Western Growers Establishes Strategic Alliance With JLT to Provide Global Insurance Solutions
07 September 2016 - 2:00AM
Western Growers Insurance Services is expanding its global reach
through a new strategic alliance with JLT Specialty USA (LSE:JLT),
one of the world’s leading insurance brokerages. The alliance
provides Western Growers the ability to now offer agribusiness and
food clients direct access to global insurance carriers.
Additionally, this relationship provides the opportunity to tap
into offices around the world and the ability to meet specific
company needs with the help of subject matter experts.
“By developing a strategic global alliance with JLT, we’ve
advanced Western Growers’ insurance brokerage by 10 years,” said
Jeff Gullickson, Senior Vice President of Western Growers Insurance
Services. “Now with access to 140 offices around the world, the
food and agribusiness industry can utilize JLT’s broad spectrum of
international insurance resources and receive tailored insurance,
risk management and financial solutions across the globe.”
The alliance affords all of Western Growers’ 2,400 member direct
access to virtually any global insurance company, providing a
massive advantage to businesses who are already operating or
looking to open operations in other countries. All members can now
leverage the expertise of local professionals in foreign countries
to ensure full compliance with other countries’ insurance laws and
regulations.
Additionally, Western Growers and JLT collaborated to create an
industry-leading cargo insurance coverage solution and
administration platform exclusively available to Western Growers’
members. This combined coverage solution and administration
platform enables members to effectively manage their cargo programs
at the lowest possible premium costs. The partnership will also
offer a combined coverage solution called THE SHIELD.
With THE SHIELD, members will receive an insurance program, as
well as continuous and unbroken transit coverage for all product
shipments to and from all points on the globe. This solution
includes Cargo, Contamination, Recall and Non-Physical Damage loss
of income. The Cargo solution and THE SHIELD solutions can include
iCargo, a world class, leading cargo software application that
helps members administer, monitor and provides analytical support
for future cargo shipments and strategies.
“We are thrilled to partner with Western Growers as their
members will now be able to take advantage of our global insurance
solutions and for the first time have access to a world class cargo
software package,” said Mike Rastigue, Executive Vice President and
West Coast Sales Leader at JLT Specialty USA. “At JLT, we
value the importance of robust data and our insurance solution will
now provide members data, analytics and modeling to aid in
strategic risk management solutions. Members will have access to
claims experts in specific sensitive coverage areas, including
product liability and Cargo, among others.”
JLT ENQUIRIES:Name: Ashely Deal, VP of
Marketing Phone: (310) 266-9464Email: ashely.deal@jltus.com
WESTERN GROWERS ENQUIRIES:Name: Cory Lunde,
Director of Strategic Initiatives & Communications Phone: (949)
885-2264Email: clunde@wga.com
Name: Stephanie Thara, Communications ManagerPhone: (949)
885-2256Email: sthara@wga.com
NOTES TO EDITORS:
About Jardine Lloyd ThompsonJardine Lloyd
Thompson is one of the world’s leading providers of insurance,
reinsurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and
associated services. JLT’s client proposition is built upon its
deep specialist knowledge, client advocacy, tailored advice and
service excellence.
JLT is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and owns offices in
40 territories with more than 10,600 employees. Supported by the
JLT International Network, it offers risk management and employee
benefit solutions in 135 countries.
For further information about JLT, please visit our website
www.jlt.com and follow us on LinkedIn at JLT Group and
Twitter @JLTGroup.
About JLT Specialty USAJLT Specialty USA:
JLT Specialty USA is the U.S. platform of the leading specialty
business advisory firm, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. Our experts
have deep industry and product experience serving leading U.S. and
global firms. Our key to client success is our freedom to be
creative, collaborative, and analytical while challenging
conventions, redefining problems, creating new analytical insights,
and exploring new boundaries to deliver solutions for each client’s
unique business and risks.
For further information about JLT, please visit our website
www.jltus.com and follow us on LinkedIn at JLT Specialty USA and
Twitter @JLTSpecialtyUSA.
About Western Growers:Founded in 1926, Western
Growers represents local and regional family farmers growing fresh
produce in Arizona, California and Colorado. Our members and their
workers provide half the nation’s fresh fruits, vegetables and tree
nuts, including half of America’s fresh organic produce. For
generations we have provided variety and healthy choices to
consumers. Connect with and learn more about Western Growers on our
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