North Bay Business Journal

WINDSOR — Wine Country Shipping plans to more than double the size of its Windsor facilities next year to satisfy vintner demand for casegoods storage.

The Business Journal’s Nov. 12 Bottle & Wine Packaging Companies list [p. 7] contained incorrect information.

SANTA ROSA — North Coast Wine Industry Expo, set for Dec. 5 in Santa Rosa, will feature a dozen local wine industry experts in growing, production, law, marketing and sales.

Western Health Advantage formally filed plans with the state to be a part of Covered California, the state’s online health exchange that will go live in 2014 as part of the federal health care reform bill, the Affordable Care Act. …

On the federal level, the Obama Administration last week issued a host of new rules and details on how insurers can structure benefits and premiums beginning in 2014. …

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced the appointment of Travis Bethune to the position of vice president, distribution management and services leader. …

Bank of Marin hired Jill Selden as branch manager for the its new Tiburon branch, which opened Nov. 19 in the Cove Shopping Center. …

Bank of Marin also promoted Jackie Williams to market manager for Tiburon and Sausalito. …

Redwood Regional Medical Group’s risk assessment counselor, Kathleen Mott, R.N., MS, WHNP-BC, recently received her credential as an advanced practice nurse in genetics, issued by the Genetic Nursing Credentialing Commission. …

Michael Stusser, founder of Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary in Freestone, was awarded in the individual category of Green Spa Network Visionary Leadership at The Green Spa Network’s Sustainability Awards. …

Lisa Yoshida, Esq., has returned to the practice of law with Anderson, Zeigler, Disharoon, Gallagher and Gray. …

Frank Howard Allen announced that Carolyn Metz, an agent in its Santa Rosa office, completed the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Certification Program. …

Message Bus, which makes cloud-based infrastructure for email, mobile and social messaging based in Corte Medara, announced the addition of four team members.: Paul Midgen, Neil Schwartzman, Tim Moore and Len Shneyder. …

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Altus Equity Group, LP, in Santa Rosa announced that it funded and closed its latest investment fund last month. …

Bank of Marin Bancorp (Nasdaq: BMRC) opened a new branch office in Tiburon on Monday, Nov. 19. …

Sebastopol-based Leff Construction has been awarded national 2012 Design Excellence Award by Residential Design+Build magazine for innovative technology integration for a custom residence project located in Cazadero. …

Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo has earned the Gold Seal of Approval for stroke care. …

Autodesk, Inc. in San Rafael (Nasdaq: ADSK) has been named as one of the 25 World’s Best Multinational Workplaces by the Great Place to Work Institute. …

Larkspur-based Systema Software, a leading provider of claims administration software and services to the insurance industry, announced that Dynamic Claim Services has selected SIMS Claims as a hosted solution that will run on Systema’s premier SIMS Cloud infrastructure. …