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Insurance Broker Ranks No. 2614 on Inc. 5000 for 2008
KANSAS CITY, (PRNewswire), September 12 2008 - Inc. magazine has ranked Lockton among the fastest-growing private firms in the U.S. for the second straight year. Lockton is ranked No. 2614 on its list of the 5,000 firms with the best growth track record. Lockton is one of the largest firms on the list, ranking as the 28th largest company with its revenue of $742 million.
The Inc. 5000 is an extension of Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 500 list. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy, the magazine said.
"Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism," said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. "The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivalled portrait of companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models."
Lockton's 3,825 professionals specialize in risk management, commercial insurance and employee benefit consulting. Lockton has grown 140 percent in the past three years and has become the world's largest privately held independent insurance broker. Lockton has grown from a small, Kansas City-based firm to become a global insurance broker primarily through client service and organic growth. It is now ranked 10th largest in the world among all brokers.
"Our clients have helped us become the world's largest privately held independent insurance broker," said David Lockton, Chairman of the Kansas City, Mo.-based firm. "Growth is not our primary goal. It is a by-product of solving challenges for our clients and earning their loyalty."
The 5,000 companies that made the list reported aggregate revenue of $185 billion and median three-year growth of 147 percent. Most important, the 2008 Inc. 5000 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 826,033 jobs since those companies were founded.
The New York metro area tops the Inc. 5000 list with the most companies of any city with 355. Kansas City, where Lockton is based, has 39 companies listed with median revenues of $16.9 million.
Dick's Sporting Goods Teams Up With MLS
KANSAS CITY, (PRNewswire), September 12 2008 - Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) and some of Major League Soccer's best are teaming up to help some disadvantaged youth this Back to School season.
A special shopping event, co-sponsored by MLS and several of its teams, is scheduled to take place in Dick's Sporting Goods stores throughout the country in early September.
The events will give approximately 50 underprivileged kids in each community MVP status through a special "personal shopper" experience with players from the Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Chicago Fire, D.C. United, F.C. Dallas, Kansas City Wizards, New England Revolution, Red Bull New York and Real Salt Lake. All of the participating children will be given a complimentary Dick's Sporting Goods gift card and then accompanied through the store by the players who will help them pick out merchandise to purchase with that gift card.
"The announcement of our alliance with Major League Soccer earlier this year was an illustration of the commitment Dick's Sporting Goods has made to the sport of soccer in the United States," said Jeffrey R. Hennion, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Dick's Sporting Goods. "However, just as important to our company is our commitment to the communities in which we do business so we are extremely proud to be hosting these shopping events with MLS and its teams."
"Major League Soccer, our clubs and our players, have always felt that we serve our communities and have identified kids as our main focus. Whether that is through local clinics, hospital visits or other initiatives, we and our players feel a need to give back," said Kathy Carter, Executive Vice President of Soccer United Marketing, MLS' marketing arm. "Dick's Sporting Goods shares our mission of giving back to the community and we are excited that our players, from all over the country, will be participating in this event."
The events will take place in select Dick's Sporting Goods stores in each of the teams' home markets and are part of the company's official sponsorship of Major League Soccer. The participating children will be representing local youth charity organizations selected in combination by the teams and Dick's Sporting Goods Community Marketing Team.
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