Overland Park-based Lockton Affinity is a specialty insurance program administrator that creates and implements insurance programs for associations, franchises and affinity groups Business Names. The company is a subsidiary of Kansas City-based Lockton Inc.
Ziegler previously served as vice president and program executive for Lockton Affinity. He now will be responsible for the company’s daily [...]
A fundraiser kickball tournament will be held June 27 at Love-Hatbox Sports Complex to raise money for next year’s Junior Achievement program in Muskogee.
The program was brought back to Muskogee Public Schools after an absence of several years, said Milly Daniels, district development manager for Junior Achievement.
The program teaches the principals of business, from applying [...]
Zut has launched the country’s first video-based online business development learning portal in conjunction with the Results Consultancy.
The St Helens company has put together the site which features more than 200 online training videos, podcasts and common business scenarios to help develop companies.
They have employed former head of marketing at PricewaterhouseCoopers, John Timperley to create [...]
Web analytics company Compete Inc. has hired Garrett Mullins as vice president of sales and business development, the company said on Monday.
Boston-based Compete said that Mullins will oversee sales and business development to brands, agencies and publishers.
Prior to joining Compete, Mullins was vice president of sales at San Francisco-based Fathom Online, where he oversaw sales [...]
Insurance agents and insurance companies. Insurance can be a great career for some, but getting started can be tough for the individual insurance agent or small insurance agency. Virtually everyone needs insurance of one kind or another, but the competition for clients can be stiff. And with the current economic climate, getting new business can [...]
“Very few people grow up wanting to be insurance agents,†Stickney said with a laugh.
But the Stickney siblings — Jim, president of the company; Sam Stickney, senior vice president; and Mary Alice Stickney Arthur, vice president over administration — have found they enjoy helping people and companies find policies that fit their needs. For the [...]
Leisure travelers spent slightly less in the state last year while there was a slight gain in business travel and a larger increase in convention spending, according to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.
The study conducted for the agency by Davidson-Peterson Associates, a marketing research firm based in Kennebunk, Maine, said travelers spent an estimated $12.78 [...]
Fairfax Media Ltd said its online arm had entered into a joint venture with Melbourne IT Ltd to give small businesses access to online marketing services as an alternative to traditional advertising.
The Advantate joint venture between Fairfax Digital and Melbourne IT - an online service provider - will provide small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) [...]
Victorian businesses will save more than $1 billion in payroll tax, land tax and workers compensation premiums under the Victorian budget handed down by Treasurer John Lenders yesterday.
Payroll taxes, which had been scheduled to fall from 5.05% to 5%, have been slashed to 4.95%. The thresholds on land taxes have been increased by 10%, with [...]
Victorian businesses will save more than $1 billion in payroll tax, land tax and workers compensation premiums under the Victorian budget handed down by Treasurer John Lenders yesterday.
Payroll taxes, which had been scheduled to fall from 5.05% to 5%, have been slashed to 4.95%. The thresholds on land taxes have been increased by 10%, with [...]
