Chad Young joins Lockton as Senior Vice President

Hire highlights firm’s continuing growth initiative in the Houston region through strategic talent acquisition

Houston, TX —September 10, 2024 — Lockton (opens a new window), the world's largest privately held independent insurance brokerage firm, continues its aggressive growth strategy in the Houston region with the hiring of veteran benefits consultant Chad Young (opens a new window) to join its rapidly expanding Houston team. Young will serve as Senior Vice President at Lockton.

Young’s ascending career arc saw him start as an Account Executive at Aetna to Senior Account Executive roles at Assurant and The Hartford to an Area Vice President Benefits Consultant at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., where he’s been a top-producing consultant for nearly 14 years, designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive benefits programs. The addition of Young expands the deep bench of seasoned industry professionals recently hired to join Lockton’s strategic and accelerated growth initiative in the Houston region.

“Chad is a veteran employee benefits professional with a distinguished career working with organizations of various sizes and industries,” said Steve Idoux, CEO of Lockton’s Dunning Series. “He has a proven track record of aligning benefits strategies with an organization’s fiscal and employee benefits goals. We believe his extensive experience and strategic approach to benefits management will be invaluable and further enhance Lockton’s industry-leading capabilities to deliver tailored benefits solutions to our clients.”

Chad, who resides in Houston with his family, is a proud Aggie, graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Business Marketing.

“As we continue our growth journey in the Houston region, Chad is representative of the kind of talented professionals we are recruiting to expand our already deep bench of accomplished consultants,” said Nick Serrault, Chief Operating Officer of Lockton’s Dunning Series. “We are confident his experience will align seamlessly with Lockton’s clinical, data and consulting expertise as we continue to build the best health and wellness benefits and brokerage team in the region.”

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About Lockton:

What makes Lockton stand apart is also what makes us better: independence. Lockton's private ownership empowers its 11,700+ Associates doing business in over 140 countries to focus solely on clients' risk, insurance and people needs. With expertise that reaches around the globe, Lockton delivers the deep understanding needed to accomplish remarkable results. For more information, visit www.lockton.com (opens a new window).