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A New Article Presents The Benefits of Comprehensive Car Insurance

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“Comprehensive insurance will help drivers recover the costs to repair or replace their damaged or totaled vehicles that were involved in incidents not covered by collision insurance”, said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director of Internet Marketing Company.


LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)

Compare-autoinsurance.org has launched a new blog post that presents what events are covered by comprehensive car insurance and why is important for drivers to obtain this policy.

For more info and free quotes, please visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/the-benefits-of-comprehensive-auto-policy/

Comprehensive insurance is a type of coverage that pays if the policyholder’s vehicle is stolen or damaged in events that are not related to a collision. Although this policy is optional, if the vehicle is still financed, the lender will probably insist for this coverage to be purchased.

Comprehensive insurance will reimburse the policyholder in the following situations:


  • Stolen vehicle. Comprehensive insurance will reimburse a policyholder that got his car stolen. However, this policy will only pay the actual cash value of a vehicle at the moment it got stolen and not the price for a brand-new car.

  • Damage caused by severe weather events. Vehicles can easily be damaged by weather events like hails storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, lightings, avalanches. In many cases, the damaged cars are declared totaled. The comprehensive insurance is the only policy that will pay to repair or to replace vehicles that got damaged by extreme weather.

  • Animal collision. Vehicles that hit an animal can easily be damaged, especially if they hit a large animal like a moose, horse or a bull. Comprehensive insurance will also pay if a herd of animals decides to attack the car and destroy it.

  • Flood damage. Water can easily enter inside a vehicle and destroy its interior and the mechanical components. In many cases, the damage is too severe and the car is totaled.

  • Vandalism or riots. Although drivers believe they parked their cars in a safe place, vandals will think otherwise. It only takes a few moments for them to scratch the paint, make dents, deflate the tires or smash the windshield. If a protest degenerates and turns into a riot then the vehicle owned by a policyholder is in big trouble. Is not uncommon for rioters to set ablaze vehicles.

For additional info, money-saving tips and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/

Compare-autoinsurance.org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc.

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Portland App Development Studio Germinate Names Douglas Gastich CEO

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PORTLAND, Ore. (PRWEB)

Germinate, a Portland, Ore app development studio has named Douglas Gastich its new CEO. Michael Krol, who founded Germinate in 2008, moves to the CTO position and will continue to lead the design and development teams. Gastich will bring go-to-market and business development services to help Germinate’s client and portfolio companies see greater results from their products and services.

“Bringing an app into the world doesn’t need to be painful” says Gastich. “It should be fun, an adventure in expression. When you combine technical know-how with business know-how, everything gets simpler and faster for entrepreneurs. It thrills me to join a team that gets this, at its core.”

Germinates’s unique approach to the world of app development follows in the footsteps of ‘technology in service’ pioneers like 37 Signals (now Basecamp). Germinate fills the role of ‘app incubator’ for entrepreneurs looking to go from the seed of an idea to the sprout of an MVP, and on to market success.

“It keeps us sharp,” says Krol, “Working with innovative and thoughtful clients, helping them to bring their app ideas into the world, we love it so much. Doug brings years of experience taking technology products to market, solving tough business problems- something I know our clients and partners will love.”

“It’s been really fun to watch,” says Torri Wright, BEHCA CEO and Germinate client-partner. “I know Michael and Doug personally, and honestly I’m surprised it’s taken them this long to partner up. The benefit to BEHCA was immediate, they push each other to be better, and I get even more from our partnership.”

Gastich brings decades of experience in business development, product development and organizational leadership. “I love ideas. But they are not precious. Ideas are meant to be batted around. Molded. Tested. And perhaps best of all, made real.”

About Germinate: Germinate is an app innovation studio. Founded in 2008, the Portland, Oregon based firm works with enterprise companies and startups to build and launch great apps.

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Uptime Legal Named to Inc. 5000 List for Seventh Consecutive Year

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Uptime Legal - Inc. 5000 - 2020

Uptime Legal – Inc. 5000 – 2020

We’re committed to our mission of helping law firms manage and grow their practice.


EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (PRWEB)

Uptime Legal, the nations’ leading legal technology provider, today announced that it has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies for the seventh consecutive year.

The Inc. 5000 list is considered the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing companies, with previous members including Microsoft, Dell and LinkedIn.

Uptime Legal has seen growth within each of it’s lines of of business, including Uptime Practice™, the legal industry’s leading private cloud for law firms, and JurisPage™, Uptime’s award-winning digital marketing agency for law firms. Uptime Legal’s growth was further complemented in 2020 with it’s acquisition of Inbound Law Marketing.

In late 2019, Uptime Legal also announced development of LexWorkplace, it’s upcoming Document Management System for law firms.

“We’re honored to be recognized among the nation’s most successful, fastest-growing companies for the sixth year in a row,” said Dennis Dimka, Uptime Legal’s CEO in a statement. “We’re committed to our mission of helping law firms manage and grow their practice, from pioneering our client’s journey to the cloud, to transforming our client’s marketing aspirations into a reality. We’re privileged to work with so many amazing law firms, and are truly honored to be part of their journey.”

The 2020 Inc. 5000 ranks America’s fastest-growing private companies. Very few private companies ever appear on this celebrated list, and fewer still sustain that level of growth for seven consecutive years. Uptime Legal’s seventh appearance on the Inc. Magazine list truly sets it apart from other legal technology providers.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000 list including company profiles can be found at inc.com/inc5000.

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

The 2020 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2016 and 2019. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2016. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue.

About Uptime Legal Systems

Uptime Legal Systems helps law firms manage and grow their practice by delivering world-class cloud, legal technology, and marketing services. Named an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company for the past seven consecutive years: Uptime Legal is North America’s leading provider of legal technology services. As a full-spectrum provider, Uptime’s offerings include Private Cloud for law firms, Document Management,and Internet Marketing. Uptime is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

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CharlotteCIO Announces Recipients of 2020 CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB)

CharlotteCIO announced the winners of its 2020 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. CharlotteCIO recognized chief information officers in seven key categories – Leadership, Super Global, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Corporate, and Education. The CharlotteCIO of the Year Awards were presented virtually.

“The CharlotteCIO ORBIE winners demonstrate the value great leadership creates. Especially in these uncertain times, CIOs are leading in unprecedented ways and enabling the largest work-from-home experiment in history,” according to Monique Cook, Executive Director of CharlotteCIO. “The ORBIE Awards are meaningful because they are judged by peers – CIOs who understand how difficult this job is and why great leadership matters.”

The 2020 Charlotte CIO of the Year ORBIE Award winners are:

  • Angela Yochem, EVP, CDO & CTO, Novant Health, received the Leadership CIO of the Year ORBIE.

  • Seemantini Godbole, EVP & CIO, Lowe’s, received the Super Global ORBIE for organizations over $17 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.

  • Shoukat Ali Bhamani, VP, CIO & CDO, Schaeffler Group, received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.

  • Darrell Fernandes, Head of Product Technology, TIAA, received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $5 billion annual revenue.

  • Darrell Thompson, SVP & CIO, Coca-Cola Consolidated, received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations up to $5 billion annual revenue.

  • Elizabeth Austin, CIO, Curvature, received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $500 million annual revenue.

  • David Blattner, CTO, Rowan-Salisbury Schools, received the Education ORBIE for schools & nonprofit education organizations.

The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, over 1,000 CIOs have been honored as finalists and over 200 CIO of the Year winners have received the prestigious ORBIE Award. The ORBIE honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Finalists and winners are selected by an independent peer review process, led by prior ORBIE recipients, based upon:

  • Leadership and management effectiveness

  • Business value created by technology innovation

  • Engagement in industry and community endeavors

The CIO Awards ceremony was keynoted by Jacky Wright, CDO & CVP of Microsoft US. Over 300 guests attended virtually, representing leading Charlotte organizations and their technology partners.

The 2020 Charlotte CIO of the Year Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:

  • Underwriters: Veristor, Dell Technologies, Insight & Google Cloud

  • Gold sponsors: CompuCom, Citrix, Zscaler & Cognizant

  • Silver sponsors: Hylaine, Flexential, ServiceNow, Zerto, Salesforce, Box & ThoughtWorks

  • Bronze sponsors: Cumberland Group, Deloitte, Splunk, TIBCO, Anaplan, Optimum/Clearsense, Miracle Software Systems, Wipro, Macro Integration Services, TaskTop, ettain group, Aryaka, Capgemini & Between Pixels

  • Media partner: Charlotte Business Journal

  • National partner: Year Up

About the CharlotteCIO

CharlotteCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of Charlotte chief information officers. CharlotteCIO is one of 17 chapters of the InspireCIO Leadership Network, a national membership organization comprised exclusively of CIOs from public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare and nonprofit institutions.

CharlotteCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board, supported by an executive director and staff. Underwriter executives ensure programs remain non-commercial and exclusive to qualified CIOs and members.

Achieve your leadership potential through CharlotteCIO: http://www.CharlotteCIO.org

Stay connected with CharlotteCIO at: http://www.linkedin.com/company/CharlotteCIO

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American Hole ‘n One Announces Merger with Sister Company

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BUFORD, Ga. (PRWEB)

American Hole ‘n One, the world’s largest and most trusted provider of hole in one coverage, announced today a merger with its sister hole in one coverage company, National Hole-In-One.

American Hole ‘n One acquired National Hole-In-One in 2014 and has been operating the two companies separately for the past six years.

“Joining the two as one will help streamline many of our processes and will help our team work more efficiently,” said Steve Marcil, COO of American Hole ‘n One. “Improving our operations will provide even more value to our customers than what they’ve already come to expect.”

“The decision to merge the two companies was an easy one for us,” said Rick Ruiz, President and CEO of American Hole ‘n One. “We had many meetings to cover all of the pros and cons of merging the brands and wanted to make sure it was the best decision for our customers, our partners, and our employees. We will now be able to provide more value and benefits by merging the two largest hole in one brands in the world.”

Customer service representatives with National Hole-In-One will now join the exceptional service team at American Hole ‘n One. The company’s well-regarded price match guarantee, quality custom signage, exclusive bonus prizes and easy-to-use online booking will continue to be available to all customers of the combined company. A new service following the merger for National Hole-In-One customers is the ability to sign, return and pay for hole in one coverage through DocuSign.

The newly merged organization will operate as American Hole ‘n One and maintain its existing management team, with Ruiz continuing his leadership role as President and CEO. The company will continue to be based in Buford, Georgia.

About Grand Prize Promotions & American Hole ‘n One

One company, two powerful brands, make Grand Prize Promotions (GPP) and American Hole ‘n One (AHNO) the global leaders in promotions and prize coverage. Founded in 1986, they have revolutionized the promotions and prize industry. With offices in Atlanta, New York and San Diego, GPP and AHNO have a worldwide reach serving customers in 70+ countries. Hosting a combined total of over 25,000 events every year, they award millions in prizes that generate excitement, awareness and revenue for their partners. Prize indemnity offered by GPP and AHNO is backed by A+ XV rated Everest National Insurance Company, providing the financial strength needed to be a leader. An in-house,15,000 sq. ft., signage facility provides creative graphics and sign manufacturing to meet every customer’s needs. Working with the biggest names in the sports, marketing and promotion industries, clients benefit from their unsurpassed knowledge, depth of experience and quality of service. For more information about both companies, visit https://www.grandprizepromotions.com/ and https://www.ahno.com/.

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HackerEarth Announces 2019 – 2020 Milestones, Driven by Adoption of its Leading Developer Skills-Assessment Platform

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The emergence and continued acceleration of remote recruitment, accurate skills assessment, and hiring promises to transform an already dynamic HR technology industry, and specifically for developer and IT roles, creates a significant runway for continued opportunity in the US market and beyond.


SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)

HackerEarth, a leading developer assessment and interview solutions provider, today announced its milestones from 2019 – 2020, during which it brought on new enterprise clients and doubled its registered customer base. In a competitive market, HackerEarth’s traction with enterprises, as well as millions of developers signals a strong demand for accurate developer screening based on measurable skills, and solutions for developers to improve their coding skills.

The context for this growth includes an ever-increasing shift towards digital transformation and digital solutions. In order to stay competitive, all companies must adopt a tech-first mentality, and this is true for businesses in the HR and talent recruiting industry. As such, there’s an increased need and opportunity for software and solutions that enable more efficient and accurate candidate screening to ensure those with the best skills are matched with the right opportunities.

HackerEarth’s AI-powered developer assessment platform enables companies to make the most informed and objective decisions whether or not to move candidates from screening to the interview phase. The overarching platform benefit is improved efficiency in developer recruiting and ensuring companies are matched with the right developer talent for the right opportunity. For developers looking to hone their skills, HackerEarth provides a solution to practice for coding interviews, compete in coding contests, and solve real-world challenges through hackathons.

“We are obviously operating in unprecedented times, but the development of new software and tech-based solutions will continue to be the core driving force of business digital transformation and competitiveness post-COVID-19 — and highly sought after developer talent is critical in driving this innovation,” said Sachin Gupta, CEO of HackerEarth. “The emergence and continued acceleration of remote recruitment, accurate skills assessment, and hiring promises to transform an already dynamic HR technology industry, and specifically for developer and IT roles, creates a significant runway for continued opportunity in the US market and beyond.”

2019 – 2020 highlights include:

Company Growth

  • Grew its customer base by 120%

  • Surpassed 4 million members in the global online developer community, currently at 4.5M

  • Over 400 Hackathons hosted (including COVID19 hackathon – HackCovid) with a total of over 30,000 participants from around the world

  • 5570 coding contests completed with 343,789 participants globally

  • Over 2.1 million assessments were run on the HackerEarth platform in the last one year alone

Revenue and Funding

  • Achieved 100% revenue growth in the US

  • Closed a $6.5 million Series B funding round led by the family office of Jo Hirao and participation from existing investors.

Product Innovations

  • Anti-bias feature – This feature helps hide any personally identifiable information (PII) like name, gender email addresses, and phone numbers, etc. At HackerEarth, you have the option to mask information like gender, email address, job title, etc. and use aliases instead of actual names to reduce unconscious bias.

  • Test creation from the job description – This feature reduces the effort and time that goes into creating an assessment by directly allowing you to upload the job description onto the platform. The skills and years of experience will automatically be picked up from the JD to create a relevant test.

  • Test creation from job role – Recruiters will be able to create tests from 11 pre-defined job roles like full stack developer, front-end-developer, back-end-developer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, and others

  • Interview Transcripts – HackerEarth’s video interview platform supports transcription. This feature converts speech to text and also highlights important information helping hiring managers make more informed objective decisions.

Key Partnerships and Projects

HackerEarth Team

Industry Recognitions

About HackerEarth

HackerEarth is a global company that helps large enterprises evaluate developers based on specific skills. The company’s platform enables recruiters and hiring managers to make the most accurate and informed decisions about candidates, improve hiring efficiencies and ensure the right developers are matched with the right positions. HackerEarth is also a leading facilitator of online hackathons and coding challenges, where its community of 4 million developers can upskill and practice for employment interviews. The company was founded in 2012 with offices in San Francisco and India. For more information, visit http://www.hackerearth.com.

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Logistics Powerhouse Secures Top Spot in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Pacesetter Awards & Book of Lists for 7th Consecutive Year

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Falcone Capital Holdings – 2020 Pacesetter Award

…we have our foot on the gas pedal and are not slowing down…


ATLANTA (PRWEB)

Falcone Capital Holdings, LLC, a holding company of technology driven international and domestic transportation brands, is pleased to announce inception to the prestigious Atlanta Business Chronicles “Pacesetter” awards and “The Book of Lists,” representing Metro Atlanta’s most influential privately held companies’ for the 7th consecutive year.

“Despite the headwinds caused by Covid-19, our companies continue to show exponential growth in revenue, employee onboarding and service offerings,” stated John Falcone, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Falcone Capital Holdings, LLC.

“Further, we have our ‘foot on the gas pedal’ and are not slowing down as it relates to our expansion, evolution and goal of a fully digital, International and Domestic Transportation platform. We want to especially thank our loyal clients, employees, The City of Atlanta and State of Georgia for allowing our companies’ the opportunity to serve and be successful.”

About Falcone Capital Holdings, LLC:

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Falcone Capital Holdings, LLC is a global leader in International and Domestic transportation and logistics. Operating across six continents through our wholly-owned subsidiaries and partner offices, the Falcone Brand of companies are synonymous with premium and cutting edge services across all modes of international and domestic transportation. The Falcone Companies are licensed, bonded and insured through all federal and state agencies including the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is a certified and validated member of the Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT).

For more information, please visit http://www.falconecapital.com.

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New Level Partners’ myAgencyCampus Online Learning Portal Expands Reach

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PRINCETON, N.J. (PRWEB)

As the demand for remote online learning has grown, New Level Partners’ collaboration with State Insurance Agent and Broker Associations for the myAgencyCampus™ portal has expanded to over 30 associations throughout North America. The myAgencyCampus™ portal offers affordable online learning to independent agents with New Level Partners’ 20 years’ track record providing quality online learning solutions.

“myAgencyCampus™ leverages New Level Partners instructional design expertise, insurance knowledge and the latest learning technology to support agents seeking on-demand access for onboarding and upskilling team members. The myAgencyCampus™ online catalog continues to expand,” notes Bill Harwood, a co-founding partner of the company.

Passing the 50,000 course-completion milestone this summer is a testament to valued relationships with State Independent Insurance Agent Associations and to independent agents’ adoption of new learning modalities. The relevancy of the course material and the ease-of-access of the updated My Agency Campus portal provide added benefits driving a high repeat-subscriber rate – over 70%! Many myAgencyCampus™ courses now qualify for Continuing Education credit in an increasing number of States.

About New Level Partners: New Level Partners (NLP), founded in 2001 and based in Princeton NJ, specializes in training solutions for the Property and Casualty Insurance Industry. NLP designs, develops and delivers customized and interactive training programs, both instructor-led and web-based. A wide range of instructional design tools and technologies ensure NLP’s programs are the most interactive and effective on the market. Learn more at newlevelpartners.com.

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OpsCompass Names Gray Knowlton as Vice President of Product Engineering

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Gray Knowlton

Gray Knowlton

“With Gray’s strong background in SaaS product engineering, we are confident he is the right choice to scale our product development initiatives and fuel our growth.” – Nathan Biggs


OMAHA, Neb. (PRWEB)

OpsCompass, a leader in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), announced today the addition of Gray Knowlton as vice president of product engineering. Knowlton will have responsibility for leading product engineering, scaling technical operations, and leveraging emerging technologies to drive growth.

“With Gray’s strong background in SaaS and on-premises product management, engineering, and operations, we are confident that he is the right choice to scale our product development initiatives and fuel our growth,” said Nathan Biggs, senior vice president, products and services for OpsCompass. “He brings strong DevOps experience and strategic vision to product engineering at OpsCompass, which is vital to our capacity to scale rapidly and deliver innovative, industry-leading, cloud operations solutions that drive customer success.”

Knowlton comes to OpsCompass from Kaseya where he served as senior vice president of engineering and led their development and operations team. Prior to Kaseya, he spent several years as Chief Information Officer of Upsher-Smith Laboratories, a pharmaceutical research and manufacturing firm, where he directed their global technology practice, including ERP, analytics, security, IT management, and software development. At OpsCompass, Knowlton will focus on driving product DevOps, streamlining processes and methodologies, and participating in the development of the company’s product roadmap.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to lead product development innovation at such a dynamic and fast-growing company,” said Knowlton. “OpsCompass helps organizations address configuration drift and minimize the risks that come with multi-cloud management, and I look forward to ensuring that it continues to provide customers with the tools they need to securely realize the full potential of the cloud.”

About OpsCompass

OpsCompass, a leader in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), offers an enterprise SaaS product that drives operational control, visibility, and security in and across cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365, and Google Cloud. Purpose-built for the cloud, OpsCompass replaces legacy controls that were not designed for contemporary, API-driven, cloud infrastructure. To learn more, visit http://www.opscompass.com.

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