What started out as a pilot program for 6 PuroClean franchisees, polishing and fine tuning all aspects of running a successful business will now turn into a national services offering available to all PuroClean franchisees. Since mid-year, AdviCoach (www.AdviCoach.com) Business Coaches partnered with PuroClean franchisees with one goal — ‘provide business coaching services to help [...]

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, today announced that the firm’s New York office has significantly deepened its Business Services Department bench with the addition of a team consisting of nine corporate and finance attorneys, four trusts and estates lawyers and one real estate attorney. Stanley E. Bloch, Lawrence B. Brownridge, [...]

Stewart National Title Services, a division of Stewart Title Guaranty Company, announced the addition of two of the title industry’s most experienced international business development professionals, Mitch Creekmore and David Wiesley, and the formation of a new title services unit, the Multinational Title Services Group, that will specialize in providing title services to companies that [...]

John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN),* the successful career agency arm of John Hancock Financial Services, is implementing across its national network a new innovative business model which offers financial professionals a choice of three types of affiliation, based on the level of independence and support they desire.
“After studying different distribution models in our industry, our [...]

As a result of the development of a new long-range plan for 15-year-old Intercare Holdings Insurance Services, the firm’s senior management team has announced a series of strategic moves that have focused the Roseville-based company on its core competencies.
CEO George “Mac” McCleary detailed the plan, highlighting the divesture of an insurance brokerage operation and other [...]

challenging economy and fast-changing marketplace, the accounting industry faces significant change in the way it promotes products and services. To address this challenge, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Inc. (NASBA) is featuring marketing sessions and special breakfast presentations on social media and business development at its National CPE Expo on September 21-23, [...]

The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. announced it has won the Better Business Bureau’s 2009 Local Torch Award for Excellence, marking the company’s fourth consecutive win in the category for businesses with over 1,000 employees. The award, given by the BBB serving eastern Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont, selected Sun Life based [...]

As a free service to small business owners, NetQuote Inc., the largest insurance shopping site on the Web, created SmallBizSmarts.com to arm owner-managers with customized advice and perspective on current issues in finance, management and insurance.
Now, owners can converse B2B with Randy S. Williams, CPA, SmallBizSmarts.com’s expert in tax, management and marketing. Williams is adjunct [...]

BWise, a global leader for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software solutions and Tauw Group, engineers and consultants specializing in the improvement and management of the natural environment, built-up environment and infrastructure, announced today their partnership to bring joint services to the market. By joining forces, Tauw Group and BWise can help organizations realize better [...]

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has officially named EMPLOYERS America’s small business insurance specialist®, its workers’ compensation insurance provider of choice for its 22,000 California members. NFIB selected EMPLOYERS because of its strong presence in California, and its focus and expertise as a specialty writer of workers’ compensation insurance for small businesses.
As part [...]