http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/25/admiral-to-go-by-elephant-auto-insurance/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/25/admiral-to-go-by-elephant-auto-insurance/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:54:50 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=10857 Admiral Americas, the U.S. arm of Welsh-based Admiral Insurance, has picked a new name. The firm will do business as Elephant Auto Insurance and has launched a web site. Admiral located its U.S. headquarters in Richmond last March. As of last month, the company has 19 employees and was still growing into its 26,000-square-foot Innsbrook ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/25/admiral-to-go-by-elephant-auto-insurance/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/01/welsh-firm-close-to-offering-car-insurance-in-va/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/01/welsh-firm-close-to-offering-car-insurance-in-va/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:35 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=8975 Admiral Americas will offer auto insurance to Virginia motorists late this year or in early 2010, according to a story in WalesOnline. The insurance company, with headquarters recently established in Richmond, is the U.S. arm of Wales-based Admiral Insurance. The company is the third largest auto insurer in the United Kingdom. WalesOnline reports the Richmond ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/01/welsh-firm-close-to-offering-car-insurance-in-va/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/05/the-pipeline-commercial-real-estate-round-up-for-6509/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/05/the-pipeline-commercial-real-estate-round-up-for-6509/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:14:29 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=8176 Benchmark Wealth Advisors, Inc. leased 920 square feet at 4198 Cox Road in Henrico. Electronic Systems, Inc. leased 18,000 square fet at 10406 Lakeridge Parkway in Hanover County]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/05/the-pipeline-commercial-real-estate-round-up-for-6509/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/09/the-monday-qa-why-a-new-insurance-company-chose-richmond/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/09/the-monday-qa-why-a-new-insurance-company-chose-richmond/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:11:26 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5394 Wales-based auto insurer Admiral announced last week that it was locating its U.S. headquarters in Richmond. The company was founded in 1993 and is third largest insurer in the United Kingdom. Andrew Rose, president and chief executive of Admiral Americas, is a Virginia Tech engineering graduate. Several years ago, he got married and made his ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/09/the-monday-qa-why-a-new-insurance-company-chose-richmond/feed/ 9 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/05/richmond-lands-headquarters-for-uk-insurer/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/05/richmond-lands-headquarters-for-uk-insurer/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:33:40 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5332 UK-based car insurance firm, Admiral, announced plans this week that they have chosen Richmond as headquarters for their newly formed subsidiary Admiral Americas. The company will start doing business across the pond sometime this year. They will hire up to 50 people by the third quarter, and employ as many as 200 by the end of next ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/05/richmond-lands-headquarters-for-uk-insurer/feed/ 2