http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/12/13/monday-qa-the-elephant-in-the-room/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/12/13/monday-qa-the-elephant-in-the-room/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:37:55 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=24183 Elephant Insurance has finished its first year in Virginia, and the results aren't peanuts]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/12/13/monday-qa-the-elephant-in-the-room/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/06/nice-office-does-it-come-furnished/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/06/nice-office-does-it-come-furnished/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:15:06 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=17074 Over the last two years office vacancy has crept up as companies have moved, downsized or closed their doors. And they often times leaving their furniture behind. That has created a nifty incentive for landlords and made life much easier for tenants who don’t want the extra hassle/headache of finding furniture and getting it into the space. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/06/nice-office-does-it-come-furnished/feed/ 5 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/04/the-herd-new-hires-promotions-and-a-few-departures-for-11-4-09/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/04/the-herd-new-hires-promotions-and-a-few-departures-for-11-4-09/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:12 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=12969 Lots of new hires this week, plus one opening as the head of marketing for an insurance startup. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/04/the-herd-new-hires-promotions-and-a-few-departures-for-11-4-09/feed/ 0 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/2009/03/09/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