Place to Work in Insurance." To see the latest insights from Lockton's employee benefits experts, check the Lockton Health Reform Blog, the Lockton Health Risk Solutions Blog, or the Lockton HR Technology Blog.

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