IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services – a Managing General Agent specializing in unique insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries – today announced that Managing Principal Mike McMullen was named by Risk & Insurance magazine as a 2011 Risk Innovator.
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Estimate by LTC Financial Partners Based on Recent Survey by MetLife Mature Market Institute
KIRKLAND, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — If one of your aging parents suddenly needs help with the tasks of daily living, who will provide it? You? ‘If that’s your default plan,’ says Craig Smith, President of LTC Financial Partners LLC, ‘be prepared for sticker shock. Your services don’t come free.’ LTCFP is one of the nation’s largest […]
Alternative energy professional Tim Kinsella has joined PowerGuard Specialty Insurance
IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services – a Managing General Agent and Lloyds cover holder specializing in unique insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries – today announced that risk management, financial services and alternative energy professional Tim Kinsella has joined the company as a business development executive.
U.S. economy hasn’t been doing great, but LTC Financial Partners has – makes Inc. 5000 four years in a row
KIRKLAND, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — The economy has not been doing great, but LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP) has. This month Inc. Magazine ranks LTCFP No. 2,483 among all companies, and No. 25 among companies in the insurance industry, in its annual ranking of the nation’s 5000 fastest-growing companies. LTCFP also made the Inc. 5000 list […]
Rex Lyon joins PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services as Vice President in Irvine, Calif.
IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services – a Managing General Agent and Lloyds cover holder specializing in unique insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries – today announced that Rex Lyon has joined the company as vice president.
As Millions of Baby Boomers Approach Retirement, a High Percentage Will Need Long-Term Care Insurance – and Sales Teams to Provide It
KIRKLAND, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP), one of the nation’s most experienced long-term care insurance agencies, is looking for high-performing sales managers to build teams and drive business in key geographic areas.
Free LTC Presentations Will Show Senior Citizens and Companies How to Afford Care in Spite of Weakened Government Programs
KIRKLAND, Wash. /CitizenWire/ — With federal purse strings tightening, Americans are likely to need a mix of private and diminished government resources to pay for their long-term care. To help people achieve the right mix, free presentations are being offered nationwide by LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of the country’s largest long-term care insurance […]
Fastest Growing Broker, EPIC Enhances North Bay Services with Opening of New Offices
PETALUMA, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announces the opening of new offices in Petaluma. The new EPIC facility, featuring a multi-media training room for risk management, insurance, employee benefits and safety seminars, will help the EPIC team serve the growing needs of North […]
California’s fastest growing brokerage, EPIC adds Kathleen Holmes as Senior Account Exec
IRVINE, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Kathleen ‘Kathy’ Holmes as a senior account executive in its Employee Benefits Division. Kathy brings nearly 25 years of experience in the health insurance and employee benefits industry.
Linda Campbell joins Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Linda Campbell as an account executive. Campbell brings more than 40 years of experience in the property & casualty insurance industry to her new assignment.
A Day Before President Obama Met with the Dalai Lama, There Was a Meeting of Eastern and Western Minds on How to Care for the Aging
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CitizenWire) — On Friday, July 15, universal principles of eldercare were affirmed by exiled Tibetan leaders and Dr. Marion Somers, the pre-eminent U.S. advocate for better long-term care. Dr. Marion was in Washington, D.C., representing the 3in4 Association on a national tour.
Availability of hundreds of experts who will speak to local groups supporting a new national healthcare awareness campaign, announced by LTC Financial Partners
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Today LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP) announces the availability of hundreds of experts who will speak to local groups supporting a new national awareness campaign. The campaign is titled 3in4 Need More, www.3in4needmore.com, and it is about educating Americans on all their long term care planning options.
PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services new product now guarantees the output of the total solar power system
IRVINE, Calif. (CitizenWire) — PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services – a Managing General Agent and Lloyds cover holder specializing in unique insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries – today announced the availability of PowerGuard’s latest insurance solution for the solar industry: the PowerWrap Solar Project Performance Guarantee Policy.
Promoting Personal Freedom for Caregivers and Those Needing Care
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — On Independence Day, if you’re a potential long-term caregiver or one who may need care, why not resolve to protect your own independence in the years to come? This advice comes from LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of America’s largest and most experienced long-term care insurance agencies.
Concerned Californians Urged to Contact Their State Senators: ‘Vote No on AB 999’
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Concerned that long-term care insurance rates might go up? ‘The California Assembly feels your pain,’ says Cameron Truesdell, CEO of LTC Financial Partners LLC, ‘but they just passed a bill, AB 999, that will only make matters worse if the State Senate also passes it.’ LTCFP is one of America’s largest […]
Solar Panel Manufacturing benefits from PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services Unique Warranty Solutions
IRVINE, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Solar panel manufacturers in China and around the world continue looking for ways to provide greater economic certainty with their products, says PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services. Guaranteeing warranty terms through the use of insurance provides the certainty manufacturers and their customers look for, as well as long-term stability for the industry.
CNBC’s 21st Century Business Television to featured Long-Term Care expert Denise Gott on prepping for Boomer Healthcare
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Scant planning for long-term care is a big problem in America. Prudential Financial Inc. notes that 74 percent of consumers ages 55 to 65 (about three in every four) polled for a recent survey said they are concerned about needing some kind of long-term care. ‘Yet nearly 54 percent of Baby […]
Tina Brink Honored as 2011 Top Employee Benefits Consultant and Responsibility Leader
SAN MATEO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced today that Senior Account Executive Tina Brink has been recognized by Risk & Insurance and Human Resource Executive magazines as a 2011 ‘Top Employee Benefits Consultant’ and as an industry ‘Responsibility Leader.’
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center Adds Michele Childers as Account Executive in Folsom, Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Michele Childers as an employee benefits account executive in its Folsom office. Michele brings a strong background in marketing and product knowledge, benefit plan design and client service.
Financial Advisors Can Save Their Clients and Themselves a Bundle when Recommending Long-Term Care Insurance
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — A New Jersey naval architect watched helplessly as over $1 million dollars disappeared into the health-care system. Like most middle-class Americans, the naval architect and his parents had missed an estate planning gap. Their financial advisors missed it too. No long term care insurance. ‘This was an expensive omission,’ says Jonas […]
3 in 4 Need More: NYC Times Square’s ‘Dancing Grandmas’ Kick Off Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — Braving a threat of thunderstorms, busy New Yorkers and vacationing tourists gathered in Times Square Tuesday morning to hear classical music by Juilliard students followed by a flash mob of seemingly disabled older people who suddenly abandoned their crutches to begin dancing joyfully. That captured the crowd’s attention. What was […]
Prevail Consulting, Inc. announces launch of the Prevail Reinsurance System Hosted Solution
NEW CANAAN, Conn. (CitizenWire) — Prevail Consulting, Inc., a leading software and technology services provider for the property and casualty insurance industry, today announced the launch of its Prevail Reinsurance System Hosted Solution. Companies will now have the ability to manage their reinsurance business in a secure and scalable environment, while reducing costs.
Gayle Nakahodo joins PowerGuard Specialty Insurance as VP of Operations
IRVINE, Calif. (CitizenWire) — PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services – a Managing General Agent and Lloyds cover holder specializing in unique insurance and risk management solutions for the wind and solar energy industries – announced today that Gayle Nakahodo has joined the company as vice president of operations.
Todd Grove Honored as Nation’s Top LTC Insurance Specialist
PORTLAND, Maine (CitizenWire) — At a recent conference Todd Grove of Portland, Maine, was singled out as the nation’s ‘top producer’ in 2010 by LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP). Grove won the same honor in several previous years, distinguishing himself among colleagues nationwide.
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center Honored as ‘Best Place to Work’ for Fourth Consecutive Year
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has been recognized again as a ‘Best Place to Work in the Bay Area’ by both the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Edward J. Reidy joins EPIC in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Edward J. Reidy as principal. Reidy brings 30 years of Fortune 50, Big Five professional services, early stage technology, organic food enterprise and risk management and insurance experience to the EPIC team.
Retirement Plans: Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket – Put Some in Long Term Care Insurance ‘Basket’
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Regardless of your faith, you might benefit from the following Easter-week advice: Take some of the nest eggs in your nest-egg basket and put them into another basket, one devoted to long-term care needs. Otherwise, your retirement dreams could be suddenly shattered. So says Jonas Roeser, Senior VP of Marketing and […]
Contractors Insurance for Oregon Businesses now available from Statewide Insurance Brokers
PASADENA, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Statewide Insurance Brokers, a leading provider of contractors insurance for general liability, workers compensation, commercial vehicle coverage and bonds, has added Oregon to the states the company is licensed to operate in.
Highlighting Need for Long-Term Care Planning, ‘3 in 4 Need More’ Campaign Makes Splash in Vegas
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — On April 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the ‘3 in 4 Need More’ campaign – run by the 3in4 Association – made its second public appearance, following the first in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 8. This month’s appearance took place during the 2011 LTCi Producers Summit, run by the American Association […]
Julie Sylim-Uang Joins Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI)
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI) announced today that wholesale binding authority/program industry veteran, Julie Sylim-Uang, CPCU, has joined the firm as vice president/commercial accounts.
Counsellors Title Agency, Inc. adds Carmine P. Giordano to New Jersey HQ
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (CitizenWire) — Counsellors Title Agency, Inc. announces that Carmine P. Giordano, a licensed title producer with 40 years of title experience, is joining its Toms River, New Jersey headquarters.
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center adds Daniel J. Pierro, Jr. as principal and senior employee benefits consultant
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Daniel J. Pierro, Jr. as principal and senior employee benefits consultant. His addition comes through the acquisition of his company P&C Financial and Insurance Services, Inc. where he was owner and president.
Retirement Planning and Tax Time Again: Does Your 401k Need Long-Term Care Insurance?
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — People need insurance, but do retirement funds? ‘Absolutely,’ says Jonas Roeser, of LTC Financial Partners LLC. ‘If you’re not thinking about your own health as you age, think about the health of your 401k or IRA. If your retirement vehicle becomes disabled or loses life blood, how can it support you […]
Wholesale brokerage industry veteran David Bamford has joined WTCI
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, LLC (WTCI) announced today that wholesale brokerage industry veteran David Bamford has joined the firm as vice president/casualty broker.
‘3 in 4 Need More’ Campaign Will Make Its Second Road Show Appearance at 2011 LTCi Producers Summit
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — On Sunday April 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the ‘3 in 4 Need More’ campaign will make its second public appearance, following the first in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 8. The campaign seeks to inform Americans that health insurance isn’t enough.
LTC Financial Partners LLC and Caregiver Services Inc. announce Strategic Alliance
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Today LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), which educates Americans on the need to plan for long-term care, announces a strategic alliance with Caregiver Services Inc. (CSI), which provides in-home care so people don’t have to leave their homes to receive care elsewhere.
Leading insurance industry consulting and technology services provider, today announced a contract with Triple-S Propiedad, Inc.
NEW CANAAN, Conn. (CitizenWire) — Prevail Consulting, Inc., a leading insurance industry consulting and technology services provider, today announced a contract with Triple-S Propiedad, Inc. to license the Prevail Reinsurance System to support all of Triple-S’s reinsurance operations. Triple-S Propiedad has utilized a variety of Prevail’s technology consulting services over the past 10 years.
3 in 4 Need More campaign for long-term care awareness to be endorsed by Dr. Marion Somers
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — On March 8 in Atlanta, the ‘3 in 4 Need More’ campaign will get a boost from Dr. Marion Somers, the long-term care planning advocate who is a frequent guest on programs such as Good Morning America, Today Show, and NBC Nightly News.
On FOX and CNBC Long-Term Care Expert Denise Gott Will Reveal Alarming ‘Awareness Gap’
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at least 70% of Americans over 65 will need long-term care services at some point. And Prudential Financial Inc. notes that 74% of consumers age 55 to 65 (about three in every four of us) polled for a recent survey said […]
Insurance Brokers are honored by Risk and Insurance magazine for their service to risk managers in the Transportation and Technology sectors
SAN MATEO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced today that Allen Amos and Nancy Hahn have been recognized by Risk and Insurance magazine as 2011 property and casualty insurance ‘Power Brokers.’