North Bay Business Journal

  • Woodruff-Sawyer joins leadership group

    February 10th, 2010

    PETALUMA — Woodruff-Sawyer and Company, a privately owned independent insurance brokerage, joined the North Bay Leadership Council.

  • COBRA subsidy extended to laid-off through February

    February 1st, 2010

    NORTH BAY — Congress extended the 65 percent reduction in COBRA health premiums for unemployed workers, set to expire Dec. 31, 2009, and increased the maximum period for receiving the subsidy from nine to 15 months for workers laid off up until Feb. 28, 2010.

  • Workers’ comp rate hikes far below proposals

    February 1st, 2010

    NORTH BAY — Workers’ compensation rate increases by California insurance carriers have remained far below the 22.8 percent increase recommended by the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau for new and renewed policies.

  • Business Insurance People

    February 1st, 2010

    Mike Feeney joined Rogers & Young Insurance Services LLC as a commercial insurance broker focusing on accounts including contractors, truckers, developers and property owners.

  • High-deductible plans see sharp cost increases

    November 16th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – In an informal survey of the region’s top insurance brokerages, experts described prospects for the open enrollment season in several recurring and dismal themes: watered-down coverage, double-digit increases and more simply giving up on benefits all together.

  • Insurance: Poizner cautions against workers’ comp increases

    November 16th, 2009

    Also: U.S. Labor rule would stop collection of genetic information

  • Woodruff-Sawyer grows presence in North Bay

    November 16th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – In the four years since it expanded to the region, San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Company has grown from one of the smallest brokerages in the North Bay to among the top 20, attracting the region’s foremost experts in the industry and launching a wine purchasing pool.

  • Community Benefit Agreements a national campaign

    November 9th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Community Benefit Agreements, contracts between developers and union, environmental and other groups, have become more common in the last decade.

  • Threatened rate hikes, bills, court cases loom over workers’ comp

    October 25th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – October has been a time of change for the state workers’ compensation system, foreshadowing a shift in rates, losses and regulation.

  • Who’s Who in Insurance (Life, Disability and Health)

    October 12th, 2009

    The North Bay’s leaders in life, disability and health insurance were selected based on the company’s inclusion in the Business Journal Book of Lists. The firms were asked to submit names of individuals highlighted here for their life, disability and health coverages.

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