Lincoln Expands Presence In Atlanta To Accommodate Growth Of Group Protection

(RTTNews) - Insurance company Lincoln Financial Group (LNC) on Monday said its Group Protection business is expanding presence in the Atlanta area to accommodate growth and enhance services to customers and brokers.

Lincoln said it has selected RiverEdge Summit as the new facility, which will open in the spring of 2016. The new location will house a variety of positions for Lincoln's Group Protection business, and will ultimately develop into a robust complement to the business' existing site in Omaha, Nebraska.

The company said it expects to hire a significant number of new staff across all of its Group Protection business functions to support growth. Currently, there are more than 2,000 Lincoln Group Protection employees, with about 200 employees in Atlanta. The Atlanta number is expected to grow substantially over the next three to five years. Existing Lincoln Group Protection staff in Atlanta will relocate to the new location.