Kudos

Chapel Hill insurance agency All About Insurance was ranked No. 2 out of more than 4,000 agencies in the country and No. 1 in North Carolina by Nationwide Insurance Co. President Mark Vitali received an All Star Award for the distinction, at a ceremony in Paris.

Durham resident Roberta "Robbi" Weinman was named one of the nation's top long-term care producers by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. Weinman is an associate with MassMutual Financial Group in Durham.

The state Department of Commerce honored six individuals for their significant contributions to the success of North Carolina's tourism industry. The 2008 winners are: Frank Capra Jr., who helped to found EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington; Bob McCoy, president of Visit Winston-Salem; Grady and Reba Moretz, who own Appalachian Ski Mountain; Todd Morse, who managed Chimney Rock Park; and Bruton Smith, who built Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Larry Surles and Wynn Crumbley from the Raleigh branch of Murray Supply Co. received sales awards for 2007 from the company. Also, the Raleigh branch won Branch of the Year for 2007. Murray Supply is a wholesale distributor of plumbing products and industrial and commercial piping.

USfalcon in Morrisville was recognized with a 2008 Nunn-Perry Award as an outstanding Protege by the Department of Defense Small Business Office. The Mentor-Protege team of Booz Allen Hamilton and USfalcon completed a two-year agreement in 2007 with N.C. Central University in Durham.

Patty Briguglio of MMI Associates was named a 2008 Enterprising Woman of the Year by Enterprising Women magazine. Lisa Pineiro of Technical Services in Durham also won the award. Both women won in the category of a business with $1 to 5 million in annual sales revenue.

Exhibit Resources received a Gold and two bronze Addy Awards at the Ad Club of the Triangle's 2008 Addy competition. Myriad Media won a Gold Addy Award. Signal won a gold award in the category of Collateral Material: Special Event Card, and a Silver Award in the Interactive Media: Web Site, B-to-B HTML category.

Eric Chetwood of Wachovia Securities in Durham was awarded the designation Certified Financial Planner Professional.

Atlantic Tire & Service won the 2007 Small Business of the Year Award from the Morrisville Chamber of Commerce.

Intervolve, a Raleigh company that provides supply chain software, announced that Anheuser-Busch has certified Intervolve's e-commerce solution for A-B distributors. The solution allows distributors to conduct business electronically with retailers.

Rex Healthcare has been named to the nation's 100 Top Hospitals list by Thomson Healthcare. Rex is North Carolina's only hospital on the list. The 2007 Thomson 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success study was published in Modern Healthcare magazine.

Nine Ellis & Winters lawyers have been named to the 2008 edition of N.C. Super Lawyers. Those named as super lawyers from the Raleigh office include Chuck Anderson, Dick Ellis, Alex Hagan, Leslie O'Toole, Jon Sasser, Matt Sawchak, Paul Sun and Mike Winters. Dick Ellis, Matt Sawchak and Mike Winters were named among the top 100 in North Carolina and Leslie O'Toole was named to the Top 100 as well as the Top 50 Women.

Jeffrey Huneycutt, a principal at Environmental Safety Professionals in Knightdale, completed all the requirements for certification as a Certified Safety Professional.

Durham-based Piedmont Investors Advisors has been named Emerging Manager of the Year for 2007 by Institutional Investor's Money Management Letter.

McDonald-York was recognized by the state Department of Labor as a Building Star Company. The building star program recognizes contractors that display outstanding performance in workplace safety and comprehensive programs.