Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, September 19, 2005, Monday

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York)

September 19, 2005 Monday Metro Edition

SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. 12D

HEADLINE: SMALL BUSINESS NEWS

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Talk planned on how disasters affect insurers
Early estimates have Hurricane Katrina costing insurers as much as $100 billion in losses - making Katrina the most expensive hurricane in history. Marsh - a risk management company - will talk about how Katrina and other natural disasters will affect the insurance industry, among other topics, at its Annual Market Review and Forecast at 8 a.m. Sept. 28 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center. For details, call (716) 843-4521.
Top 100 event will be held Nov. 8 at Riverside
Rochester's annual Top 100 luncheon will be at noon Nov. 8 at the Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St. downtown. The Top 100, sponsored by the Rochester Business Alliance and KPMG, features Rochester's fastest-growing privately owned companies based on revenue over a three-year period.
The luncheon coincides with the RBA's annual meeting, which will include the organization's annual report from board Chairman Brian Hickey, regional president for M&T Bank, and RBA President and Chief Executive Sandy Parker.
For more information, go to www .rochesterbusinessalliance.com or call (585) 263-3653.
Businessman honored for helping firm recover
Turnaround Management Association, a nonprofit organization that helps suffering businesses make turnarounds, honored a Rochester-area businessman for helping to orchestrate a recovery for a company in Watertown.
Ronald Castor of JC Jones & Associates won a small-company turnaround award for helping Knowlton Specialty Papers, which has $50 million in revenue, make an improvement in its operations.
Career Development moves to State Street
Career Development Services has moved from its East Avenue location to 150 State St., which is also the home of the Rochester Business Alliance. The move to the newly renovated third floor will allow economic efficiencies and a chance to enhance services.

Author offers workshop on disengaged workers
A presentation and workshop on "The growing trends of work force disengagement" will start at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Tastings Restaurant at Wegmans Food Markets Inc. in Pittsford Plaza. The talk, sponsored by Lee Hecht Harrison and Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, will be given by Andrew Harrison, a Rochester native and author of career-related books. The cost is $20 for members of the Genesee Valley Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management and $25 for nonmembers. For more information, go to www.gvcshrm.org.

Small-business seminar set at Fairport library
The Small Business Development Center at the State University College at Brockport and the Fairport Public Library will hold a small-business workshop at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Elma Gaffney Meeting Room at the library, 1 Village Landing. The workshop is free, but advance registration is required. To register, go to www.fairportlibrary.org.
Finger Lakes Workforce board meets this week
The Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board Inc. will have its next board meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Geneva Lakefront Ramada Inn. Melissa Crystal of the Finger Lakes One Stop in Ontario, Wayne County, will present an overview on the workshop, "Succeeding at Work." The meeting is open to the public. For more information or to make a reservation, call (315) 789-3131.
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