The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (“USASBE”), the leading non-profit national organization dedicated to training the next generation of entrepreneurs and supporting the vital entrepreneur sector of our nation’s economy, has announced its keynote speaker line-up for its 2009 conference “Advancing Entrepreneurship”.
The keynote speakers will be five prominent venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and [...]

Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. a leading provider of software and service solutions for the insurance industry, today announced that United America Indemnity Group, Inc. (”United America”) has implemented Duck Creek’s Policy Administration solution for a number of its Commercial ISO lines products. The PA-based carrier went live within six months with a custom Vacant Property [...]

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd announced through its U.S.-based Darwin subsidiary, a new program with Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Facilities, Inc. in conjunction with the rollout of Darwin’s nationwide standard market Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) product. JLT will be underwriting on behalf of Darwin on an admitted basis in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, [...]

Dan Arvizu, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been elected to the board of directors of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Arvizu succeeds Jerry Porras, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Porras is retiring from the board, which he joined in 1998.
Arvizu has headed NREL, the [...]

oday, Allstate Insurance Company is designating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as Allstate Beyond February Give Back Day, to be observed in Atlanta and 18 other cities across the country.
As a company-wide, national day of service, Beyond February Give Back Day promotes the ideals and vision of Dr. King in his hometown and nationally by [...]

WellPoint, Inc. the nation’s largest health benefits company and its affiliated health plans, announced today the expansion of its innovative disease management program designed to help improve the care accessed by members in its affiliated health plans suffering from Bipolar Disorder, a disease that impacts over 5.7 million Americans each year. The Bipolar Condition Care [...]

Colorado National Guard members sometimes experience a decrease in their family income when they are deployed, which can affect their loved ones back home. For emergency assistance, Colorado Guard members can turn to the National Guard Foundation of Colorado for a loan to pay rent, utilities or medical bills.
To ensure that even more National Guard [...]

Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey — are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to “The 2008 State New Economy Index,” released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). The report is being released during Global [...]

Health Management Corporation (HMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. and the USA Swimming Foundation recently presented a weekend in New York to promote water safety and the health and fitness benefits of physical activity through sports programs such as swimming.
The USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash program is a national, child- focused water [...]

Employers Holdings, a Nevada-based company whose subsidiaries are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance specializing in small businesses, today announced the completion of its acquisition of AmCOMP Incorporated (http://www.amcomp.com) (”AmCOMP”) (Nasdaq: AMCP – News) in a transaction valued at approximately $223.5 million, including the assumption of approximately $35.1 million in debt. The acquisition expands [...]