“The Circle of Excellence is our platinum appreciation program for our very best independent agents,” said Ed Fernandez, President of the Independent Agent Division at Plymouth Rock Management Company of New Jersey. The 2014 Circle of Excellence winners are Atlantic Insurors; Walter Searle Insurance Agency; Carleton Insurance Agency; Clyde Paul Agency, Inc.;…
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In a new whitepaper sponsored by Bradford Networks, analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group recommended a new approach to cyber security that focuses on rapid detection and response to help organizations lower risk, improve security, and streamline IT security operations. According to ESG, after years of settling for “good enough” IT security, enterprise…
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak welcomed Gordon Amini’s return to the Oklahoma Insurance Department as Senior Attorney. Prior to PLICO, Amini was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for C.L. Frates and Company and First Life Assurance Company. “I was so pleased to learn of Gordon’s decision to return to the Oklahoma Insurance Department,”…
ACE Group has reported the appointment of Richard Bennett as Senior Vice President and Executive Dean of ACE’s Early Career Development Program. Based in New York, Bennett will report to John Lupica, Vice Chairman, ACE Group, and Chairman, Insurance-North America. The programs that Richard will shape are essential to training and developing the next…
-Industry Awareness: Jesse Slome, Executive Director, American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. -Community Outreach: Elizabeth Liechty, Senior Partner, Chartered Financial Group/ Lincoln Financial. -Best Rising Star: Susan Combs, President, Combs& Company.
Two undercover operations across Arizona and New Mexico yielded 39 stolen vehicle recoveries, 22 arrests, weapons and drugs. On June 26, 2014, law enforcement officers executed 12 search warrants in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force agents and detectives assisting to gather additional evidence for the Arizona- based…
June 28– Parlier– Parlier High took a step toward a textbook-free future last year by issuing iPad Air tablets to students. Every student also gets a mobile hotspot to connect to the Internet via the Verizon cellular phone network while away from school. Parlier Unified School District is among the first in the region to issue take-home computers to all students.
Insurance Europe, the American Insurance Association, and the American Council of Life Insurers continue to support the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership as a comprehensive agreement. We believe it is essential for financial services to be included fully in any final outcome, given the current size of our bilateral financial services trade…
But staffers have been delayed in going through data submitted by local agencies that show elevation changes and other drainage improvements, said FEMA spokeswoman Margaret “Jody” Cottrill. FEMA last considered Palm Beach County’s flood maps more than 30 years ago. That’s what happened in Broward last spring when FEMA revised flood zone maps to reflect…
Pat McCrory, R- N.C., issued the following news release:. Governor Pat McCrory has appointed Louis A. Bledsoe III as a Special Superior Court Judge, for a term beginning July 1, 2014. Chief Justice Sarah Parker plans to designate Bledsoe as a Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases at the beginning of his term.
June 27– Nineteen-year-old Germeisha McGee used the computers at the Robbins library to search for summer jobs because the community college student has no Internet access at home, like many in this south suburb of about 5,000 people. Residents will lose this haven Tuesday, when the William Leonard Public Library is expected to close until further notice due…
June 28– No matter how it is sliced, the $672,520 that Christina M. Russo stole from her Easton employer is a staggering figure. A bookkeeper, for four years she wrote checks to herself and her husband from Harmony Press, a small printing company where more than 50 families like hers earn their livelihoods. “She has literally pushed Harmony Press to the edge of…
A high-rise window cleaner in Seattle, he’s gone over the edge hundreds of times and always comes back for more. So does Ben Cruzat, a married father of three boys with another on the way. Now 36, he’s rappelled down Seattle high-rises with a bucket and a squeegee for 15 years.
June 27– CORSICANA– In the 28 years Brad and Leecia Arnett have been married, life has thrown them many punches. Yet any time you meet them, both will have a smile on their face and most likely be cracking jokes. They’re just those kind of people.
June 28– Galilee Memorial Gardens in Bartlett, the subject of two multi-million-dollar civil lawsuits, has few assets, according to a document filed in the case Thursday. Deputy receiver David Kustoff, the local representative assisting the state Department of Commerce and Insurance, which has oversight of the cemetery, submitted the report about Galilee’s…
The Memphis Police Association’s Facebook page celebrates a proliferation of signs in windows of area small businesses, supporting public safety employees. Lenny’s Memphis- based franchising office, which has 32 Memphis-area shops and 125 nationally, had joined the chamber in April, he said. “We started getting all kinds of complaints and threats of boycotts…
Summer is filled with parties, gatherings, picnics and more. We all want to make these occasions special and memorable for our guests. “Many gardeners tend to schedule events around peak bloom or harvest in order to share the beauty and flavor from their garden,” explained gardening expert Melinda Myers.
–The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund received more than $585 million earlier today, completing the $612.5 million required contribution from the Chicago Board of Education for the 2014 fiscal year. This payment marks the first time since 2010 that the BOE has made a full payment of its pension obligation, “said Jay C. Rehak, CTPF president of the board of trustees…
June 27– Voters in Garvin County’s eastern district said yes in a big way this week to keeping a longtime commissioner in place for another term. District 3 Commissioner Johnny Mann easily earned a new four-year term in office with a win Tuesday over challenger Mike DeArman of Paoli. “I’m proud to get to serve Garvin County for another four years,” Mann said on…
