During a tumultuous 2020, Lawley keeps associates and clients happy with innovative insurance industry advancements

 

Lawley, an independent family-owned insurance broker, is proud to announce recent awards and accomplishments across their footprint. In recent months, Lawley moved up Business Insurance’s Top 100 Brokers list from spot 50 to 45, retained the 36th spot on the Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property & Casualty Brokers list, and Lawley’s Rochester branch was named a Top Place to Work for the fourth year in a row from the Democrat & Chronicle.

These awards and accomplishments come after years of strategic mergers and acquisitions, talent management, and new business revenue goal achievements.

“We’re constantly evolving,” says Chris Ross, managing Principal of Lawley. “Since 2014, we’ve added nearly 150 new positions, brought on advanced technology, and created opportunities for partnerships with our valued clients and insurance carriers. But above all, we’ve been able to maintain our organization’s core values — relationship building, respect & integrity, passion, accountability, and commitment to our communities.”

In Rochester, Lawley’s branch is managed by four partners – Phil Andolina, Mark Verdi, Jim Verdi, and Matt Weins.

“For the last four years, we have been honored to be recognized by the community as a great place to work,” says Phil Andolina, Partner at Lawley Rochester. “Our associates come into work with passion, dedication, and knowledge to help our clients and we do everything we can to ensure they reach their career, educational, and personal goals. We live and work by a phrase at Lawley: ‘work hard, play hard.’ This helps us keep a balance and ensure that each and every one of our valued associates enjoy what they do and see how they can make a difference to our clients and communities.”

ABOUT LAWLEY

Lawley is a privately-owned, independent regional insurance firm specializing in property, casualty and personal insurance, employee benefits, and risk management consulting. Lawley is ranked among the 45 Largest Insurance Brokers in the U.S., according to Business Insurance magazine. For over 60 years, Lawley’s team of more than 400 associates have developed customized property, casualty, surety, and benefits insurance programs for businesses and municipalities of all sizes along with personalized protection for individuals and their families.

Headquartered in Buffalo, NY, Lawley has branch offices across New York in Amherst, Batavia, Dunkirk, Jamestown, Mahopac, Plainview, Purchase, and Rochester along with Darien, Connecticut and Florham Park, New Jersey.

ABOUT CHRIS ROSS

Chris Ross, in addition to serving as an agency principal, oversees Lawley Construction Insurance & Bonds, the branch dedicated to providing insurance and surety bonds to contractors, developers and others in the construction industry. Chris began his career at Lawley in 1986 and is instrumental in all company mergers, acquisitions, and branch activities, including Lawley Benefits Group. He is also actively involved in major accounts and has extensive knowledge of construction, Real Estate development, and risk management. Chris has been an integral part of leading the growth of Lawley, spearheading the expansion of the firm into New York’s Southern Tier, New Jersey, Connecticut, and around the New York City region.

ABOUT PHIL ANDOLINA

As managing partner of Lawley’s Rochester office, Phil is responsible for a team of 45+ people, which includes a sales team of 10 and a support staff of 35+. His expertise and skill lies in manufacturing, distribution, and trucking industries among other specialties.

Phil began his career with a family-run insurance agency in 1975. In 1983 he purchased the insurance agency from his father and renamed it Andolina Insurance Agency Inc. Over the years, the organization has grown from a small personal lines agency to a multi-dimensional firm. In 1999 he merged with Lawley and since that time has added insurance firms such as CRA Associates, Luellen Agency, and Walter Taylor Agency. Lawley is ranked among the top five largest insurance firms in the Rochester area according to the Rochester Business Journal and is the largest privately held firm in the area.