Risk Strategies hires former Lockton exec

Risk Strategies Co. on Wednesday named former Lockton Cos. LLC executive Patrick Roth senior vice president, growth leader for the Central and West regions.

In the newly created position based in Denver, Mr. Roth will manage, recruit, and onboard new producers and drive organic growth.

Mr. Roth was most recently chief growth officer and executive vice president at Lockton and in 2015 was named one of the Business Insurance 40 Under 40 award winners. The program has since been renamed the Break Out Awards.