Fresno Office: Cinco De Mayo Luncheon

We will be having a Cinco De Mayo Luncheon on Thursday, May 5th, 2022 at the Fresno Office

Lunch will be catered by the famous, Joe’s Taco Bar! We will also have raffles prizes. Tickets for the raffle prizes will be given when you enter, make sure you hold onto the ticket. Winners will be announced at the end of lunch!

*Must be present to win*

Celebration of Life: Noi Weissbrod

Noi’s family has shared the following Celebration of Life information:

When: Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 11:00 am

Where: Engelmann Cellars 3275 N. Rolinda Ave Fresno, CA 93723          

RSVP: By May 13, 2022, to Stephanie Landreth 

Call/Text: 559-977-8438

Fresno Office: St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon

To our staff at the Fresno office, we will be having a St. Patrick’s Day luncheon on March 17th catered by the Meat Market.

See details below. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations Bob Taylor: Lifetime Director of the Building Industry Association of the Greater Valley

Congratulations to our very own Modesto Broker, Bob Taylor, for being honored as Lifetime Director of the Building Industry Association of the Greater Valley.

Bob has been on the board of BIA for over 30 years and has made his mark within the association by attending nearly almost every meeting.

We’re so proud of all the hard work you’ve done throughout the years at D&D and all that you continue to do. BIA is lucky to have a leader like you, and this is a huge testament to your achievements.

Fresno Office: CLOSED for President’s Day!

Just a reminder that our offices will be closed on Monday, February 21, 2022, in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday. 

Fun Fact:  Presidents’ Day is a federal holiday that is now celebrated on the third Monday in February.  It was originally established back in 1885 and honored the February 22nd birthday of George Washington.  The current celebratory structure came about in 1971 as part of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which sought to create more 3-day weekends for U.S. workers.  Presidents’ Day is now viewed as a day to celebrate all past and present U.S. presidents.

Enjoy your 3 day weekend!

The Business Journal’s: Best Property/Casualty Insurance Company, 8th Year in a row!

What an honor it is to have won 2021 The Business Journal’s Best of Central Valley Business Award for Best Property/Casualty Insurance Company, for the 8th year in a row!

We’re so excited to share this news with you. value each and every one of you and is so lucky to serve a great community here in the Central Valley. Thank you to everyone who values D&D and for your tremendous support & hard work throughout the years.

Click here to read all the other winners: https://thebusinessjournal.com/the-readers-have-spoken-here-are-the-2021-best-of-central-valley-business-winners/


Happy National Administrative Professionals Day!

Thank you to all of you who support our brokerage in so many valuable ways.

We’re grateful to have a dedicated team, here’s to you!

Pictured here is part of our commercial lines department, workers comp marketing, and accounting team, among others, who recieved their gift cards of appreciation. Thank you for all you do!

Happy Retirement, Tina Stein!

Congratulations to our Marketing Specialist, Tina Stein, on retiring today after 30 years. We are beyond thankful and are so appreciative of her professional efforts and dedication she has provided to the D&D family for the last three decades. Truly amazing!

We hope you enjoy retirement Tina, you deserve it!

D&D Halloween: Pet Costume + Pot Luck

Please see graphic below on details for our Grab & Go Halloween Lunch at our Fresno office. This will be followed by our pet costume contest!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our social committee members, thank you and Happy Halloween!

Heat Illness Prevention Tips

Good morning, D&D!

As you know with the fires all over California the air quality has been unhealthy for many of us. Along with the fires the Central Valley has been in a heat wave, please take precaution, stay cool, and hydrated when you can.

An email was sent out to clients in regarding Heat Illness Prevention for employees last week and here are some tips we wanted to share with you all:

  • Plan – Develop and implement an effective written heat illness prevention plan that includes emergency response procedures
  • Training – Train all employees and supervisors on heat illness prevention
  • Water – Provide drinking water that is fresh, pure, suitably cool and free of charge so that each worker can drink at least 1 quart per hour, and encourage workers to do so.
  • Shade – Provide shade when workers request it or when temperatures exceed 80 degrees. Encourage workers to take a cool-down rest in the shade for at least five minutes when they feel the need to do so. They should not wait until they feel sick to cool down.
  • When the temperature equals or exceeds 95 degrees, employers must provide one 10-minute “preventative cool-down rest period” every 2 hours. During the first 8 hours of a shift, the cool-down periods may be provided at the same time as the rest periods. 
  • If employees work longer than 8 hours, the employer must provide an additional 10-minute cool-down rest period every 2 hours. For example, if the shift extends beyond 8 hours, an additional rest period is required at the end of the 8th hour of work. If the shift extends beyond 10 hours, another is required at the end of the 10th hour.
  • Employers must ensure that employees actually take the cool-down rest periods required under this section.
  • Employers are required to provide additional breaks as soon as the temperature equals or exceeds 95 degrees. For example, even if the temperature does not reach 95 degrees until the last half of an 8-hour shift, the employer must ensure that employees take cool-down rest periods starting at the end of the 8th hour of work.