AssuredPartners NL (formerly Assured Neace Lukens) is an insurance brokerage firm founded in 1991 by John Neace and Joe Lukens. With headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, the firm has more than 500 licensed agents and more than 850 employees operating in 37 offices.
As of July 2011, Neace Lukens was the 24th largest private insurance firm in the country as ranked by Business Insurance magazine. Neace Lukens was acquired by AssuredPartners, Inc. in September 2011; AssuredPartners, Inc., in turn, is owned by Apax Partners.
The firm was founded in 1991 by John Neace and Joe Lukens. As of 2012, Larry Schaefer is the firm's president. Todd Stocksdale is the company's COO.
In 2012, AssuredPartners NL acquired a number of local insurance firms in the South and Midwest: First Carolina Risk Management Advisors, Benefit Concepts Inc., Morehead Insurance, Matrix Benefits and Consulting Group, Arison Insurance Services, Inc., Jenkins Insurance Service Berryman Insurance It had previously acquired Ohio Benefit Group LLC, Lent Agency; Plamp-Keen Agency Inc., and the Phoenix office of The Horton Group. Additional acquisitions include: Gosnell Agency, Davis-Garvin, Schroeder Agency, Insurors, Buckley & Co., Creech & Stafford, Turner & Hamrick, LLC Premiere Coastal Insurance Group, Hukill Hazlett Harrington Agency, First Palmetto Insurance Agency, Colonial Insurance Agency, Greater South Agency, Bandy Van Cleave & Williamson, Western Rivers Insurance and Bohannon-Meyer Insurance, Inc.
2017 Best Place to Work in Indiana by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce
2017 Best Place to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
2016 Best Place to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
2015 Top 50 Large-Group Broker in the United States by Employee Benefit News
2015 Healthiest Places to Work in the Bluegrass Platinum Employer
2015–2016 Horizon Agency by Westfield Insurance
2015 Healthiest Employer by the Dayton Business Journal (Dayton location)
2015 Top Ten Independent Insurance Agency by Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
2015 Best Employer in Ohio by the Ohio SHRM State Council and Best Companies Group
2015 Best Place to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
2014 Best Place to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
2014 Best Employer in Ohio by the Ohio SHRM State Council and Best Companies Group
2014 Cornerstone Elite Agency designation, Chubb Personal Insurance
2014 Hanover Insurance Group President's Club member
2013 Grange Senior Partner designation, Grange Insurance
2013 Grange Inner Circle designation, Grange Insurance
2013 Best Place to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
2011 Best Place to Work in Kentucky in the small – mid-size businesses. Ranked through employee survey through Commonwealth of KY (Endorsed by KY Society of HR Management, KY Chamber of Commerce, and the Best Companies Group)
2011 Best Place to Work in Indiana in the Large Companies Category for organizations with more than 250 employees as honored by the Indiana Chamber and Best Companies Group
2011 Best Places to Work in Ohio by the Society for Human Resource Management, the Ohio State Council and Best Companies Group
2010 Fast Fifty Award for the 50 fastest growing companies based in the Louisville Metro Area (Business First of Louisville)
