Sentences with phrase «regional independent companies»

CHICAGO — When it named Peter Burgdorff the new president and chief operating officer of ERA Franchise Systems Inc., HFS Inc., ERA's parent company, plucked the head of a 32 - office regional independent company from his New Jersey perch and put him in charge of a franchise network with 2,500 offices worldwide.

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Guthrie is there to greet and eat with what the company calls its «regional directors» — independent professionals who support the company's products (or, in tech industry parlance, «evangelists»).

Joshua has also led more than 50 due diligence projects for financial and corporate sponsors, including a radiation oncology provider, a hospitalist physician practice management company, a workers» compensation specialty benefits manager, a small pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), a population health management service provider, a large integrated medical group / independent practice association (IPA), a regional payer, a health insurance brokerage, an occupational health / worksite clinic provider, a skilled nursing facility (SNF) and specialty benefits managers in the workers» comp and commercial spaces.

Togbe's other current directorships include: • Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club Ltd (Chairman), Ghana's premier football club • Africa Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership, a partnership of African development organizations • Africa World Airlines Ltd (Co-chairman), a domestic and regional carrier • Aluworks Ghana Ltd, an aluminium rolling mill listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) • Ensign College of Public Health, a private university training public health practitioners • National Investment Bank Ltd (Chairman), a majority state - owned, publicly traded universal bank • Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Ltd, an independent power generating company Among Togbe's many awards and recognitions are the following:

When asked by Liberal Democrat MP David Ward if there would be regional careers advisers, Ms Morgan said: «It's an independent company.

An independent agent may be able to sell you coverage from a regional insurance company or one that specializes in high - risk motorcycle insurance in your area.

One of the most notable — and perhaps most powerful — demonstrations of these companies» commitment has been the formation of a loose network or consortium of regional, independent distributors over the past couple of years.

Her pet industry experience includes increasing West Coast product market share for the independent pet channel and four years as the West Coast regional sales manager for The Greenies Company.

At Red Bandanna, an independent pet store chain of 14 stores in Georgia, at least 95 percent of the company's managers have come from established full - time or part - time staff, says regional director Eric Cuomo - Jones.

Research company GfK has begun tracking parasiticide sales data from its U.S. point - of - sale panel, which represents over 11,000 retail pet outlets, including superstores, small and regional chains, and independent shops.

Delta's regional service is called Delta Connection, though increasingly, regional flights are handled by small independent airlines contracted by larger companies.

ACM is a nonprofit regional network of independent Connecticut and southwestern Massachusetts - based aerospace companies.

His clients include governments and public bodies, state - owned and independent companies, international banks, and other multinational and leading regional companies.

In addition to his employment practice, he is also a school governor and trustee of an independent school and a member of the advisory board to a regional theatre company.

Liberty Mutual's auto insurance offerings can be accessed via its call center, website, a local Liberty Mutual agent / broker, or reps from its network of regional independent agent companies.

Beyond the eight largest car insurers in the U.S., there are a lot of independent local and regional companies that drivers can get quotes from.

Liberty Life Insurance Company provides a wide range of insurance protection and retirement income products including life insurance, critical illness and cancer expense insurance, and annuities to consumers through independent marketing companies, regional and independent broker dealers, the Internet, other direct marketing channels and a field force of approximately 200 full - time career agents.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 25, 2006 - Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group, a leading property casualty insurance group offering many highly specialized, tailored commercial products and services designed to meet the broad needs of business customers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and the District of Columbia, has become the latest regional independent agency system company to join the growing Trusted Choice consumer brand movement.

Shelter Insurance is one of the top regional insurance companies in the United States with more than 1,300 independent agents in 15 states including Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28, 2006 - Continental Western Group, a leading property casualty insurer offering highly specialized, tailored commercial products and services that meet the broad needs of business customersthroughout the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, is the newest regional independent agency company to join the fast - growing Trusted Choice consumer brand movement.

«AmFed National Insurance Company is well - respected and well - known by independent insurance agents and their customers in Mississippi and is expanding their regional presence,» says Dave Evans, Trusted Choice ® executive director.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 1 - Maine Mutual Group Insurance Company, a regional provider with operations in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, is joining a growing number of companies that are partnering with Trusted Choice - the national branding initiative created to educate consumers about the benefits of using independent insurance agents and brokers.

Some public house managers are self - employed, while others are employed by a national or regional brewery or an independent pub company.

Windermere started out as an independent company and has since become a regional franchise.

A full 54 percent of members reported that they work at a franchised subsidiary of a national or regional corporation or an independent franchised company.

What is growing is the absorption of real estate offices by national or regional corporations, a trend driven largely by the mergers and acquisitions of the big national franchises and a few large independent companies.

Eighty - four percent of real estate firms are independent, non-franchised companies, while 13 percent are independent franchises; the rest are subsidiaries of a national or regional corporation.

Articles in NAR publications showing the growth of franchises and multioffice regional companies should alert the thousands of small and medium independent companies that if we don't cooperate with one another, we'll go the way of the corner grocery.

As you mature over a long period of time, you find out that the cooperation that occurs among those in this industry is very unique... [and] to see the entrepreneurial spirit that comes from the ground level of independent agents working, struggling, no salary, no health insurance, no anything else, fighting, trying to make a living, to the broker / owners, the managers of the offices, up to the regional giants and the national companies.

The move was something of a surprise; up to now, all 200 offices of the dominant East Coast regional have been company owned and staunchly independent.

Leading RE is comprised of the best - known local and regional independent real estate names in the business, with annual sales of over $ 370 billion, more than any other leading real estate companies of the world.

Chris says the company is in discussions with independent companies that have over 100 agents, offering them regional master franchises.