Timeline

In Fort Worth, D.C. Lewer begins work as an agent for Dallas-based Southland Life Insurance Co. selling life insurance to Rock Island Railroad workers. The Southland Life building was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.

 
With an entrepreneurial spirit, D.C. Lewer moves his young insurance agency and growing family from Ft. Worth to Kansas City to better serve national accounts.

D.C. Lewer named the No. 1 producing life insurance agent in the country by Insurance Salesman Magazine.

 
The Lewer Agency moves to the Country Club Plaza where D.C. Lewer purchases a two-story office building and remodels the space for his growing company. The office location serves as the Lewer HQ for the next 50 years.

Lewer Canada is incorporated after the President of Husky Oil contacts D.C. Lewer and asks him, “Chuck, can you do the same thing for us up here in Canada that you did for all those U.S. oil companies?”

 
D.C. Lewer designs the Lewer logo on a napkin in the lobby of the historic Hotel Bayerischer in Munich, Germany. The logo has a likeness of four integrated “M”s, representing D.C.’s four key tenants of his business: Manpower, Markets, Merchandise, Money. The logo becomes a registered trademark in 1994.

Lewer Life Insurance Company is incorporated in June and merged with Presidential Life Insurance Company of America.

 
Lewer Life Insurance Company holds its first Board of Directors meeting. (Original board members: D.C. Lewer, Mike Lewer, David Rittmaster, Kent Carter, Bill Everly, Bill Spies, Bill Mead, Glenn Sowders, and L.E. Barrett)

 
LewerMark enrolls its first client school (Edmonds Community College in Washington) into the student insurance program, marking the company’s official launch.

• LewerMark begins selling and administrating international student insurance plans to higher education institutions in 27 states.
• Lewer develops its first Universal Life product in partnership with Kansas City Life.

Mike Lewer appointed as President of the Lewer Agency, Inc.

 
The Lewer Agency secures two major affinity accounts: Shaw Flooring Network and Phillips 66.

• LewerMark enrolls 34 new client schools within a nine-month period.
• The first Lewer website is launched.

D.C. Lewer retires from daily operations.

 
LewerMark wins Washington University in St. Louis, enrolling over 9,000 domestic and international students.

 
After eight years at Lockton, Nik Lewer joins the company with his cousin Matt Lewer as third generation owners.

 
Lewer converts its student insurance block of business to new offshore carrier-partners, Sirius International Insurance Corporation and Brit Global Specialty.

 
The Lewer Agency celebrates its 60th anniversary by announcing the onboarding of a new client, Kiddie Academy.

 
“The Benton Farm” by artist Thomas Hart Benton, which was displayed in D.C. Lewer’s personal office for almost 40 years, is loaned to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.