As you know, education is a crucial part of my work and I was very honored to be a guest speaker to over 200 agents who attended the annual Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters. I shared the duties with my friend and colleague Harry Thal. The audience just loved the marketing tips, jokes and […]
July seemed to be a quiet month. Everyone’s on vacation. However, there were a couple of special things that went on with our family in July and August. As you know, my daughter’s Cupcake Business, Hapa Cupcakes has been growing over the past 3 years. There was something special I was not supposed to tell […]
This past month my daughter has added a new member to the family. This one is BIG, I mean really big…such as in Massive. Yes, my daughter, Hanayo, adopted a Bullmastiff puppy. His name is Bulloney. My first response was… “Really? That dog will be huge! How big does it get?” My second question was… […]
As you may remember, last month I told you about my recent trip to Florida Disney Resorts with my sons, Mohan, Elliott and Joseph. My daughter, Hanayo, had to stay behind to run her Cupcake store but that didn’t stop her from taking off a day for fun with her Best Friends Forever. I always wondered what the abbreviation BFF meant as […]
Henry Kress and I have been friends for 29 years. We first met in 1986 when my wife Nobuko and I first arrived in Irvine from New York. This was before any of our kids were born. You might think there is nothing special about my friend so far, just a nice friendship between a […]
As you may know, Martin and Associates Insurance has been a family run business for 27 years. My wife Nobuko and I had always hoped our sons would decide to join Dad to make the business even better and to serve our clients for future generations. I’m proud to announce that our two oldest sons, […]