{"id":55072,"date":"2019-12-05T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=55072"},"modified":"2019-12-05T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:09:07","slug":"david-thoke-joins-epic-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/david-thoke-joins-epic-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"David Thoke joins EPIC in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 5, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that David Thoke has joined the firm as Managing Principal of the firm\u2019s Southwest Risk Management Practice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0808-epic-insurance-brokers-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0808-epic-insurance-brokers-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0808-epic-insurance-brokers-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\nThoke will be based in Los Angeles, California and report to KJ Wagner, President of EPIC\u2019s Southwest Region. In his new position, Thoke is responsible for new business development and the design, placement and management of property and casualty insurance programs, providing risk management strategies and solutions for mid-market and large clients.<\/p>\n<p>Thoke joins EPIC from Willis Towers Watson, where he spent the last 15 years of his career. At Willis, he was serving as Executive Vice President of Willis North America, and prior to that, he spent 25 years with Marsh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to continue the growth of our Risk Management operations in the Southwest Region,\u201d said EPIC\u2019s KJ Wagner. \u201cDavid\u2019s extensive background brings a wealth of knowledge and rich industry experience to the team. I could not be more excited to have David join us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEPIC\u2019s operations in the Southwest continue to grow by welcoming power houses like David,\u201d said Jim Gillette, Regional President, Pacific South. \u201cThis is exciting for all of us, and I look forward to officially welcoming his expertise and watching our clients benefit from our ongoing growth and collaboration across the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Thoke can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:david.thoke@epicbrokers.com\">david.thoke@epicbrokers.com<\/a> or 626-297-5551.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About EPIC Insurance Brokers &amp; Consultants<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>EPIC Holdings, Inc. is the corporate parent overseeing investments across the entire EPIC platform. The firm&#8217;s core retail insurance brokerage business, EPIC Insurance Brokers &amp; Consultants, now has more than 2,600 team members operating from more than 80 offices across the U.S., providing Property and Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs, and Private Client solutions to EPIC clients.<\/p>\n<p>EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a &#8220;Best Place to Work&#8221; in multiple regions and as a &#8220;Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry&#8221; nationally.<\/p>\n<p>EPIC ranks among the top 15 retail insurance brokers in the U.S. Backed and sponsored by Oak Hill Capital Partners, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country. For additional information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*LOGO link for media:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/300dpi\/19-0808s2p-epic-logo-300dpi.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/19-0808s2p-epic-logo-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 5, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that David Thoke has joined the firm as Managing Principal of the firm&#8217;s Southwest Risk Management Practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":50801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,1,10,38,187,317],"tags":[302],"class_list":["post-55072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance-news","category-business-news","category-california-news","category-finance-news","category-los-angeles-news","category-career-news","tag-risk-management","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3464,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}