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 [...]
Insurance consultant Scott Simmonds offers some advice to business insurance buyers…
The recent Supreme Court rulings regarding retaliation lawsuits by disgruntled former employees points to the need for employers to purchase employment practices liability insurance while following strict procedures in hiring and firing.
Employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) provides protection for wrongful employment acts such as discrimination, [...]
New Delhi and Bangalore have joined Mumbai as the Indian cities ranked among the world’s top 75 centres of commerce, reflecting the growing global economic clout of Asia.
Mumbai is ranked 48th, the Indian capital occupies 61st position and Bangalore is at 66th spot in the 2008 ‘Mastercard Worldwide Centres of Commerce Index’ released this week [...]
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs delivered the first major makeover of the iPhone, unveiling a faster, cheaper handset that may help him convince business users to switch over from the BlackBerry.
Apple sank 2.2 percent in Nasdaq trading after saying carriers won’t have to give the company a cut of the lucrative monthly service [...]
UBS said Thursday it would close its municipal bond business after failing to find a buyer for what was the third-largest underwriter of American state and local government debt last year.
UBS, based in Zurich and Switzerland’s largest bank, will lay off about 280 people, a spokesman, Doug Morris, said.
“UBS explored a number of alternatives to [...]
Maryland health care regulators are planning to increase the size of businesses that will be eligible for a new health insurance subsidy that will become available in October.
The $15 million small business premium subsidy, created during last fall’s special legislative session, will open up this fall to firms with between two and nine employees. It [...]
The market value of the 60-year-old Bajaj Auto has been overtaken by its seven-year-old insurance business. Bajaj Finserve’s higher market valuation is an indication that despite the March 2008 slowdown, insurance is still seen as a high-growth area.
On Friday, Bajaj Auto ended the day with a market capitalisation of Rs 8,311 crore against Bajaj Finserve’s [...]
Red Cross to open traveling donor center - American Red Cross Travel Donor Center will host a ribbon cutting at noon today at Fishkill town hall, 807 Route 52.
The American Red Cross Blood Services, New York-Penn region launched the new traveling donor center thanks to grant money in the 2007 New York state budget.
It’s a [...]
“I remain hopeful, although there have been many disappointments hereâ€, said Minister of Foreign Trade Paavo V?yrynen in Moscow on Monday after meeting with Russia’s Minister of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina.
The most important topic of the meeting involved the export tariffs imposed on raw timber by the Russian government, which is a major cause for [...]
Trying to keep Midland ISD on sound financial footing in a time of static state funding is a challenge Executive Director of Business Services David Garcia faces daily.
Garcia gave the last presentation Wednesday to the district’s Key Communicators, a group of residents from across Midland who get a behind-the-scenes look at the district’s operations and [...]
