| WESTBORO, MASSACHUSETTS... | | | | ? Surveillance |
| As investigators specializing in the insurance industry, | | | | ? Statements |
| L&W Investigations marches to the beat of a different | | | | ? Activity/Disability Checks |
| drum in both its approach to investigations and | | | | ? Asset/background investigations |
| business. The company's recent buy back of three of | | | | ? Medical audits/clinic inspections |
| its franchises-Philadelphia, Utah and | | | | "Our client base consists of global, multi-billion dollar |
| Montana-demonstrates L&W's commitment to | | | | companies and we treat them as such. That goes for |
| providing service to local clients but with national | | | | everything from online access to status reports on |
| capabilities. | | | | investigations to rush services at no extra charge. By |
| "We bought back these three locations for two major | | | | adding more offices, we're simply enhancing the level |
| reasons," said Neal Lyons, CEO and chairman of L&W | | | | of service we already offer," said Lyons. |
| Investigations, Inc. "The first is that as an organization, | | | | For more information on L&W Investigations, Inc, you |
| we wanted to invest in our own growth, our own | | | | can call their corporate offices at (508) 616-9370 or |
| potential. The expanding profit from these offices will | | | | visit the Web site at |
| help fund our continued success. Second, by having | | | | Not your everyday investigations firm |
| 'company' offices, we are 'in' the business and have a | | | | With 35 offices in 23 states, L&W Investigations, Inc. |
| street-level understanding of the day-to-day challenges | | | | specializes in fraudulent insurance claims. In addition to |
| of our franchisees. This will help us respond better to | | | | nationwide coverage, L&W investigators are highly |
| those ever-shifting trends and hurdles." | | | | trained specialists equipped with state-of-the-art |
| With 35 locations nationwide in 23 states, the | | | | surveillance technologies and other advanced systems |
| five-year-old company typically employs three to eight | | | | to provide second-to-none results and service. That |
| investigators at each office. While many traditional | | | | includes online case status reports, video delivery by |
| "mom and pop" investigative firms are typically a | | | | digital download or CD, DVD or VHS tape, rush |
| haven for retired law enforcement officers who treat | | | | services at no extra charge and much more. |
| the job more like a hobby, L&W employs seasoned | | | | Current offices are located in Arizona (Phoenix); |
| investigators who specialize in investigating insurance | | | | California (Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura) Colorado |
| fraud cases. All L&W investigators go through | | | | (Boulder); Florida (Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa); |
| extensive training and have access to the most | | | | Georgia (Atlanta); Hawaii (Honolulu); Idaho (Boise); Illinois |
| state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. | | | | (Chicago); Kentucky (Louisville); Maine (Portland); |
| "It may be a small world in a figurative sense, but when | | | | Massachusetts (Boston); Minnesota (Minneapolis); |
| you're conducting surveillance and performing other | | | | Missouri (St. Louis); Montana, (Missoula); New |
| investigative work, the world is a pretty big place. By | | | | Hampshire (Nashua); New Jersey (New Brunswick); |
| having offices in 35 markets, including these three | | | | New Mexico (Albuquerque); New York, (Long Island); |
| territories we just bought back, we have the coverage | | | | North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh); Oregon (Portland); |
| that other investigation firms don't have. That keeps | | | | Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Rhode Island (Providence); |
| costs down for our clients and gives them better | | | | South Carolina (Charleston); Tennessee (Nashville, |
| service because the investigators on that portion of | | | | Memphis); Texas (Houston, San Antonio, Dallas); Utah |
| their case are working on their home turf," noted | | | | (St. Lake City); Vermont (Burlington); Virginia (Arlington); |
| Lyons. | | | | Washington (Seattle, Spokane); Wisconsin (Madison; as |
| L&W works with a variety of organizations-- insurance | | | | well as Puerto Rico (San Juan) and the Caribbean |
| companies, third-party administrators, self-insured | | | | islands; and Canada (Toronto). |
| companies, law firms and municipalities-on fraudulent | | | | Franchise locations are still available and the company |
| workers compensation, disability, liability, auto and | | | | has set a manageable growth plan at 15 new units per |
| property claims. L&W's offerings include: | | | | year. |