Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton Cos. has opened an office in McLean, Va. This office in Northern Virginia is an extension of Lockton's existing operation in Washington, D.C. The new office is at 8280 Greensboro Drive and is expected to be in operation by Dec. 1.

New York City-based insurance professional services company Marsh is now offering Marsh IO+, an enhanced excess casualty policy form for companies with significant product and other mass tort exposures. Marsh IO+ is an occurrence-reported excess casualty form that includes the “integrated occurrence” feature found in standard occurrence-reported forms. The feature allows insureds to batch claims into a single occurrence, potentially saving them significant retention costs. Marsh IO+ also includes features such as separate aggregate and unaggregated auto liability limits, expanded pollution coverage, acceptance of standard umbrella submissions, and automatic extended reporting coverage. Marsh IO+ supports up to $300 million in limits excess of attachment points, depending upon risk profile, from as low as $10 million to a projected average of $25 million.

The Minneapolis-based Insurance Marketing & Communications Association (IMCA) will present the next edition of its Leadership Webcast Series on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. EST. The hour-long live broadcast, “Protecting the Brand — Trademark Due Diligence and Protection for Marketers,” will be presented by Sharon Toerek, principal at Toerek Law. Toerek's discussion will focus on trademark legal considerations related to brand work, including due diligence and trademark clearance, the definition of a trademark and how it can be protected. The program is free for all IMCA members and cost $49.95 for nonmembers. Registration for the program can be done at IMCA Webcasts.