For Immediate Release January 17, 2008

Michael Ludt Joins Lawson-Hawks Medical Malpractice Healthcare Group

MOUNTAIN VIEW CA.  John Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, announced the recent addition of Michael Ludt of Irvine, California as a Broker for the Healthcare/Medical Malpractice Division for the venerable Mountain View, CA based insurance intermediary and broker.

“With our sustained growth in the Healthcare and Medical Malpractice marketplace, the addition of someone with Mr. Ludt’s background, experience and industry knowledge is an invaluable acquisition for both our clients and the company itself”, said Miller.  “Lawson-Hawks has continued to increase its substantial market share in the Healthcare services sector, serving individual doctors, clinical practice groups and hospitals.  Adding a heavyweight like Mike in Southern California further expands our consultative and servicing capabilities in this very formidable market.  The fact that Mike comes to us with authoritative credentials in the Healthcare sector and is based in Irvine provides our thousands of Southern California clients with a more accessible advisor and Broker”.

Mr. Ludt has over eleven years experience in providing customized professional coverage’s for the Healthcare industry.  Previously, he was affiliated with Madison Health Care, Inc. as a Vice President of Business Development and before that Mr. Ludt was a co-founder in Stop Loss Insurance Brokers Inc., both Southern California- based Healthcare oriented insurance Brokerages.  While affiliated with both Madison and Stop Loss Insurance Brokers, Mr. Ludt led a Best Practices development initiative and provided templates and models for the changing Healthcare risk management profiles of their client base.

"I'm truly delighted to be affiliated with a customer-centric advisory organization like Lawson-Hawks.  While my primary responsibilities include counseling individual doctors and clinical practice groups on risk management and exposure issues, I wanted a very experienced team of servicing professionals to proactively address the needs of my clients.  Lawson-Hawks seems to have perfected medical malpractice servicing to a science—exhibiting both technical expertise and professional sensitivity”, said Mr. Ludt of his recent transition.  

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 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.

For further information, contact Jon Hilgers, Director, New Business Development, (650.237.3023) or email to: jhilgers@lawson-hawks.com