OL Joe Lukens (offical thread)

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Joseph T. Lukens - President John F. Neace - Chairman

Joseph T. Lukens ? President

Joe Lukens is also a native of Greater Cincinnati. Joe was awarded his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the Ohio State University and went on to receive his master of business administration from Xavier University. His introduction to the insurance industry was as an underwriter for a local insurance company. Joe has earned the industry designation Associate in Risk Management (ARM) as well as Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), and is a strong advocate of continuing education.

Joe has been the driving force in the expansion of the Neace organization and has been instrumental in the development of specialty programs for the healthcare industry, specifically nursing homes, group homes and assisted living facilities, which have been accessed by facilities throughout the country.

Neace Lukens :: About Us :: Leadership Team

Firm grows quickly, quietly
By David Holthaus ? [email protected] ? January 3, 2010

John Neace will be the first to say that selling insurance isn't very sexy.

But taking an insurance agency from startup to the 28th-largest brokerage in the U.S. and growing sales to $82 million? That's kinda sexy.

That's what Neace and his partner, Joe Lukens, have quietly done since starting Neace Lukens in 1991. Begun with just the two of them, the business has grown to employ nearly 550 in 12 markets and has its name in lights at the top of a downtown building. Not bad for a couple of local guys who, as Neace says, follow the decidedly unsexy maxim, "We're a solid Midwestern company with Midwestern values."

Lukens, a Moeller High football player, class of '79, Ohio State offensive lineman 1979 to 1983, and NFL draftee, knew someone he played football with in Columbus and talked him into opening an office there. That's how it went for a while.

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