When Joseph Brady, Superintendent of Schools for the Minersville Area School District found out one of his schools had been severely vandalized over night, he was adamant that school must reopen as soon as possible. Vandals had smashed and destroyed windows, computers, monitors, light fixtures and opened fire extinguishers. When all was said and done, [...]

The Fremont Chinese School, a non-profit Chinese language and culture weekend school supporting the Fremont community since 1972, has won a $10,000 grant from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) as part of MassMutual’s national Community Service Award (CSA) program. The Fremont Chinese School is one of only ten organizations nationally to win the award. [...]

Rockport Healthcare Group, a national preferred provider organization (PPO) focused exclusively on workers’ compensation, has announced that through a joint collaborative effort, their client, the Houston Independent School District (HISD), has obtained a 1305 Texas Healthcare Network (TX HCN) certificate.
Rockport has certifiable networks that provide coverage for nearly 75% of the entire working population of [...]

After a successful pilot venture last spring and summer, PEMCO Insurance and Pacific Science Center again are offering free bus rides to Seattle-area school children, enabling them to take field trips to the region’s premier educational science and technology museum.
Rising transportation costs have impacted many schools’ ability to transport students on field trips, but the [...]

Allstate announced it has selected Matthew Winter, 52, as president and chief executive officer of Allstate Financial. Winter will be responsible for leading Allstate Financial’s effort to provide life insurance and retirement products to middle-income Americans. He will serve as a member of the corporation’s senior management team, reporting to Thomas J. Wilson, Allstate’s chairman, [...]

Extend Health announced that Richard Wheeler, former managing partner of Prescription Benefits, Inc., and Cathy Donahoe, former Director of Human Resources at Omniture, Inc., are joining Extend Health’s executive management team. Mr. Wheeler joins Extend Health as Senior Vice President for Public Sector Accounts. Ms. Donahoe joins as Vice President of Human Resources. Commenting on [...]

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 [...]

Daniel J. Doyle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Valley Community Bank (Bank), the sole subsidiary of Central Valley Community Bancorp announced the Bank will accept registered warrants issued by the State of California for a limited time.
Registered warrants will be accepted from existing customers beginning Thursday, July 2, 2009 through Friday, July 31, [...]

Daniel J. Doyle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Valley Community Bank (Bank), the sole subsidiary of Central Valley Community Bancorp (announced the Bank will accept registered warrants issued by the State of California for a limited time.
Registered warrants will be accepted from existing customers beginning Thursday, July 2, 2009 through Friday, July 31, [...]

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced the successful completion of the “Safe Homes for All” Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum, held in Washington, D.C. on June 24th. The Forum’s principal sponsors were RenaissanceRe’s affiliate, WeatherPredict Consulting Inc. and the RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences Foundation, together with leading non-profit organizations Federal Alliance for Safe Homes – FLASH®, the Institute for [...]